Small Wind Site Assessment

Trainer Guide

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Duration: 45 mins

Pre-reading: n/a

Objectives: 1. Participants become familiar with site characteristics, requirements and process for a small wind site assessment

Discussion: N/A

Background:

There will be ‘five’ sites for participants to assess in Meadowbank Park.  The sites include: o white building in west o one building served by the car park o building #2 served by the car park o Rectangular building to east

If not Meadowbank Park, the sites will need to be pre-identified, and permission obtained to visit the site as needed. Ideally, the sites could be potential wind installation sites.

. For each site, prepare a summary package, including: o “Summary of the initial call with the client”, including: . Customer description . Customer goals . Future development plans . Level of comfort with maintenance . Current major appliances . Main breaker size . Annual electric consumption o Aerial map - source o Topo map - source o Assumptions for the site assessment, noting hypotheticals . (eg All sport fields are open ground)

Instructions:

1. Divide participants into groups of two to four. There should be at least two groups in the class. There be ideally more than two teams per site. (Teams can be given different scenarios for the same site) 2. Hand out summary package to each group. Instruct groups to develop list of data to gather while on-site as part of their preparatory desktop research.

3. The key purpose of the site visit is to gather as much key information as the groups can within a limited amount of time. An hour per site is usually sufficient if the groups are well prepared. After the students leave the site, they will no longer have access so they need to be thorough in their investigation. Students should take measurement and notes, based on their site assessment template and the data needs identified in the first three days of the course

4. The trainers/s play the role of the site owners, and answer questions that come up before, during and after the site visit.

5. Back in the classroom, the groups will write a site assessment report for their site. The wind report template can be used to flesh out their report.

6. Students will need to have access to the internet for Google Earth, topo maps, wind maps, wind roses, wind turbine performance calculator.

7. As student may not have time to present all into their version of the “Wind Site Assessment Report Template” they will be expected to focus on the key findings of the site assessment for their report back to the group.

8. Each group will present their report to the rest of the class. The report may be in done in the Wind Report Template, and additional information may be shared in Power Point or other formats.

9. Students in the classroom should be encouraged to ask questions of the other groups as they present.