Programme
7th Wind Farm Operators Forum
6-7 March 2024, Sheraton Sopot Hotel
DAY 1
Time
Session
10.00 – 11.00
Registration and welcome coffee
11.00 – 12.30
OPENING SESSION
Welcome speech – WFOF Organisers
Welcome speech by Platinum Partner – Paweł Majcherkiewicz, Grenevia S.A.
Wind energy – quo vadis?
Moderator: Szymon Kowalski, PWEA
- The future of Poland’s energy mix – Bernard Swoczyna, Instrat Foundation
- Impact of the crisis and outlook on energy markets for next decade in Poland – Filip Piasecki, Aurora Energy Research
- Green certificate market in 2023 and forecasts – Tomasz Surma, PWEA Working Group
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 15.00
Cable pooling and direct line
Moderator: Wiktoria Rogaska, PWEA Working Group
- Legal aspects – Wiktoria Rogaska, Grupa Robocza PSEW/ Lech Kuleszyński, PWEA Steering Committee
- Cable pooling – technical aspects – Piotr Szczeciński, Encos
- Direct line after half a year – tough start – Grzegorz Skarżyński, Tundra Advisory
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee break
15.30 – 17.15
Innovations
Moderator: Marcin Łuczak, Gdańsk University of Technology
- Verification of a machine learning approach to calibrate local wind speed measurements using neighbouring turbines – Philip Bradstock, BitBloom – Call for abstracts winner
- Estimating production losses from blade leading edge roughness and erosion – Alexander R Meyer Forsting, DTU
- The use of autonomous drones in the operation of wind parks – Karol Jaroszewski, OX2
- Efficiency Meets Safety: The New Era of Wind Turbine Monitoring – Holger Fritsch, Bachmann Monitoring GmbH
- Wind turbine blades in the context of specific damage. Interesting selected cases of damage, the genesis of the damage – Marcin Piątek, YEES
- Decommissioning reserve for wind and PV farms – Jakub Kosiński, GP Earth
- Specialised cleaning products for the wind power industry – Tomasz Hodniczek, Fuchs Oil
- Green Energy in the Shadow of Cyber Threats – Paweł Kopczyński, wpd windmanager
19.00 – 24.00
Networking dinner
DAY 2
Time
Session
09.30 – 10.00
Registration and welcome coffee
10.00 – 11.00
Major component replacement- gearbox. Cooperation between wind farm operator and full service provider
Piotr Monsiorski, Total Wind PL
Michał Magda, Total Wind PL
Paweł Majcherkiewicz, Grenevia S.A.
Wojciech Frysz, Grenevia S.A.
Minimising the impact of wind turbines on avifauna in the context of new IFC/EBRD/KFW guidelines
Adam Jaworski, Bioseco/ Aleksandra Szurlej-Kielańska, Tactus
Ways to optimise wind farm energy sales – is it worth signing cPPAs?
Szymon Kowalski, RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
Wind turbine blades in the context of specific damage. Interesting selected cases of damage, the genesis of the damage Marcin Piątek, YEES
Specialised cleaning products for the wind power industry
Tomasz Hodniczek, Fuchs Oil
Green Energy in the Shadow of Cyber Threats
Michael Tenten, Mirosław Matecki, wpdWindmanager
12.30 – 13.00
Coffee break
13.00 – 14.00
Decommissioning reserve for wind and PV farms.
Jakub Kosiński, GP Earth
Safety Drill – evacuation from a wind turbine not only for technicians
Krystian Groblica, windhunter academy
Cable pooling
Grzegorz Skarżyński, Tundra Advisory / Przemysław Kałek, Radzikowski, Szubielska i Wspólnicy / Piotr Szczeciński, Encos
14.00
Lunch
The organizer reserves the right to change the program.