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AWEA Operations Steering Committee Meeting (Room Sunset II)

28 Feb 17
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Contact Melissa Bittner mbittner@awea.org to RSVP or for more information.   More...

Welcome General Session (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Gemma Smith ; Jeffery Wehner ; Krys M. Rootham ; Tom Kiernan
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Balancing the Priorities of Development and Operations to Achieve Lasting Success (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Johnson
Competing priorities between Development and Operations must be balanced if we’re to achieve lasting success.  Operations and developmen... More...

Beyond Wind Farm Design - Maximizing Wind Farm Life (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Johnson ; Mike Hornemann ; Rob Budny ; Ronald Grife
OEM turbine and Independent Engineer design certifications are typically 20 years. However, with owner initiatives to reduce LCOE, most operat... More...

CSI for Gearboxes: Solving Tribological Crimes Leads to Greater Reliability (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Stover
There is a crime scene when machinery fails or is on the brink of failure. Finding the perpetrators in a gearbox failure is the big challenge. The ... More...

Integrating Grease Sampling and Analysis into Wind Turbine Maintenance Programs - about Main and Pitch (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Gretchen Kowalik
While oil analysis is a well-established part of a condition based monitoring program, the inherent difficulties involved with in-service grease sa... More...

Machine Learning Techniques on SCADA Data to Improve Turbine Reliability and Performance (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Rob Budny
Machine learning gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning techniques are currently being used in ... More...

Oil & Grease – Sampling, Testing and Analysis (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Matt Conwell ; Rigoberto Murillo
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Workforce Development (Room Windsor Complex)

28 Feb 17
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Workforce and Training

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Exploring Arc Flash Studies for Wind Energy Projects (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Benjamin Allen ; Gemma Smith ; John Chamberlin ; Kyle Layman
This session explores the Arc Flash phenomena. Understand if there are significant differences between the IEEE and NFPA approaches. Hear presenter... More...

Lead-time to drivetrain component failure and the impact of your O&M strategy (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
11:40 AM - 12:05 PM
Speaker(s): Reynir Hilmisson
B&K Vibro is a pioneer in active condition monitoring for wind turbine drivetrains; backed with more than 14,000 condition monitoring systems s... More...

Analytics within workflow--A hybrid approach to using data to drive value (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Speaker(s): Stephen Dictor
It has become common for wind companies to employ data-driven management to make better decisions. But that only unlocks half of the potential powe... More...

AWEA Quality Committee Meeting (Room Sunset I)

28 Feb 17
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contact Hannah Hunt at hhunt@awea.org to RSVP or for more information. More...

Networking Lunch

28 Feb 17
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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The Mystery of the Missing Production (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
Speaker(s): Dariush Faghani Eng.
The following is a true story, although names and details may be changed to protect the confidential. During the first year of operations of a ... More...

Trends & Key Drivers of O&M Metrics (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
12:40 PM - 1:05 PM
Speaker(s): Katy Briggs
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Debunking Cable Failure Myths and Implementing AWEA Recommended Practices for Greater Reliability (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Ben Lanz ; Charles Shannon ; Christopher Petrola ; Paul Idziak
Understanding how cable systems fail is one of the key elements to ensure collector system reliability. Insight into empirical evidence and lessons... More...

Industrial Athlete – Impact of Ergonomics and Fitness for Duty in the Wind Energy Industry (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Len Tully ; Rayshon Myles ; Scott Bramlett ; Shannon Lehmkuhl
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Medium Voltage Cable and Splicing Technology Best Practices (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Bruce Hammett
The electrical energy arterial collection system installed during construction of a wind farm requires expertise in selection and installation of t... More...

PMT Outgassing – Fatal or Just Indigestion? (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
Speaker(s): Christopher Petrola ; Ken Puetz ; Kevin Alewine
Based on real field experiences, this panel will review the unusually high levels of gases often found in the oil insulated pad mounted transformer... More...

Partnering to Manage Construction (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM
Speaker(s): Carlos Diaz ; Christopher Daniels ; Daniel Olson ; George Daly ; Victor Hall
Wind energy construction involves multiple entities including: the project owner, turbine manufacturer, the general contractor, and their subcontra... More...

Mainshaft Bearings: Bearing Arrangements, Failure Trends and Technology Advancements (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Speaker(s): Richard Brooks
Five different main bearing arrangements are common in wind turbines: 3-point mount, 4-point mount, and direct mount arrangements are used in gear ... More...

Bolted Joints - Loading beyond Yield and its impact on mechanical properties and Fatigue Performance (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Juan Redin
The general convention is that bolted joints should always be tensioned below yield and usually with a safety factor. Additionally, the designer al... More...

Fatigue Considerations for Repowering and Extending the Life of Wind Turbine Foundations (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Hieu Nguyen
Wind turbines are operating systems and during their typical 20-year lifetime they experience approximately 109 load cycles. The key element with r... More...

Foundation Considerations for Aging Projects (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Hammitt
Foundations are critical to the long term performance of wind turbines.  As turbines age the structural integrity needs to be considered espec... More...

Growing & Maintaining a Robust Industry Workforce (Room Paradise)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Brent Mitchell ; Daniel Cushman ; Jacob Baker ; Lauren Miller ; Shannon Lehmkuhl
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Understanding and Extending the Life of a Wind Turbine Support Structure (Room Sunset IV - V)

28 Feb 17
4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Matt Chase P.E.
With over 74,000 installed utility scale wind turbines in the US alone, more than a third of these turbines are over ten years old. As wind towers ... More...

Implementing Lean Tools and Concepts Throughout the Windfarm Lifecycle (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM
Speaker(s): Karen Tucker
Lean tools and concepts are proven to optimize a company’s day-to-day operations. Companies utilizing Lean principles have a direct positive ... More...

Applying Lean Concepts (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Thomas Brazina
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Lean and Site Management Principles (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Gregory Lilly
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Technician and Continuous Improvement (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Karen Tucker
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Typical Lean Concepts (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Ryan Griffin
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Warehouse and Tool Management (Room Mission Bay)

28 Feb 17
4:15 PM - 5:05 PM
Speaker(s): Fritz Oettinger
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Meet the AWEA Quality Committee - Networking and Information (Room Sunset Terrace)

28 Feb 17
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for a meet-up during the regularly scheduled networking reception. We would like to tell you more about what the AWEA Quality Commit... More...