AWEA Regional Wind Energy Conference – Northeast

Portland, Maine. AWEA's next regional conference will focus on the critical issues that will help advance wind power's growth issues in the northeastern U.S. The event will also provide attendees with a comprehensive view of both land-based wind power development and the nascent efforts to develop offshore wind power off the region's coast. Attendees will analyze where wind power stands today in the northeast and the critical issues specific to the region, evaluate the market and policy in the region, specifically the various growth strategies and demand drivers ,detail the critical issues affecting offshore wind development, siting & wildlife and transmission infrastructure needs, as well as manufacturing and supply chain opportunities in the region and examine the utility issues that can secure cost-effective wind energy supply, jobs growth, and economic development opportunities.