Breaking new ground
WindEurope 2018 Conference at the Global Wind Summit
25 - 28 September, Hamburg

Programme

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High-level & Plenaries
Operations & Maintenance
Environmental Impacts, Social Acceptance & Spatial Planning
Digitalisation
Finance
System Integration
Health & Safety
Policy & Markets
Sector Coupling & Electrification
Resource Assessment
Supply Chain & Logistics
Turbine Technology
Floating Wind
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Tuesday, 25 September

Electrification & sector-coupling

09:30

Ministerial session - Breaking new ground: the wind industry and the global energy transition

09:30 - 11:00
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:30
Networking and poster area
11:30

The role of wind in electrifying and decarbonising the wider economy

11:30 - 12:45
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 14:00
Networking and poster area
13:45

Blade design & maintenance

13:45 - 15:00
Room: Hamburg
Turbine technology

NEW 4.0: a blueprint for electrification and sector coupling

13:45 - 14:45
Room: Bilbao
Sector coupling & electrification
14:00

The current outlook for wind in Europe

14:00 - 15:00
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
14:45

Break

14:45 - 14:55
Networking and poster area
14:55

Electrifying heating & cooling in buildings

14:55 - 15:50
Room: Bilbao
Sector coupling & electrification

Coupling electrical and gas infrastructures

14:55 - 15:50
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Sector coupling & electrification
15:00

Break

15:00 - 15:30
Networking and poster area
15:30

Longer term perspectives for wind in Europe

15:30 - 16:30
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries

Using digital technologies to control turbines

15:30 - 16:45
Room: Hamburg
Turbine technology
16:00

Providing short-term flexibility & long-term adequacy to the energy system

16:00 - 16:55
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Sector coupling & electrification

Electrifying industrial processes

16:00 - 16:55
Room: Bilbao
Sector coupling & electrification
16:30

Break

16:30 - 17:00
Networking and poster area
17:00

German market outlook: Infinite energy in a finite space? Finding new sites and reusing existing ones

17:00 - 18:00
Room: Brussels
Policy & markets
17:05

The role of TSOs and DSOs in electrification and sector coupling

17:05 - 18:00
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Sector coupling & electrification

Electrifying transport

17:05 - 18:00
Room: Bilbao
Sector coupling & electrification
17:15

Poster Session - Turbine Technology

17:15 - 18:00
Room: Hamburg
Posters

Wednesday, 26 September

Digital wind & new technologies - brought to you by:

09:15

How will the wind industry fully leverage the digital revolution?

09:15 - 10:30
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:00
Networking and poster area
11:00

Developments in turbine components

11:00 - 12:15
Room: Hamburg
Turbine technology

From measurements to long-term estimates: which prospecting methods work best today?

11:00 - 12:15
Room: Bilbao
Resource assessment

The impact of digitalisation on cost reduction and business models

11:00 - 12:15
Room: Brussels
Digitalisation
12:15

Lunch

12:15 - 13:15
Networking and poster area
13:15

Suppliers & Operators: how could they work better together?

13:15 - 14:30
Room: Brussels
Digitalisation

Pre-construction: modelling the wind resource

13:15 - 14:30
Room: Bilbao
Resource assessment

Offshore turbines: bigger, better?

13:15 - 14:30
Room: Hamburg
Turbine technology
14:30

Break

14:30 - 15:00
Networking and poster area
15:00

Grid integration: making it smart AND secure

15:00 - 16:15
Room: Hamburg
System integration

Post-construction: getting the most of the wind resource

15:00 - 16:15
Room: Bilbao
Resource assessment

New approaches to drivetrains, yaw, converters, cables …and airborne

15:00 - 16:15
Room: Brussels
Turbine technology
16:15

Break

16:15 - 16:45
Networking and poster area
16:45

Digitalisation in market operations and power trading

16:45 - 18:00
Room: Hamburg
System integration

Poster Session - Resource Assessment

16:45 - 18:00
Room: Bilbao
Posters

Assessing the value of life extension

16:45 - 18:00
Room: Brussels
Digitalisation

Thursday, 27 September

The wind industry in a merchant environment - brought to you by:

09:15

The wind industry in a merchant environment: challenges and opportunities

09:15 - 10:15
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
10:15

Break

10:15 - 10:45
Networking and poster area
10:45

Wind atlases: a global perspective on wind resource assessment

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Bilbao
Resource assessment

How standardisation is creating a safer and more productive workforce

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Kopenhagen 4
Health & safety

Securing energy markets that are fit for renewables

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Hamburg
Policy & markets

Risk mitigation in a merchant world

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Brussels
Finance

Looming trade wars: what implications for the wind supply chain?

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Supply chain & logistics
12:00

Lunch

12:00 - 13:00
Networking and poster area
13:00

Innovations in offshore logistics & installation

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Hamburg
Supply chain & logistics

The skills we need for tomorrow's wind industry

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Bilbao
Policy & markets

What safety lessons can wind power learn from other industries and non-EU countries?

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Kopenhagen 4
Health & safety

Coordinating wind and grid investments

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Kopenhagen 1
System integration

Designing auctions: what we have learned and where we should go

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Brussels
Finance
14:15

Break

14:15 - 14:45
Networking and poster area
14:45

Under pressure? The impacts of LCOE reductions on the supply chain

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Hamburg
Supply chain & logistics

Stabilising revenues through corporate renewable PPAs

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Brussels
Finance

Cutting O&M costs using data-driven technologies

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Bilbao
Operations & maintenance

Grids, wind farms and system balancing

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Kopenhagen 1
System integration
16:00

Break

16:00 - 16:30
Networking and poster area
16:30

Financial engineering and innovations to offset risk

16:30 - 17:45
Room: Brussels
Finance

Decommissioning, lifetime extension or repowering: taking the right decision

16:30 - 17:45
Room: Hamburg
Policy & markets

Poster Session - System Integration & Digitalisation

16:30 - 17:45
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Posters

Cutting O&M costs through better turbine design

16:30 - 17:45
Room: Bilbao
Operations & maintenance

Friday, 28 September

New markets, new frontiers: the long-term outlook - brought to you by:

09:15

New markets, new frontiers: the long-term outlook

09:15 - 10:15
Room: Brussels
High-level & plenaries
10:15

Break

10:15 - 10:45
Networking and poster area
10:30

Offshore wind opportunities in Poland

10:30 - 12:00
Room: Bilbao
Policy & markets
10:45

Recycling and other sustainability challenges for the wind

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Brussels
Environmental impacts, social acceptance and spatial planning

Poster Awards

10:45 - 12:00
Room: Hamburg
Posters
12:00

Lunch

12:00 - 13:00
Networking and poster area
12:45

Solutions & facts on noise, health & public acceptance

12:45 - 14:15
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Environmental impacts, social acceptance and spatial planning

The next big thing? Saudi Arabia and Russia

12:45 - 13:45
Room: Bilbao
Policy & markets
13:00

Wind + solar + storage… and more? Hybrid systems

13:00 - 14:15
Room: Hamburg
System integration

Towards commercial deployment: key lessons from the most advanced floating wind projects

13:00 - 13:50
Room: Brussels
Floating wind
13:55

Offshore wind outside Europe: a look at the US, Taiwan and Japan

13:55 - 14:50
Room: Bilbao
Policy & markets
14:05

Floating offshore wind - supply chain perspectives

14:05 - 14:55
Room: Brussels
Floating wind
14:15

Break

14:15 - 14:45
Networking and poster area
14:45

Financing wind in emerging countries

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Hamburg
Finance

Biodiversity, access and other siting issues

14:45 - 16:00
Room: Kopenhagen 1
Environmental impacts, social acceptance and spatial planning
15:05

Perspectives for wind in Africa

15:05 - 16:00
Room: Bilbao
Policy & markets
15:10

Taking floating wind to the next level: ambitious policies and access to finance

15:10 - 16:00
Room: Brussels
Floating wind
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