Full Name
Katrina Swalwell
Job title
Director, Technical | Development
Organisation
Windlab Limited
Speaker bio
For over 20 years Dr. Katrina Swalwell has worked in renewable energy from research, consultancy, wind turbine supply and now in development. At Windlab Katrina is the Director, Technical. Her team is responsible for WindScape, the proprietary wind resource software on which Windlab was founded, site finding and early-stage development, GIS, energy estimation and supporting technical contract negotiations. Katrina enjoys working with diverse teams to improve value of renewable energy projects across the project lifecycle from initial project identification through design, construction, operation, decommissioning and repowering.
Speaking At
Presentation title
Why is Queensland Wind Different?
Presentation summary
Queensland wind is not correlated with the wind in other states. In addition current wind turbine technology is designed for lower wind speed sites and the increase in hub heights is increasing wind energy's complementarity with solar power. This has led to increased development of wind farms in Queensland. This presentation will examine these factors and why this makes wind development in Queensland valuable for local energy consumers.
