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Events CanWEA’s 24th Annual Conference and T rade Show Oct. 19-22 | Conference and Exhibition Schedule The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) invites the wind industry to launch Fast Forward to Wind at its 24th Annual Conference and Trade Show, Oct. 19-22 in Vancouver, BC. According to Ulrike Kucera, media relations for CanWEA, Ottawa, ON (613-234-8716), the association expects more than 2,000 delegates to attend this year’s conference. The trade show is sold out with 210 exhibitors. On Tuesday morning, in addition to regular attendees, says Kucera, students from the Vancouver area who have an interest in the wind industry will attend conference activities. • Track 3: Business of Wind sessions will focus on what it takes to make individual wind projects work. Exhibition Hall CanWEA has made some changes this year to the trade show schedule. As in the past, the trade show opening reception will start activities on Sunday from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Trade show hours. Morning trade show hours have been changed—the Exhibit Hall will open at 9:30 a.m. Monday and Tuesday and close at 6:00 p.m. The Exhibit Hall will close at the end of the conference at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Early lunch for exhibitors. Another change for exhibitors is that lunch will be available to all exhibitors during the hour preceeding the delegates’ lunch. Robert Hornung, CanWEA president and Joyce McLean, chair, CanWEA Board of Directors opened proceedings for the 23rd Annual Conference and Trade Show Small Wind Pre-Conference Wind Pre-Conference e-Confer The conference will begin on Sunday, Oct. 19 with a Small Wind PreConference from 1:00-5:00 p.m. During the pre-conference workshop, CanWEA will introduce its first Guide to Small Wind Installations. The guide will then be available at www.canwea.ca following the conference. The small wind seminar requires a separate registration. 8 lenary Plenary Sessions The conference will feature plenary sessions Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Oct 20-22. The plenary 1 session on Monday at 10:30 a.m.—following the conference morning ceremonies—will address Shaping Wind’s Future: An Industry Leaders’ Forum. The plenary 2 sessions on Tuesday at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. respectively, will cover: Government Perspectives on Wind Energy: A Ministers’ Forum and Wind on the Grid: A Utility Leaders’ Forum. The final plenary session, on Wednesday morning at 8:30 will be Wind in Society: A Stakeholders’ Forum. echnical Sessions T Technical sessions for the two-and-ahalf-day conference have been grouped into three instructional series: • Track 1: Growing Wind in Canada, will focus on Canadian wind industry development as a whole. These sessions will address the key issues that will affect wind industry growth in the next ten years. • Track 2: Trends in Wind Energy Research & Development will focus on leading-edge wind research and development initiatives within both academia and industry. CanWEA’s booth at the 23rd Annual Conference and Trade Show in 2007 Open to the public. The CanWEA Conference and Trade Show will open its doors to the general public this year on Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information about CanWEA’s 24th Annual Conference and Trade Show, visit the CanWEA web site, www.canwea.ca. WIND TODA Y Third Quarter 2008 http://www.canwea.ca http://www.canwea.ca http://www.canwea.ca

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Wind Today - Q3 2008 Contents 24th Annual CanWEA Conference and Trade Show Vancouver, BC, Conference Host City CanWEA Banquet/Awards WINDPOWER 2008 Review WINDPOWER 2008 Awards AWEA Fall Symposium 2008 Solano Wind Project Large Wind Turbine Manufacturers Forum Manufacturers of Wind Turbines Installed in the United States Wind Turbine Manufacturers Installed Capacity Prince Wind Energy Project Education and Training for A New Wind Frontier Joyce McLean Jim Walker Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions . . . from the Turbine OEM Perspective . . . from the Component OEM Perspective . . . from the Base Industry Perspective . . . from the Investor Perspective U.S. Wind Industry Installations Exceed 20,000 MW 20% by 2030 Summary Analysis Global Wind Turbine Procurement: Strategies and Contract Structures Wind Turbine Acquisition WT News: Association News WT News: Government WT News: Canada WT News: United States WT News: International MMS Close to Issuing Leases for Offshore Testing of Renewable Resources Expert Says Turbine Related Deaths May Cause Significant Impact to Bat Population Windpower Turbines Spinning Again on Prince Edward Island Map: Wind Turbine, Tower, and Blade Manufacturers in the United States A Look at Regional Entities U.S. Installed Wind Capacity State Wind Resource Rankings Wind Resource Maps (Wisconsin and Maine) Bruce Bailey, AWS Truewind John Keating, Canadian Hydro Composotech Crane Service Inc. GPCo Inc. Morgan AM&T 3M Bennett International Group Wind Farms Completed in the United States Wind Farms Under Construction in the United States Glossary Product Surveys Calendar Ad Index

Wind Today - Q3 2008

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