Technical Workgroup Meeting
Thursday, January 31, 2008
10am - 3pm
Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon (map)
Call-in number: 1-877-848-1997, provide guest code 319
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| 10:00 | Welcome, review agenda - Elliot Mainzer, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)/Jeff King, Northwest Power & Conservation Council (NPCC) |
| 10:10-11:30 | Wind integration activities in California: Discussion of November 2007 CAISO report Integration of Renewable Resources - Dave Hawkins, California Independent System Operator. Also see presentation (1.2mb?PDF) |
| 11:30-Noon | High resolution wind resource dataset:
Description and
availability for research (430k?PowerPoint) - John Pease, Bonneville Power
Administration/Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The attached Excel file contains the longitude, latitude, and power density information of the 30,544 points selected for 3Tier to generate 10-minute wind power time series from the mesoscale wind resource dataset. The attached Google Earth KML file will allow you to see these locations on a map. If you have Google Earth installed in your PC, double-click the KML file will bring up Google Earth and it will load the file automatically. You zoom in and add other attributes of Google Earth on the map to get more detailed view - NREL |
| Noon-12:30 | Assessment of the capacity value of wind: Findings of first phase of the assessment of the capacity value of wind power - Jeff King, NPCC/Mary Johannis, BPA |
| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 | BPA commercial infrastructure financing model: Proposed BPA commercial infrastructure financing model and upcoming Network Open Season - Elliot Mainzer, BPA |
| 1:45-2:45 | Review status of other tasks:
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| 2:45 | Public comments |
| 2:55 | Set date and agenda for next TWG meeting |
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