Harvest the Wind

A one-day wind energy workshop for Nova Scotia landowners.

When:  Friday, April 23, 2010  -  9:30 am to 3:30 pm

Where:  Cumming Hall, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 62 Cumming Drive, Truro

Who: People who own or lease land that they are potentially interested in using to harvest wind energy for electricity at a small, medium or large scale.

Why:  To learn about the basics of wind energy and explore opportunities for landowners in Nova Scotia to engage in and benefit from responsible wind energy project development.

To register, please contact Sara Greenberg, email or phone 902 442 0202.
There is no registration fee for the workshop.

Program

09:00 - Registration and morning snacks / networking

09:30 - First Plenary Session:

09:30  Welcome and Introduction
           Kenny Corscadden – Nova Scotia Agricultural College

 

09:45  Why Wind Energy?  Provincial renewable energy targets
           (Nova Scotia Department of Energy)

10:00  Wind Energy 101 – The basics of harvesting wind energy:
   

• Basics of wind energy - Wayne Groszko – Ecology Action Centre (20 minutes)
• Planning and siting for wind energy  - What you need to know - Rick Corradini – Sou’wester Explorations (20 minutes)
• Question period – 20 minutes

11:00 - Break  (15 minutes)
 

11:15  Interconnection with the electricity grid – requirements and costs
          (Nova Scotia Power)
          20 minute talk plus 10 minutes for questions

 

11:45  Negotiating land leases for wind turbines
           (Speaker TBA)
           20 minute talk plus 10 minutes for questions

12:15 – Lunch   (45 minutes) – light lunch provided

 

13:00 - Concurrent Sessions  (Choose one)

Session A - Small Scale Wind Energy - For personal or commercial use on-site.  (Simon Melrose – off-grid wind energy owner, others TBA)

Session B - Medium Scale and Community-Based Wind Energy For local cooperatives, community groups and rural energy centres.(Kenny Corscadden – Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Virick Francis-Eskasoni Wind Project, Dan Roscoe - Scotian Windfields, others TBA)

Session C - Large Scale Commercial Wind Energy Development Landowner involvement in large wind farm development.
(Speakers TBA)

14:00 – Panel discussion – Real wind energy projects in Nova Scotia – How are they working and how are landowners involved?
5-minute description of each project, followed by questions
Scotian Windfields Projects – Dan Roscoe, Scotian Windfields
Eskasoni Wind Energy Project  (Virick Francis)
Other speakers TBA

To register, please contact Sara Greenberg, email or phone 902 442 0202.
There is no registration fee for the workshop.

Event Sponsored By:

 

 

Energy Issues Committee

Phone: (902) 442-0199
Fax: (902) 405-3716

The Energy Issues Committee meets at the EAC on the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm.