Tomorrow and Friday, local and state government folks, academics, consultants, and members of the public will gather at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus for a two-day conference on wind energy. Open to the public, but not sure if the event is full — you can find out more at the conference site.

There is also supposed to be a live webcast, but I've never seen a conference webcast that I could tolerate for more than about fifteen minutes. (Steve Jobs's keynotes at MacWorld excepted.) The published link is mms://streamer.rwu.edu/rwulive, but that apparently was set up when the conference was slated for RWU, and may not be working tomorrow. If you're interested, give it a try.

Heard about this at the Portsmouth Economic Development Committee (PEDC) meeting tonight where it was a major agenda item. Gary Gump of the Sustainable Energy Subcommittee will be presenting Friday afternoon on the work that's been going on here in Portsmouth.

Also discussed tonight, the EDC is still working to finalize dates for public workshops on wind energy in May, watch your local media for dates. In the meantime, you can keep up with developments by checking the Sustainable Energy web site.

UPDATE: Read the ProJo story on the conference, and download the Governor's RIWINDS study.