UWIG Annual Meeting
A Capital View of Wind Integration

April 5-7, 2006 - Washington, DC

The UWIG Annual Meeting explored key issues related to deployment of wind energy across the US and Canada, as well as Europe. It featured presentations and discussion on high wind penetration, balancing areas, interconnection studies, turbine technology, and integration study updates. Participants learned about challenges and opportunities for integrating wind power to meet growing demands for clean energy.

The annual meeting included the UWIG membership meeting and board election as well as presentation of the UWIG Annual Achievement Award, meetings of the UWIG User Groups and a tour of the Mountaineer Wind Energy Facility.

On this page can be found the agenda and overview presentation for this workshop. The Utility Wind Integration Group is pleased to make available the presentations for the session "High Wind Penetration Implications."

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Meeting Agenda

Workshop Overview - Charlie Smith, UWIG Executive Director

Hedging Future Carbon Risk with Wind Power - Steve Clemmer, Union of Concerned Scientists

Hedging Future Gas Price Risk with Wind Power- Mark Bolinger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Plug-in Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicle (PHEV and BEV) Grid Integration with Renewables- Willett Kempton, University of Delaware

High Penetration Scenario Analysis - Walter Short, NREL

The rest of the presentations are available to UWIG members only. For information on joining UWIG, click here.