PROMOTioN – Challenges and Solutions for Meshed Offshore Grids (Sebastian Menze)

The H2020 research project PROMOTioN aims to explore and identify potential benefits in financial, technical and environmental matters. The main objective of PROMOTioN is the further development and demonstration of key technologies: multi-vendor HVDC grid protection systems, HVDC network control systems, long duration testing of HVDC GIS and full power testing of HVDC circuit breakers.

Dr. Cornelis Plet with “Technical Challenges to Meshed Offshore Grids”

Mr. Jelle van Uden with “Considerations for a deployment plan for meshed offshore grids”.

YOUWINd model – Welcome to the new analysis approach in the zero-subsidy era Edvald Edvaldsson M10 Welcome to the YOUWINd model, a web based financial tool for analysing offshore wind farm development projects. Firstly we introduce the YOUWINd model and then use the tool to quantify the impact on LCOE and IRR of zero-subsidy bids for various projects in Northern Europe.

ELISA OFFSHORE WIND TECHNOLOGY. FROM BOTTOM FIXED TO FLOATING. (Lara Cerdan – Javier Nieto) – ELISA is a disruptive technology for offshore wind substructures which has become a reality thanks to the ELICAN H2020 project.

WINDSEA, Low-cost wind data with new generation of floating lidar technology. Description: WINDSEA is the first stabilized and ultra-modular floating LiDAR buoy able to collect a large amount of reliable offshore data and meeting key challenges to reduce cost of wind and ocean data collection. Speaker: Maxime BELLORGE, Project & Sales Director

PivotBuoy – 2nd generation technology to reduce floating wind costs (Alex Raventos – CEO X1 Wind) – Pivotbuoy is a €4M awarded project by European Commission H2020 Program with the objective is to reduce the current the Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of floating wind by 50% through the validation of the PivotBuoy® technology. X1 WIND, the technology developer, will unveal the new design which will be installed at PLOCAN test site in 2020 together with a consortium of european partenrs: EDP, Worley, DNV-GL, ESM, DTU, Plocan, WavEC and Degima..

Fibersail full blade shape sensor for load monitoring and performance improvement (Pedro Pinto or Carlos Oliveira) – Full length shape sensor aimed to monitor precise blade bendings allowing load reduction from pitch and yaw efficient controlling based on blade precise loads, and continuous blade lifetime condition and estimation.

“Digitalization concepts to optimize O&M strategies in
Offshore Wind “Digitalization concepts to optimize O&M strategies in
Offshore Wind Energy"
– Introduction: César Yanes (coordinator for Iberdrola).
– Moderator: Teresa Ojanguren (Iberdrola).
“Analytics based Maintenance for Offshore Wind Turbines”
– Speaker: Moritz Gräfe, UPTIME Engineering.
– Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.
“Novel monitoring and control architectures for wind
generation management”
– Speaker: Juan Prieto Vivanco, Minsait INDRA.
– Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.
and prognosis of critical failures affecting
offshore wind turbines.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Cristian Rodenas-Soler (Siemens
Gamesa) and Elena González (Scottish Power).
in offshore wind turbines: requirements,
challenges and opportunities.
CASE STUDY: Wikinger.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Úrsula Smolka (Ramboll).
cloud-based ecosystems for O&M optimisation.
CASE STUDIES: Wikinger/Teesside.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Daniel Rodríguez (Indra), Moritz Gräfe
(Uptime), and Michael Nidd (IBM Research Zurich).
O&M tool for availability and cost estimation
of offshore wind farms.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Athanasios Kolios (University of
Strathclyde).
– Introduction: César Yanes (coordinator for Iberdrola).
– Moderator: Teresa Ojanguren (Iberdrola).
“Analytics based Maintenance for Offshore Wind Turbines”
– Speaker: Moritz Gräfe, UPTIME Engineering.
– Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.
“Novel monitoring and control architectures for wind
generation management”
– Speaker: Juan Prieto Vivanco, Minsait INDRA.
– Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.
and prognosis of critical failures affecting
offshore wind turbines.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Cristian Rodenas-Soler (Siemens
Gamesa) and Elena González (Scottish Power).
in offshore wind turbines: requirements,
challenges and opportunities.
CASE STUDY: Wikinger.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Úrsula Smolka (Ramboll).
cloud-based ecosystems for O&M optimisation.
CASE STUDIES: Wikinger/Teesside.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Daniel Rodríguez (Indra), Moritz Gräfe
(Uptime), and Michael Nidd (IBM Research Zurich).
O&M tool for availability and cost estimation
of offshore wind farms.
15 min (Presentations + Discussion panel).
– Speakers: Athanasios Kolios (University of
Strathclyde).

“Analytics based Maintenance for Offshore Wind Turbines” – Speaker: Moritz Gräfe, UPTIME Engineering. – Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.

“Novel monitoring and control architectures for wind generation management”

• Speaker: Juan Prieto Vivanco, Minsait INDRA.
• Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.

“Novel monitoring and control architectures for wind generation management”

• Speaker: Juan Prieto Vivanco, Minsait INDRA.
• Moderator: ZABALA Innovation Consulting.

GBM’s Vibro-drill, a silent method to install offshore monopiles (Ben Arntz: Founder, Director, developing the product / Govert Meijer: Angle Investor, Director, developing the business)

Load monitoring in bolts and screws (Dr. Cord Winkelmann) – „Using Sensor Integration to Build Smart Machine Components“: Dr. Cord Winkelmann discusses the development of smart screws for blade bolt or tower flange monitoring. Smart Machine Components enable users to measure static as well as dynamic forces without changing and existing mechanical design. The technical basics, the employed approaches from microsystem technology are examined. The lecture will be rounded off by an outlook on exciting applications.

Offshore Wind and Power-2-X

Facilitated by Energy Innovation Cluster

Speakers

Welcome to PtX: Glenda Napier, CEO, Energy Innovation Cluster

13.00 – 13.10: Tejs Laustsen Jensen, CEO, Hydrogen Denmark “Power-to-X – The enabler of the green transition”

13.10 – 13.20 Finn Daugaard Madsen, Innovation Manager PtX, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S ‘Power to gas in relation to offshore wind’

13.20 – 13.30 Niels-Arne Baden, CEO, GreenHydrogen ‘Thoughts about energy storage roadmaps toward GW offshore wind’

Wind energy can be converted into chemical energy through electrolysis – so called P2X – a technology that is part of the transition towards a carbon-free world. Energy Innovation Cluster will introduce you to this key technology that can be easily stored and further used or processed as a green alternative to fossil fuels.

DK-UK: Changing Innovation Together

Facilitated by Energy Innovation Cluster

Speakers

• Glenda Napier, CEO, Energy Innovation Cluster
• Chris Hill, Director, ORE Catapult

Energy Innovation Cluster and ORE Catapult will discuss the need to collaborate about innovation across country borders. The organizations will also sign a cooperation agreement during this year’s Wind Europe Offshore. The purpose is to intensify innovation in the North Sea Region by activities such as a technology roadmap, a wind power hub and an O&M workshop about innovation projects and industry solutions.

Industrialization through Cooperation

Facilitated by Energy Innovation Cluster Speakers

• Jesper Møller, Principal Expert, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
• Ben Møller Nielsen, Senior Specialist – Tool Improvement and Development, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind
• Jimmy Gehring, Head of Sales, SH Group
• Christian Munk, Project Manager, Energy Innovation Cluster

Industrialization is necessary in the offshore wind in order to cost out. Energy Innovation Cluster has been platform for several industrialization projects driven by the industry. Leading OEMs are collaborating with innovative subcontractors about standardization and cost-out within the wind energy sector. This session is a quick introduction to commenced activities of how the standardisation activities are creating real value for the sector.

AI and edge computing for offshore wind (Anders Røpke, CEO / Troels Marstrand, CTO / Andreas Espersen, COO) – Wind farm operations using edge computing for asset management. AI for blade defect detection and repair recommendations, using edgeTPU.

Asset Integrity Hub – standardize and digitalize communication with your partners (Anders Hvashøj. CEO ZEVIT, +10 years in wind industry, previous member of Vestas Service Management board) Asset Integrity Hub is a platform that not only enables energy companies to accelerate their road to digitalization and analytics, but also empowers technicians with field service optimization and reliability engineering. In other words – empower, improve and control all company assets through one digital platform.

Simpler, Safer Operations: A case study Presenting experience from 3 years’ work at London Array to fully digitise work planning, marine control and HSE management.

High noise reduction, increased yield potential and high load reduction for operational and new wind.

Klaus Röhm

WTS-Add-ons for noise reduction are available, which can be improved through the use of innovative 3D-design and achieves a noise reduction of up to 5 dB(A) and leading to a yield increase up to 6%. As well as for the reduction of dynamic and static loads, also known as back-flow-flaps.

The Role of Wave Energy in Deep Decarbonization of Power Generation

Anders Jansson – Commercial Director, CorPower Ocean

InnoEnergy funded start-up CorPower has over the years proven a wave energy technology that operates in resonance with the waves improving the structural efficiency more than 5 times to what previously been seen in the sector. With low correlation between wind and wave resource at exposed sites, wave energy could solve one of the key challenges for the energy sector.

Title: Lowering project risk for offshore wind developers.

Speaker: Julian Harland, Sales Director, EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions

Description: InnoEnergy funded start-up of 2014, EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions, has become a world recognised dedicated turn-key provider of wind and wave assessments for offshore developers. EOLOS will explain how the floating LiDAR industry lowers costs of financing, cuts project contingencies and engages local stakeholders to secure project development.