Wisconsin Wind Works to Exhibit at AWEA Midwest Regional Wind Energy Summit in March 2012

Wisconsin Wind Works to partner with Lakeshore Technical College to exhibit at the upcoming AWEA Midwest Regional Wind Energy Summit on March 6th-7th in Chicago, IL at the Fairmount Chicago in Millennium Park.

The Summit will highlight the strong wind market of the Midwest.  AWEA names the Midwest region the anchor for the entire U.S. Wind Energy industry, reporting "over 43,600 MWs of wind capacity installed in the U.S. through October 2011, over 14,600 MWs were installed in Midwestern states - that's over 30% of total installed capacity."

Attendees to the Summit can expect to learn about and discuss critical Midwest Wind Energy issues in these sessions:

- Keynote Session: Wind Industry Leaders Roundtable
- Midwest Wind Energy Market Assessment
- Transmission Opportunities and Issues in the Midwest
- Siting and Wildlife Issues
- Wind Power as a Manufacturing Growth Engine in the Midwest
- Community Relations and Local Acceptance in Sub-Regional Markets
- Key Wind Power Issues Facing Utilities in the Midwest

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS:
Program Co-Chairs:
- Andy Cukurs, Chief Executive Officer, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation
- John Eber, Managing Director, Energy Investments, JP Morgan

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
- Michelle Arenson, Director, Wind Energy Development, Alliant Energy
- Christina Calabrese, Environmental Manager, EDPR
- Ashley Craig, Environmental Business Specialist, Environmental Law & Policy Center
- Chuck Conlen, Director, Business Development, DTE Energy
- Jered Diebold, Sales Manager, Ingeteam
- Rhett Good, Project Manager, Research Biologist, WEST, Inc.
- Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ben Kelahan, Partner, Five Corners Strategies, LLC
- Andy Kellen, WPPI Energy
- Robert Kenney, Commissioner, Organization of MISO States
- Karl Kosciuch, Senior Biologist, TetraTech
- Martin Lubahn, Sales Manager, Winergy
- Bill McNeil, VP Energy Acquisition, ComEd
- Aaron Peterson, Community Relations & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Juwi Wind
- John Purcell, Vice President, Wind Energy, Leeco Steel
- Laura Rauch, Senior Engineer, Transmission Strategy Department, Midwest ISO
- Tim Rosenzweig, Chief Executive Officer, Goldwind
- Melissa Seymour, Director, Regional Markets & Regulation, Iberdrola Renewables
- Dan Shreve, MAKE Consulting
- Susan Sloan, Director, State Policy, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- Beth Soholt, Executive Director, Wind on the Wires
- Kim Zuhlke, Consultant, AWEA
 

Wisconsin Wind Works and Lakeshore Technical College look forward to seeing you at the booth in March in Chicago, IL.  Register today by clicking here: http://www.awea.org/events/AWEA-Midwest-Wind-Energy-Markets-Seminar-2012.cfm#fragment-2