Researcher Wind Energy, TNO

Biography

Feike Savenije is researcher at TNO (formerly ECN) Wind Energy for about fifteen years, mostly working on wind turbine and wind farm dynamics and control. He obtained his MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology with specialization Advanced Mechatronics. With this background in mechatronics, system integration is a key topic in his work. From the start of his career, Feike has been involved in several national and international projects, both applied research and commercial consultancy. Specialisms are wind turbine control, wind farm control and innovative concepts such as floating wind turbines and vertical axis wind turbines. Besides the technical activities, Feike engages in acquisition and management of R&D projects and contributes to development of the wind energy research program at TNO.