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Event Spotlight
The International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of
Wind Power into Power Systems
The International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power The workshop will be held in English.
into Power Systems will be held on 14–15 October 2009 in Bremen,
Germany. This workshop will provide an excellent platform for The International Advisory Committee is made up of the following
exchanging knowledge and ideas and sharing experiences. members:
Presentations are held by invited speakers from companies and leading
research institutes, as well as by workshop participants. The workshop Thomas Ackermann (Energynautics, Germany);
provides an international forum to: Sigrid Bolik (Repower UK, UK);
Heiner Brakelmann (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany);
discuss technical and economic issues concerning the large-scale Peter Christensen (Vestas, Denmark);
integration of wind power, including the recent advances in Ana Estanqueiro (INETI, Portugal);
transmission technologies (AC and DC); Paul Gardner (Garrad Hassan, UK);
discuss project experiences; Gregor Giebel (Risø DTU, Denmark);
discuss innovative ideas and present results from ongoing research; Hannele Holttinen (VTT, Finland);
stimulate interdisciplinary thinking between wind energy and power Julija Matevosyan (Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK);
transmission industries, as well as universities; and Antje Orths (Energinet.dk, Denmark);
identify subjects requiring more research efforts. Charlie Smith (UWIG, US);
Lennart Söder (Royal Institut of Technology – KTH, Sweden);
A major goal is to maintain the platform developed in recent years for Poul Sørensen (Risø DTU, Denmark);
discussing and sharing ideas and knowledge regarding the key issues. Bart Ummels (Siemens Wind Power, The Netherlands). n
An important part of the workshop will be devoted to in-depth
discussions and brainstorming. For more information please visit www.windintegration workshop.org
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