As a part of the conference week, we are providing many side events for you. These include: Software Workshops (Mon.), Professional Organization Meetings (Tue. - Fri.), Lab Tours (Mon., Sat.), and Social Activities (Sat.). Please read this page carefully if you want to attend or if you are an event organizer. The guidance applies to Invite Only events as well.
Please review this page fully and sign up for side meetings by October 21.
Guidance for Side Event Organizers (i.e., Event POCs) are Provided at the End of This Page.
Anticipated period: Monday, October 28, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.
Tour of laboratories at the School of Engineering. Details will be posted here.
Transportation: Rutgers BUS with a student guide.
CONTACT: Onur Bilgen, o.bilgen@rutgers.edu
Anticipated period: Monday, October 28, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
Come visit the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) within the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. You’ll visit the COOLroom where our data is combined with data from researchers from all over the world and visualized on our interactive walls, our glider lab where you’ll learn about our ocean robotic gliders and our seawater lab where things get a bit wet and salty sometimes. We’ll discuss topics from coastal NJ biology/chemistry/physics research, to hurricane intensity forecasts, to our research in the Antarctic on climate change.
Transportation: Rutgers BUS with a student guide.
CONTACT: Michael Crowley, crowley@marine.rutgers.edu
Anticipated period: Saturday, November 2, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Tour of the Davidson Labs at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Box lunch will be provided after the tour.
Transportation: Public transportation (train and bus) with a student guide.
CONTACT: Muhammad Hajj, mhajj@stevens.edu
You can visit the Rutgers Gardens (and the Helyar Woods trails) on your own anytime between 8 am and 5 pm on Saturday, November 2nd.
Rutgers Gardens is a 180-acre botanic garden, consisting of designed gardens, farms, plant collections, natural habitats, and a farmers market. As part of Rutgers University, the Gardens provides experiential and service learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. It serves as a living laboratory for faculty and staff to better serve plant science research, landscape architecture, and the nursery and public horticulture industry.
Rutgers Gardens is one of the few botanical gardens that does not charge an admission fee and is open year round. You are welcome to visit as often as you like to enjoy our “living museum” with its large array of gardens and plant collections.
Transportation: Self arranged. Options: RU Bus, ride-share, taxi, etc.
WEBSITE: https://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/
CONTACT: Moira Keihm, Senior Program Coordinator, Education and Engagement, moira.keihm@rutgers.edu
Anticipated period: Saturday, November 2, from 1 pm to 2 pm.
Rutgers Gardens, the official botanic garden of Rutgers University, invites you to experience a guided walking tour at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 2nd. Maxine Marvosa, Assistant Director: Horticulture will show attendees seasonal highlights and share the latest updates to our plant collections. Guests will learn about an area of Rutgers Gardens where 100 new trees are being planted in 2024, along with some behind-the-scenes details about other projects in development. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring water to stay hydrated. The tour will last at least one hour and take place entirely outdoors. Guests will walk in grass, on uneven or unpaved pathways, and on steps.
Tour attendees will meet Rutgers Gardens staff wearing green logo shirts at the Log Cabin to check in for the tour at 1:00pm. Please use this address in your GPS to navigate to Rutgers Gardens: 130 Log Cabin Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. You may park in the paved lot or overflow grass parking area adjacent to the Log Cabin. To reach the cabin, you will enter Rutgers Gardens just off Ryders Lane. Once you pass through the entrance gate, the road curves slightly and you will come to a stop sign. Make a left at the stop sign and drive a short distance. When you come to a fork in the road, turn right and drive all the way to the back of Rutgers Gardens. You’ll bear left to arrive at the Log Cabin parking area. Portable restrooms are in two spots at Rutgers Gardens, including one at the Log Cabin.
Guided tours are "rain or shine," though Rutgers Gardens reserves the right to cancel or reschedule in the event of severe weather (heavy rain, high winds, lightning, etc.). Guided walking tours last between 45 minutes to 1 hour and are entirely outdoors.
Transportation: Self arranged. Options: RU Bus, ride-share, taxi, etc.
WEBSITE: https://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/
CONTACT: Moira Keihm, Senior Program Coordinator, Education and Engagement, moira.keihm@rutgers.edu
You can visit the Zimmerli Art Museum on your own anytime between noon and 5 pm.
Transportation: Self arranged. Options: Walk, RU Bus, ride-share, taxi, etc.
WEBSITE: https://zimmerli.rutgers.edu/
CONTACT: N/A
Attention wind turbine modeling enthusiasts! NREL is hosting a workshop on OpenFAST on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, at Rutgers University. OpenFAST is an open-source, physics-based engineering software tool applicable to the coupled simulation of land-based, fixed-bottom, and floating offshore wind turbines. This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the tool and related software, recent improvements and developments, modeling guidance and tips, demonstrations, source code/compiling, Q&A time, and information on how to get involved. The OpenFAST workshop will be led by Jason Jonkman of NREL and Emmanuel Branlard of UMass-Amherst.
As a follow-up to the “OpenFAST Workshop, ” an “OpenFAST Office Hour” will be available during the Main Conference (Friday) to engage with core members of the OpenFAST development team. Please see the Side Meetings schedule.
CONTACT: Jason Jonkman, Jason.jonkman@nrel.gov and Emmanuel Branlard, ebranlard@umass.edu
This educational session will provide an overview of the high-fidelity CFD software AMR-Wind, describing the functionality of the code and available features. A tutorial will be offered after the overview, walking through installation, setup, and wind energy simulations at small and large scales.
CONTACT: Michael Kuhn, michael.kuhn@nrel.gov
This workshop will provide an overview of the Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) and the Green Hydrogen Economy and Renewable Energy Technologies (GreenHEART) package, both open-source software developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. HOPP simulates hybrid power plants for optimal design and dispatch and GreenHEART enables the design of renewable energy systems to be used with industrial end-uses. Together, the two software packages enable the component-level design and dispatch of hybrid power plants to power industrial end-uses. The workshop will cover a general overview of the software capabilities and structure. Afterward, the workshop will present a hands-on tutorial on the installation and use of the package, covering the setup and a few simulation examples using different hybrid power plant configurations.
CONTACT: Genevieve Starke, genevieve.starke@nrel.gov
The FLOw Redirection and Induction in Steady State (FLORIS) tool enables fast modeling of wind farm wakes and calculation of AEP losses due to wakes. Additionally, FLORIS contains design tools to productivity and maximize profits by optimizing flow control strategies, like wake steering, as well as optimize layouts of new wind plants. This tutorial will introduce FLORIS, including background on the models, a brief presentation of previous results, and a hands-on demonstration.
CONTACT: Misha Sinner, michael.sinner@nrel.gov
The software supported by the US Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) covers many aspects of the wind energy research and engineering toolchain. NREL researchers have recently engaged in mapping the WETO software portfolio to understand current capabilities and gaps as well as identify a coordinated roadmap for future development. This workshop will provide an overview of the findings and present the latest outputs from this effort. Additionally, a guided discussion will be included to provide an opportunity for community engagement and feedback on the status and direction of the WETO software portfolio as a whole.
CONTACT: Rafael Mudafort, Rafael.Mudafort@nrel.gov
This meeting is an overview of the current status of the American WAKE experimeNt (AWAKEN), with highlights of most recent observations and simulations and developing benchmarks to be used by the international wind energy community to help improve understanding and modeling of wind farm atmosphere interactions.
CONTACT: Pat Moriarty, Patrick.Moriarty@nrel.gov
This session will showcase how the Wind Data Hub simplifies your data management and analysis processes. Learn how to efficiently search for data, log in, and download datasets using various methods, including the versatile API method for streamlined data retrieval.
For Principal Investigators (PIs) and data producers, we'll demonstrate how easy it is to upload real-time data through a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. Additionally, explore windSAIL, a robust tool within the hub that highlights wind power data and simulated model outputs, offering insights from various wind models. Join us to see how the Wind Data Hub can enhance your data handling experience, from intuitive data access to advanced wind power data simulations. Don’t miss this opportunity to leverage these tools for your research and projects!
CONTACT: Wind data hub team at dapteam@pnnl.gov
Advancements in wind lidars and remote sensing technology allowed our research community to gain an unprecedented insight into the aerodynamics of wind turbines and their interaction with the atmospheric processes. The International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) Task 52 focuses on the development of integration lidar systems and the creation of guidelines to enhance the penetration of this technology into the wind energy industry at a large scale. To achieve this overarching goal, Task 52 oversees nine working groups tackling specific technological and scientific challenges.
For the first time, the NAWEA/WindTech Conference 2024 will host a side meeting for Task 52 on Tuesday, Oct 29th, 8am-12pm ET at the Zimmerli Art Museum on Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. World experts in lidar and remote sensing will convene to touch base on the status of the Task and discuss the latest scientific endeavors. The main goals of the meeting are to foster the engagement of US-based industry, national labs, and academia, explore the potential of new remote sensing technologies for wind energy, and reassess the future steps of Task 52 in light of the new scientific, technological, and social landscape.
CONTACT: Julia Gottschall: julia.gottschall@iwes.fraunhofer.de or Stefano Letizia: stefano.letizia@nrel.gov
NAWEA’s core planning group will hold a joint meeting with the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) to discuss international collaboration. The agenda will include sharing plans by each Academy. The group will then discuss opportunities for collaboration on conferences, educational exchanges, scholarships, and networking support. A possible outcome of the meeting is a Memorandum of Understanding between the Academies.
This is a closed meeting for the working groups only.
CONTACT: Paul Veers, NAWEA Director, paul.veers@nrel.gov
or visit website: https://nawea.org/
CONTACT: Eleni Chatzi, EAWE President, echatzi@ethz.ch
or visit website: https://www.eawe.eu
NAWEA will hold its annual business meeting on the morning of Tuesday, October 29, the day before the NAWEA/WindTech 2024 conference at Rutgers University. The agenda will include reports by the officers and committees, discussion of the status of the NAWEA reorganization, and a round table on opportunities for impact, future direction, and next steps. This is an open meeting, but you must RSVP by September 20, 2024.
CONTACT: Paul Veers, NAWEA Director, paul.veers@nrel.gov
The Danish-American collaboration in wind energy (DAINWE) is an innovative network strengthening knowledge exchange, educational, and RDI activities between Europe (with focus on Denmark) and USA. DAINWE supports a number of experiments, which are being executed and planned both in USA and Europe, which will improve our understanding of the flow, wind turbine and wind farm dynamics; this will lead to improved, optimized, and cheaper design of wind turbines and farms, enabling the green transition. DAINWE also supports workshops and summer schools (e.g. PhD Summer School Boulder Colorado (dtu.dk)) and seminars (e.g.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLI3h0wH0gY).
CONTACT: Alfredo Peña Diaz: aldi@dtu.dk or Jakob Mann: jmsq@dtu.dk
Data and Forecasting Challenges for the Transition to an Increasingly Weather-driven Electric System: IEA Task 51 (Forecasting for the Weather-driven Energy System) will host a 4-hour workshop on Tuesday afternoon, October 29 that focuses on the current state-of-the-art, issues and potential solutions to meet the meteorological data and forecasting needs of an increasingly weather-driven electric system. The workshop will open with an overview presentation of the IEA Task 51 objectives, scope, recent activities, and plans for the next year and beyond.
This will be followed by a panel discussion of meteorological datasets (e.g. “reanalysis” datasets) for grid system planning, which will be a follow-up to workshops on this topic that were held earlier this year at DTU in Denmark and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. Leaders in the organization of those meetings will serve as panelists.
The second half of the event will feature an open-space facilitated discussion among all meeting participants in four fluid topic-focused sub-groups to develop an overview of the community’s perspective on the key issues and possible solutions in each topic area. The topics will include: (1) current and future state-of-the-art in historical datasets and forecasts including the impact of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), (2) defining the scope of applications and the datasets attributes that are important to each, (3) how to effectively evaluate the relative quality of datasets, which is very likely application-dependent and (4) formulation of potential dataset standards for quality, content, format and access.
CONTACT: John Zack, john@meso.com
This open meeting on Tuesday morning is a gathering of researchers and industry professionals interested in the “human side” of wind energy. The meeting will be a forum to discuss ideas and issues that factor into wind energy social science, including equity/energy justice, social acceptance, policy and planning, community engagement, and disinformation. Additionally, the meeting will help to identify priority research areas and topics for the new IEA Wind TCP Task 62, an international research collaboration oriented around “Social Science to Support Wind Energy Planning and Participation.” The meeting is open to all who are interested – no prior experience with wind energy social science necessary. Co-hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy.
CONTACT: Matilda Kreider, matilda.kreider@nrel.gov
This open meeting on Tuesday morning will bring together researchers and industry professionals from the social science and environmental sides of wind energy to discuss issues and ideas that cut across these different areas of work, such as community concerns about wind energy’s environmental impacts and strategies for countering misinformation/disinformation. The meeting is a collaboration between the IEA Wind TCP Task 62 (Social Science to Support Wind Energy Planning and Participation) and Task 34/WREN (Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy). It is open to all who are interested – no prior experience with wind energy social or environmental science necessary. Co-hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy, and Western EcoSystems Technology.
CONTACT: Matilda Kreider, matilda.kreider@nrel.gov
As a follow-up to the “OpenFAST Workshop” on Monday, the “OpenFAST Office Hour” will be available to engage with core members of the OpenFAST development team. Please stop by to ask questions about the “challenges” (homework) posed during the workshop or to discuss other OpenFAST-related topics.
CONTACT: Jason Jonkman, Jason.Jonkman@nrel.gov and Emmanuel Branlard, ebranlard@umass.edu
Meeting for members of the NAWEA Education Committee.
This is a closed meeting for the working group only.
CONTACT: Suhas Pol, Suhas.Pol@ttu.edu
Meeting for authors of the Grand Challenges: Tropical Cyclones paper.
This is a closed meeting for the working group only.
CONTACT: Ashley Shamus, Ashley.Shamus@nrel.gov
Please follow the guidance below:
1) Attendees and organizers of every side events must use the Side Events Supplementary Information Form provided on this page. This requirement applies to Invite Only events as well.
2) Please note that attendance to all side events, regardless of the day of the event, requires registration to the Main Conference and/or the GSS. (Minor exceptions to this have been discussed with certain event organizers.)
3) In your communications to potential attendees, please direct to this page: https://naweawindtech2024.org/side-events
4) The latest list of attendees will be sent to the event organizers on regular intervals. However, it is recommended that the organizers maintain their own database of potential attendees.
5) Attendees will be provided name tags during the check-in period, or when they arrive.
6) The list of approved attendees for Invite Only events will be cross-checked with event organizers.
7) For questions regarding the side events, please contact the Side Events Coordinator at michael.sinner@nrel.gov
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