Speaker Presentations
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Why Go Offshore and The Offshore Wind Power Potential of the United States
Walt Musial, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
*Speaker Flight Cancelled-presented by Susan Stewart, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology

Offshore Wind Power Potential of the Carolinas and Georgia

Dr. Jeffrey Freedman, AWS Truewind
*Speaker Flight Cancelled - not presented at symposium, but listed for proceedings

Global Warming and the Impact to Coastal Communities Presentation

Global Warming Animation
Dr. Alan Robock, Rutgers University


Feasibility of Offshore Wind Power in the Southeast
Dr. Susan Stewart and Bill Bulpitt, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology

Development of Offshore Wind Turbine Technology
Bob Grimley, GE

Offshore Platform Technology
Dan Dolan, MMI Engineering

Engineering a UK Offshore Wind Farm
David Eppinger, Fluor Corporation

Hydrogen Production Utilizing Offshore Wind Power
Michael Spaner, Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
*Speaker Flight Cancelled - not presented at symposium, but listed for proceedings

Grid Integration
Robert M. Vosberg P.E., Alliant Energy WindConnect

Air Quality in the Southeast
Keith Overcash, Director, Division of Air Quality, North Carolina DENR

Windpower and the Environment
Alden Hathaway, Environmental Resource Trust

Dinner Reception - Keynote Speaker: Commissioner Sam J. Ervin, IV,
North Carolina Utilities Commission


Offshore Wind Power: The European Experience

Bill Bulpitt, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology

Challenges and Opportunities for Offshore Wind Power in Virginia
George Hagerman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Harnessing the Wind: Offshore Wind Development and Public Policy in the Southeast
Roger Flynn, Clemson University, Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs

OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate Use: Focus on Offshore Wind
Maureen Bornholdt, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service

Offshore Wind Power Development
Diane Reinebach P.E - RMT, Inc.

Panel Discussion - Path Forward (facilitated by Diane Reinebach)

Kevin Pearce, Bluewater Wind, LLC

Ann Elsen, ICF Consulting





Workshop Sponsors
Savannah River National Laboratory, U.S. Department of the Interior-Minerals Management Service,
South Carolina Energy Office, Santee Cooper, and Coastal Carolina University

This symposium is coordinated and hosted by Clemson University (South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies), Georgia Institute of Technology,
North Carolina State University and Coastal Carolina University. For more information about the symposium, please call 864-656-2267.