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Site Considerations: What Makes a Site Desirable for Wind Development Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills June 17 and

Topics. About the UMass Wind Energy CenterWind turbine technical featuresCommon terminologyAssessing the wind resourceSiting Issues--technical and economicSiting Issues--environmentalWhere to get good, detailed information. About the Wind Energy Center. The oldest wind energy engineering gradu

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Site Considerations: What Makes a Site Desirable for Wind Development Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills June 17 and

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    1. Patrick Quinlan Associate Director UMass Wind Energy Center Amherst, Massachusetts Site Considerations: What Makes a Site Desirable for Wind Development? Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills June 17 and 24th, 2009

    2. Topics About the UMass Wind Energy Center Wind turbine technical features Common terminology Assessing the wind resource Siting Issues--technical and economic Siting Issues--environmental Where to get good, detailed information

    3. About the Wind Energy Center The oldest wind energy engineering graduate program in the U.S. 4 faculty, 15 graduate students, and 6 staff. Assist the Commonwealth in wind siting, feasibility assessments, and technical studies. Original proposers of the Charlestown blade test center. Original prospectors of the wind energy resources in the Cape and Islands. www.umass.edu/windenergy

    4. Design of wind turbines and wind facilities

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