Head of R&D, BerlinWind GmbH

Biography

Dr. Christoph Heilmann has been working in the wind industry for eighteen years. He is currently head of the R&D department at BerlinWind GmbH, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. After finishing his doctorate in 2005 he was for five years project manager at Deutsche WindGuard Dynamics GmbH leading R&D projects and wind energy training courses. Since 2009 he is head of R&D at BerlinWind GmbH, developing measuring systems for wind turbine loads, rotor balancing, blade angles (photometric and laser-based), tower clearance, modal analysis and blade twist. Moreover, he is involved in consulting projects and turbine lifetime extension.