News

♦ 3rd international conference on sustainable energy and green architecture.

March, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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♦ wesnet PI Liuchen Chang was invited to deliver a presentation during the October 27th session of "bacon & eggheads" Breakfast meeting in ottawa.

Dr. Chang's presentation "Bringing Power to the People - Smart Grids and the Future of Renewable Energy" was well received by Members of Parliament, Senators, senior civil servants and their staff.

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♦ wesnet featured in CanWEA Windsight magazine.

The network has been featured in the spring edition of CanWEA's Windsight magazine.  

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♦ wesnet student researcher - andrÉ bÉgin-drolet featured in the journal pioneer, pei,
for his innovative work onthe ice-free anemometer.  

DEVICE REDESIGN COULD PRESENT LOST WIND ENERGY - North Cape - An ice storm put the turbines at the North Cape wind farm...  

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♦ R.J. Templin award - DR. LIUCHEN CHANG, WESNet principal investigator, received the R.J. Templin award at canwea 2010. 

The R.J. Templin Award, first awarded in 1985, is now awarded to any individual or organization who has undertaken scientific, technical, engineering or policy work that has significantly advanced the wind energy industry in Canada.

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♦ Two 2MW wind TURBINES INSTALLED AT CORUS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES

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♦ Natural resources canada announcement

WEICan, successful proponent of a recently announced Clean Energy Fund announcement for A 9 MW Wind Technology Research and Development Park


The 9 MW wind park proposed will be the first wind/storage combination in Prince Edward Island. The project's research base has a strong focus on information dissemination, and would be a good base for supporting additional wind research.

As a key collaborator and partner in the project, WESNet is expected to benefit with availability to infrastructure providing opportunity to perform research on storage and gird integration issues as well as access to data from an operational wind farm for resource assessment and forecasting.


♦ BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WESNet is pleased to announce two new members appointed to the Board of Directors. Jean Finn of New Brunswick System Operator and Navid R. Zargari of Rockwell Automation Canada have been appointed to the Board of Directors.


♦ NSERC announcement

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Partners-Partenaires/Networks-Reseaux/WESNet-WESNet_eng.asp

♦ Media launch of the network

http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/609377