Do you work on wind farms in cold and difficult climates? Do you want to join over 70 of your peers from across the globe? Do you want to go to an event whose delegates give it a 100% rating of excellent? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you must join us in December at Windpower Monthly’s Optimising Wind Farms In Cold Climates, still the only event focusing on both the commercial and technical complexities which impede on the operation of wind farms in cold and difficult climates .

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Optimising ​Wind Farms
In Cold Climates
• Insights into what investors perceive as risks and strategies to mitigate them in
order to make a project bankable
• TASK19: How are the current standardisation measures being implemented and
how does the future look like for sites being developed in cold climates?
• HIGH FREQUENCY TALKS on getting accurate data out of your wind farms and
avoid unnecessary energy losses due to icing and extreme low temperatures
• Real life experience case studies on blade performance in cold climates from
developers, owner operators and OEMs
• Join the panel discussion and ask burning questions on realistic warranties and
expectations on icing technology and blade’s lifetime
• Hear about the latest health and safety advancements on ice throw and ice fall
scenarios
• Don’t miss out on the open floor discussion on The Case Of “Tahkoluoto Wind
Farm” - The First Offshore Site In Arctic Conditions
Book by 16 September
to save at least £250
Bring your team! 3 for 2 discount
available to operator companies
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Demonstrate the investment potential of wind farms developed in cold conditions through
standardisation measures and hands-on experience on how to enhance blade performance
Speaker line-up includes:
Ville Lehtomäki ,
Research Scientist, VTT
Matthew Wadham-
Gagnon, Project Lead,
Technocentre éolien
Michael Pedersen,
Senior Specialist Wind
Blades, Statkraft
Brian Daugbjerg
Nielsen, Senior Product
Manager, Vestas
Robert Gallaher,
Structural Engineer,
NextEra Energy
Stefan Ivarsson,
Senior Project Manager,
SP Technical Research
Institute of Sweden
Kristina Lindgren,
Project Engineer, OX2
Wind AB
Toni Sulameri,
Managing Director,
Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy
Forum: Wednesday 7 – Thursday 8 December 2016
Post-forum Workshop: Friday 9 December 2016
Scandic Park, Helsinki, Finland
Sponsors:

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Who should attend?
From Industry:
From Sector
Our delegates came from:
Including but not limited to specialists in the
areas of:
g Investment
g Wind Resource Assessment
g Meteorology
g Data Analysis
g Project Management
g Asset/Fleet/Package Management
g Performance Analysis
g Condition Monitoring
g Product Management
g RD
g Operations and Maintenance (OM)
g Technical/Engineering
g Optimisation
g Business Development/Improvement
CONSULT
-ANCY
11%
C LEVEL
21%
PROJECT
LEAD
12%
OPERATOR/
DEVELOPER
21%
SENIOR
ENGINEERS
24%
ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURER
10%
RESEARCH
ANALYSTS
9%
WIND
SPECIALIST
10%
OTHER
24%
BELGIUM 3%
CANADA 7%
CHINA 3%
DENMARK 6%
FINLAND 19%
GERMANY 15%
JAPAN 1%
KAZAKSTAN 1%
NORWAY 1%
SPAIN 5%
SWEDEN 10%
UK 26%
USA 3%
OTHER
51%
LEGAL
1%
EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIER
6%
Commercial Opportunities
The Optimising Wind Farms In Cold Climates Forum offers an
excellent opportunity for you to promote your organisation
and its capabilities to the cold climate community in the Wind
Industry.
If you are interested in learning more about how we can work
together to move your ideas forward, please contact:
Raihan Chowdhury at
rmc@windpowermonthly.com or Heather Smith
at hs@windpowermonthly.com

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Optimising ​Wind Farms In Cold Climates
DAY 1: Wednesday, 7 December 2016
09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks
Ville Lehtomäki , Research Scientist, VTT
FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
09:15 PANEL DISCUSSION
TASK 19: How Are The Current Standardisation Measures Being
Implemented And What Does The Future Look Like’??
g The new Advanced Technology for Cold Climate report: purpose and study
highlights
g What are the further needs for technology research and innovation?
g Who are the standards targeting - developers, investors or manufactures?
g How will the industry react to the standards coming up?
g What will be the impact on the financial side of things?
g What additional areas of wind energy in cold climates need attention?
Participants include:
René Cattin, Head Of Meteorology, Meteotest
Matthew Wadham-Gagnon, Project Lead, Technocentre éolien
Moderator:
Ville Lehtomäki , Research Scientist, VTT
10:00 AN INVESTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Risk Perception And Mitigation On Wind Farms Affected By Cold
Climate And Icing Issues
g Practical actions and strategies to minimise investment risks
g What is the role played by standardisation and what additional steps are
needed for a risk-managed project?
g Is upcoming technology a limit or an advantage?
g Looking into the economics of ice protection systems (IPS): do they make
financial sense? Or they only represent an additional cost?
g Assessment of reduced production prior to deployment: lowering financial
risks and uncertainties
10:30 Networking Break
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND UNCERTAINTY
MITIGATION IN COLD CLIMATES
11:00 What Is The ideal Ice Sensor For Pre-Construction?
g The importance of avoiding ice growth on sensors and/or meteorological met
masts to avoid measurement errors and data loss
g Using LIDARs as an ice detector
g Benefits and limits of heated anemometers on:
- Icing analysis
- Measurements
- Pre-construction assessment
g Are icing duration and severity the only two criteria that make up an ideal
sensor?
Timo Karlsson, Research Scientist, VTT
11:30 Analysing How Ice Impacts The Measured Wind Speed And
Uncertainty Analysis
g Avoiding measurement errors due to icing on sensors in order to gain an
accurate energy yield estimate
g Increasing data availability to lower uncertainties and implement long term
correction
g Converting measurements into predicted effect on power production
g Keeping in mind access and mast collapse as additional factors for ice impact
on uncertainty analysis
Mark Zagar, Meteorologist, Vestas
12:00 Estimation Of Icing Losses By Using Site Short Term LIDAR Data
g Methodology and set up of Lidar measurement devices for icing
measurements
g Analysis of LIDAR data for short term meteorological icing
g Verification with onsite met mast data and reanalysis data
g Comparison of site measured icing data with icing maps
Oskari Koljonen, Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy
12:30 Networking Lunch

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13:30 HIGH FREQUENCY TALKS
Getting Accurate Data Out Of Your Wind Farm
The aim of these high frequency talks is to facilitate a discussion on how
accurate data can not only help mitigate risks in pre-construction, but also have
a beneficial impact on operation and maintenance activities being performed on
sites affected by cold climate and icing issues and, ultimately, use data to bring
down costs and enhance AEP.
Each delegate will be given the chance to express their thoughts, concerns,
ideas and solutions anonymously and in written form (5 minutes) through an
online platform called Sli.do. The moderator will then read out the audience’s
suggestions on how the industry can progress on these issues. The debate will
then be opened up to the rest of the room, making this the perfect occasion to
take a real step forward on the use of data.
Please come prepared with lots of thought provocative and insightful questions
and comments!
Moderator:
Ville Lehtomäki , Research Scientist, VTT
14:15 CASE STUDY
Real Live Experience With Weather Model Based Icing Maps
g Evaluating the energy yield potential of a site
g Validation of the icing maps and distribution of icing conditions
g Using weather forecast and icing maps to assess: Icing intensity
g Duration: applying threshold values
g Impact on the planning phase
g Identifying production loss due to icing events rather than just statistics on the
number of events or the amount of ice
g How to tackle current technological and climatological challenges
14:45 Hands-On Experience On Ice Prevention System To Lower
Uncertainties
During this session Wicetec will share direct experiences from measurement
data collected over the last winter as well as results from their very first retrofit
project.
Petteri Antikainen, CEO, Wicetec
TECHNICAL
A. Using icing forecast in order to improve control strategy for
both turbines with and without IPS
Mark Zagar, Meteorologist, Vestas
B. Quantification and prediction of icing impact on energy
loss: what, why, when, how?
Oskari Koljonen, Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy
C. Detecting blade damages due to icing: repair and inspection
strategies
STRATEGIC
A. Minimising uncertainties to avoid production losses and extend
the wind farm’s lifetime
B. Owner operator’s closed door roundtable: measuring long-term
OEMs commitment and warranties
Michael Pedersen, Senior Specialist Wind Blades, Statkraft
C. Data Sharing: How?
15:45 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Collaborate Innovate Connect
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15:15 Afternoon Networking Break
16:45 Discussion Highlights
Hear quick snapshots of each of the breakout discussions from the group
facilitators.
17:10 Pre-Dinner Speed Networking
Realising the importance of connecting with your peers, we organised a
moderated networking session where delegates are prompted to meet others
in brief 3-minute rounds. The moderator will be keeping track of time and
announcing participants when to switch partners.
Make sure you bring lots of business cards along with you!
17:25 Chair’s Closing Remarks, End Of Day 1
19:00 Networking Dinner
DAY 2: Thursday, 8 December 2016
09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks
Matthew Wadham-Gagnon, Project Lead, Technocentre éolien
HANDS-ON OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN COLD
CLIMATE SITES
10:00 OEMS AND OWNER OPERATORS PANEL DISCUSSION
To What Extent Can OEMs Provide Realistic Support And
Guarantees?
g How can OEMs converge on the types of IPS being offered?
g Meeting stakeholders’ needs on operational data
g Why is it difficult for OEMs to be forthcoming with developers demanding
warranties?
g What impact does icing have on blade’s operational unpredictability?
g How to achieve more feasible and more plausible estimates of a wind farm’s
production
Participants include:
Brian Daugbjerg Nielsen, Senior Product Manager, Vestas
Michael Pedersen, Senior Specialist Wind Blades, Statkraft
Olli Hagqvist, Production Manager, Taaleritehtaan Pääomarahastot Oy
10:00 OWNER OPERATOR CASE STUDY
Owner Operator’s Experience On Blade Performance In Cold
Climates
g Availability and unavailability of turbines
g Dealing with ice accretion on blades
g What kind of warranties do owner operators need?
g Efficiently and cost effectively Improving repair methods
g Implementing ice protection measures by looking at:
g Coatings
g Paints
g IPS
Robert Gallaher, Structural Engineer, NextEra Energy
10:30 Networking Break
11:00 OEM CASE STUDY
Operational Experience Of Icing Technology And Cold
Temperature Adaptation
g What are the results of turbines operating in cold climate sites?
g What is the role of data analysis and what impact has it had so far on
performance optimisation?
g How will upcoming design cope with the effects of low temperatures?
g Taking a closer look at icing technology including:
- Anti/De-Icing solutions
- Ice detection systems
- Minimising icing losses for turbines with no icing systems
- How do you deal with this situation from an OM perspective?
11:30 The Role Of Insurance: Damages Caused By Icing And Low
Temperature On Blades And Turbine Components
If you are interested in presenting on this topic, please contact:
Raihan Chowdhury at rmc@windpowermonthly.com or
Heather Smith at hs@windpowermonthly.com
12:00 Networking Lunch
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13:00 The Cold Climate Test Centre: Field Testing At A Real Production
Site
g Monitoring the wind turbine performance to detect ice and blades and
avoid damage
g Increasing overall accuracy of the ice detection system by combining the
control system with optical data
g Effectively detecting ice on blades through sensors and controls
g Regularly perform tests based on the industry’s constant technological
development
Stefan Ivarsson, Senior Project Manager, SP Technical Research Institute
of Sweden
13:30 Maximising Condition Monitoring Analysis In Order To
Implement An Effective Asset Management Strategy
g Using data to increase and maximize performance reliability
g How to optimise energy losses due to icing
g Avoiding shut down of wind farms in remote locations when icing is
present
g How to minimise visual inspections on turbines before a restart
Kristina Lindgren, Project Engineer, OX2 Wind AB
14:00 Networking Break And Afternoon Refreshments
14:30 HIGH FREQUENCY TALKS
The Case Of “Tahkoluoto Wind Farm” - The First Offshore Site In
Arctic Conditions
Construction of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm now has five
international suppliers involved in the project [...] The world’s first offshore
wind farm designed for icy conditions will have ten 4 MW turbines that will
be taken in use during the autumn of 2017.*
In this open floor session, we will aim to address upcoming access and
OM challenges as well as try to foresee blade’s performance issues in
offshore arctic conditions by also considering what this will entail for the
crew and technicians in terms of health and safety.
*
http://www.jandenul.com/en/pressroom/press-releases/tahkoluoto-offshore-wind-farm-
jan-de-nul-nv-main-contractor-for-marine
Moderator:
Toni Sulameri, Managing Director, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy
HEALTH SAFETY
15:15 Minimising Accidents By Preventing Ice Fall And Throw Risks
g The Gutsch Study: Using empirical formulas to assess a site specific
conditions
g Addressing the need for more instrumentation
g How to improve warning signals
g Help the general public understand when there are risks of falling or
thrown ice
g Keeping our technicians safe
René Cattin, Head Of Meteorology, Meteotest
15:45 Chair’s Closing Remarks
16:00 End of Forum
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Optimising ​Wind Farms In Cold Climates
POST-FORUM WORSHOP:
Friday, 9 December 2016
RD ADVANCEMENTS IN
COLD CLIMATE
Key topics being covered in this half-day workshop are:
g The importance of validation testing to meet design specifications
and avoid future failures
g Ice Wind Tunnel and Climate Chambers: simulating real icing
and low temperature conditions, ice accretion tests and low
temperature component validation testing
g Thermal validation of icing protection systems and turbine
components
g The Cold Climate Test Centre: Field testing at a real production
site
Hosts:
Pieter Jan Jordaens, Business Development And Innovation
OWI Lab
Stefan Ivarsson, Senior Project Manager
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
“A lot of knowledge sharing, good
conference, good choice of experts”
“A good conference for meaningful
technical discussions”
“Excellent topical meeting with a let’s
solve this together’ mood”
“All about icing on wind turbines in a
nutshell - cool”
“Great organisation”
“Great amount of experience and
knowledge present”
“Well organised”
“Very focused event to capture
technology and market insights from
players in the value chain of wind
energy”
“Useful to meet people in one place,
no need to travel all over Europe!”
Our 2015 delegates said:

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