Distributed Wind 2024 RECAP

Residence Inn Capital View, Arlington, VA – Slide deck PDFs posted below

Monday, February 26th

 

8:20a Opening Remarks – Mike Bergey, DWEA President

8:30a Keynote – Tom VilsaCk, Secretary of AgriculturE 

9:00 A Leadership Panel: State of the Industry
Moderator: Charles Newcomb, Hoss Consulting

    • Richard Legault, Eocycle Technologies
    • Ken Kotalik, Ryse Energy
    • Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower
    • Steve Sherr, Foundation Windpower
    • Brett Pingree, Emergya Wind Technologies
    • Reinout Oussoren, Northern Power Systems

9:30A Vision for WETO and Distributed Wind
Eric Lantz, Director, US-DOE Wind Energy Technology Office (WETO)

9:45A DOE’s 2024 US-DOE’s Programmatic Focus on Distributed Wind Deployment Challenges
Moderator: Patrick Gilman, Distributed Wind Program Manager, WETO, US-DOE

This session featured new and ongoing US-DOE WETO sponsored industry and national lab projects focused on addressing deployment challenges and opportunities. Topics covered seeded discussions for the US-DOE WETO – Industry Strategic Planning Workshop Session on Deployment (Day 2, Feb 27)

    • National Distributed Wind Deployment Network and Resource Hub – Danielle Preziuso, Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL)
    • Interconnection Innovation Exchange (i2X) Distribution Roadmap – Todd Wall, Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)
    • WindSmart Program Launch – Reducing Permitting Barriers for Distributed Wind – Debra Perry, International City and County Managers Association – PDF from the event
    • Raising Awareness of Distributed Wind’s Value to Agribusiness – John Mogensen, Eocycle Technologies

11:00 A Lightning Round – Industry Products and Services
Moderator: Trudy Forsyth, Wind Advisors
Limited to 8 minutes each

Noon Windustry 2024 Community Wind Awards
Presented by Lisa Daniels and Jim Duffy

1:15P Federal Policy and Programs Update
Moderator: Heather Rhoads, eFormative Options

    • USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), Latest Updates – USDA representative TBD
    • DOE OCED Energy Improvements for Rural and Remote Areas (ERA) Toniqua Hay, US-DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (invited)
    • New DOE Program Opportunities for Small Businesses, Manufacturers and State & Local Communities – Mary Yamada, US-DOE Office of Technology Transitions
    • DWEA’s 2024 Federal Policy Agenda – Lloyd Ritter, Green Capitol

3:20P Rules of the Road for the Tax benefits in the IRA Legislation
Moderator:  Steve Sherr, Foundation Windpower

Presentations and discussion by three tax experts:

  • Luke Bassett, Director of Policy & Program Impacts, IRA Office, US Treasury 
  • James Duffy, Nixon Peabody
  • Jaron Goddard, Wilson Sonsini

4:55P First Day Closing Comments
Mike Bergey, DWEA President

Tuesday, February 27th

8:05A Case Studies of New Distributed Wind Projects
Moderator: Paul Rowan, Windurance

This session featured case studies of noteworthy Distributed Wind projects covering different sizes and markets

  • 2 x 2.8 MW Wind Turbines for Dole Fresh Vegetables, Soledad, California – Steve Sherr, Foundation Windpower
  • 2 x 25 kW Wind Turbines at Linsmeier Farms, Wintrop, Minnesota – John Mogensen, Eocycle Technologies – PDF from Event
  • 15 kW Wind Turbine for FTS Enterprises, Juanita, Nebraska – Kerry Kisslinger, American Windpower – PDF from Event
  • 0.4 kW Wind Turbines for Oil and Gas Operations in West Texas – Ken Kotalik, Ryse Energy – PDF from Event
  • 100 kW Project Case Study – Chris Conner, Northern Power Systems – PDF from Event

9:25A Distributed Wind Market Issues
Moderator: Shawn Martin, International Code Council

  • AgWind, DWEA’s Justice40 Focused Outreach to the Agricultural Market – Heather Rhoads, eFormative Solutions – PDF from Event
  • Reducing Market Barriers and Soft Costs with New Standards Specifically for Distributed Wind – Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower – PDF from Event
  • Making NREL Market Modeling Data Available Locally – Caleb Philips, NREL – PDF from Event
  • Marketing Resilience for Distributed Wind Hybrids – Megan Culler, Idaho National Labs

10:50A Technology Advances in Distributed Wind
Moderator: Bret Barker, US-DOE WETO

This session featured advanced technology trends across a range of topics and associated US DOE WETO sponsored national laboratory research.  Topics covered seeded discussions for the WETO – Industry Strategic Planning Workshop Session on Deployment (Day 2, February 27)

  • Considering End-of-Life in Manufacturing Scale-up – Matt Korey, Oak Ridge National Labs
  • Sizing Distributed Wind for EV Charging – Caity Clark, NREL
  • Tomorrow’s Grid for Behind-the-Meter DER’s: Grid-forming Inverters and Low-cost Storage – Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Sandia National Lab
  • Designing Hybrid Systems to Optimize Resilience – Megan Culler, Idaho National Lab – PDF from Event

12:10 Conference Closing Remarks
Mike Bergey, DWEA President

 

1:30p – 3:00p

US-DOE WETO – Industry Strategic Planning Workshop – Session on Deployment

Residence Inn Arlington Capital View
Facilitator: Suzanne McDonald, NREL

Following presenter prompts from the Distributed Wind Deployment Challenges panel on Day 1 of the conference, interactive discussions were held to solicit individual participant perspectives on the near and mid-term prioritization of WETO investments in deployment challenges and opportunities.

3:20p – 5:00p

US-DOE WETO – Industry Strategic Planning Workshop – Session on Technology R&D
Facilitator: Ian Baring-Gould, NREL

Following presenter prompts from the Technology Advances in Distributed Wind panel on Day 2 of the conference, interactive discussions were held to solicit individual participant perspectives on the near and mid-term prioritization of WETO investments in technology R&D challenges and opportunities.

Wednesday, FEBruary 28th – DWEA Lobby Day

 

8:00a – 8:45a

Policy Briefing & “Lobbying 101”

9:00a – 4:30p

Congressional and Administration Meetings
Small teams led by experienced DWEA representatives (in 30 min. blocks)