NYSSPE has partnered with Sem-Train, LLC -  New York State Approved Sponsor

Date: September 12, 2022 / Location: Webinar / Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm / Cost: $165 member; $185 non-members

This course caters to Engineers, Technicians, Facilities Managers, Energy Professionals, Architects and others who are interested in enhancing their understanding of renewable wind energy and would like to learn about how wind energy stacks up against other types of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. In this seminar, wind energy is contrasted with other proven renewable energy sources with sustainability, technical, geographic, and financial feasibility in mind.

Since no prerequisite is required for this seminar, we begin with basics of energy and important wind energy facts. Important metrics associated with wind energy, and renewable energy in general, are covered. Different, proven, energy storage systems typically included in the utility-scale wind energy projects are discussed. The physics principles behind wind turbine design and it’s performance are introduced.

Lessons learned from the Texas freezes of 2017 and 2021 are reviewed and associated myths are debunked. Some of largest wind energy installations in the US and the rest of the world are recounted and compared. Updates on some of the US and International, offshore, current and planned wind turbine projects are discussed. Some cutting-edge wind energy systems – not widely adopted yet - are introduced. The discussion on the topic of renewable wind energy is sustained by diagrams, tables, graphs, and pictures.

Learning Objectives - Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Perform and objective comparison between energy obtained from the grid versus the energy harnessed from wind turbines and other renewable sources. Identify and quantify technical and financial strengths and weaknesses of wind energy systems.

• Specify and implement renewable wind energy systems that leverage direct application to the point of use, thus maximizing the efficiency and net benefit of these systems, when and where feasible.

• Understand wind energy technologies on the basis of physics and engineering principles. Assess the performance of wind energy systems on the basis of physics and engineering equations that correlate physical parameters to the power and energy output of wind turbines. These equations serve as tools in design, analysis, suitable location selection and application of wind turbines. 

• Follow progress on some of the major, more recent, notable, US and foreign wind energy projects. Benefit from the lessons learned on these projects. 

• Identify some of the more unbiased and reliable technical and commercial information sources in the renewable energy arena; thus, staying abreast of progress and current data in the renewable energy realm, beyond this seminar.

Topics

1. General Energy Background Information

2. Wind Energy Facts, Basics, and Principles

3. Renewable Energy Storage

4. Capacity Factor

5. Wind Energy Cost

6. Wind Energy Technology

7. Wind Classification in the US 

8. Betz Limit

9. Did the wind turbines let Texas down in 2017 and 2021?

10. Major Wind Energy Projects – Domestic & International Scene

11. US Offshore Wind Turbine Projects, Current and Future.

12. Cutting Edge, Futuristic Wind Energy Systems

13. Renewable Energy Information Sources 

Speaker: Professor Bobby Rauf, P.E., C.E.M, MBA - NSPE Member