Overview of Research Activities in the Project Countries Doris Lorenz Consulting and Management Doris Lorenz and Maren Schätzke
Doris Lorenz Consulting and Management fields of work: energy and climate protection local and regional development and planning project design, application and management
Starting Point aim: overview about offshore research activities of universities, institutes and test fields along the POWER CLUSTER partner countries Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK, the Netherlands and Germany to join further activities between research partners and between research and offshore business by generating innovative projects and apply for EU funding
Methods enter the internet websites of the research community - table 1: introduction of each institute - table 2: description of each research project - table 3: studies about offshore wind energy interim report consult the POWER CLUSTER partner include the feedback present the survey finalised report
In Addition contact to Bastian Barton, FH Kiel (FINO 3), Prof. Alois Schaffarczyk, FH Flensburg and Markus Lange, GKSS Geesthacht statement of current problems of offshore wind energy use and further needs for research activities
Results research activities along test fields are mainly concentrated on single countries within the countries several initiatives, cooperation s and cluster were established in order to strengthen the national offshore competence and industry fields of research in general are almost the same in each country cooperative research projects between the countries in 6th an 7th FP of EU
Germany RAVE: coordinated by Fraunhofer IWES accompanying the alpha ventus test field FINO 3: coordinated by Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH accompanying the FINO 3 test platform 33 data user: 12 businesses, 21 research institutes CEwind: Center of Excellence for Windenergy SH Research Network of the Universities SH organised as Registered Cooperative Society Coastal Futures: coordinated by GKSS Integrated Costal Zone Management with offshore wind energy case study
Denmark HREnsemble: coordinated by WEPROG ApS accompanying the offshore wind farm Horns Rev National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Risø coordinating a wide range of national research projects: 12 MW Turbines, ADAPWING, Blade King, Grid, IPSYS, WindScanner, Wind-Wave, etc.
EU Projects NORSEWInD: coordinated by Oldbaum Services Ltd, UK (2008-2012) funded by TREN-FP7 high quality wind atlases UpWind: coordinated by DTU-Risø, DK (2006-2009) funded by FP 6 very large wind turbines DOWNVInD: coordinated by Talisman Energy Limited, UK (2004-2009) funded by FP 6 large capacity windfarms offshore in deepwater POW WOW: coordinated by DTU-Risø, DK (2006-2009) modelling of waves, wakes and wind for shortterm forecast
TPWind: European Wind Energy Technology Platform Wind Energy Roadmap on October 7th, 2009 integrated in the EC programme Investing in the development of Low Carbone Technologies tool for the development of wind energy in the 2010-2020 period
European Wind Energy Roadmap 2009 Objectives: accelerate the reduction of costs resolve the associated grid integration issues develop a better picture of wind resources in Europe, build 5-10 testing facilities for new turbine components; up to 10 demonstration projects of next generation turbines; at least 5 prototypes of new offshore substructures demonstrate new manufacturing processes test the viability of new logistics strategies and erection techniques in remote and often hostile weather environments
Future Challenges raising the acceptance logistic and erection strategies and technologies optimal design of blades operation and maintenance concepts and technologies wind and weather forecast just in time and local wave interferences birds protection noise protection grid integration
Conclusions survey can only serve a kind of a bird view following this, every partner country has a wide range of offshore research resources and competences coordinated by national networks there is a need to go more in detail to find differences and synergies to integrate them in well balanced joint research projects to meet the needs of the offshore business exactly starting point for our discussions today