STEP4WIND

Delft University of Technology

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Delft University of Technology is the oldest and largest technical university of the Netherlands. It was ranked the first university in the country in the field of Engineering by the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Aerospace Engineering is one of the largest faculty in Europe.

National University of Ireland, Galway

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Established in 1845, NUI Galway is the leading higher education and research organisation in the West of Ireland. It has invested over e0.4billion in its research and teaching infrastructures over the past 10 years. Currently involved in 130 H2020 projects, securing in excess of e60 million in direct funding and coordinating 7 ITNs. MaREI at NUI Galway was established as part of the National MaREI Centre and contributes to some of the most important long-term, environmental, marine and energy research issues.

ESR1 - Multi-scale numerical modelling of floating offshore wind turbines

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: This project aims at investigating the low-frequency response behaviour of a semi-submersible floater. It will use high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to better understand the hydrodynamic loading components. A key challenge is the large computational cost associated with running wave-structure interaction problems, especially under irregular wave conditions.

Work package: WP1 - Design

Beneficiaries: TU Delft, ORE Catapult

Partners: MARIN

Open Science

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: This course is a MOOC given by TU Delft and is therefore accessible to a wide audience. The early-stage researchers followed this training online (starting 19 May 2021, for a duration of 4 weeks). More information can be found here

Duration: 4 weeks (3-4 hours/week)

Lead Beneficiary: TU Delft

Big data management

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: This course covered all aspects related to data collection, management, analysis, visualisation, and sharing. Topics were: management and interpretation of large quantities of SCADA data; open and confidential data management; practical examples of data management at ORE Catapult such as POD (Platform for Operational Data) for data collection and SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis) to improve offshore wind assets. The data manager at TU Delft provided additional input on project and open data management.

Duration: 1 day

Lead Beneficiary: ORE Catapult

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

NREL is the U.S. national laboratory focused on renewable energy research. It encompasses 3 national centres, 3 collaborative research facilities, 16 research programmes, and has a total budget of about $410M. It has issued more than 800 patents to date and received approx. 63 R&D awards. It employs 2200 people and counts 817 active partnerships with industry, universities, foundations, and governments.

Politecnico di Milano

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological university which focuses on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.

ESR2 - Aerodynamics of floating offshore wind turbines undergoing large motions

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: The aerodynamics of FOWTs is highly complex due to the fact that the floater motion contributes to the varying effective wind velocity seen by the rotor. Additionally, the rotor may operate in its own wake, in which the flow conditions are highly unsteady. This project aims at better understanding the unsteady rotor aerodynamics, and its consequences on design. It will also look at some open questions regarding the comparison between experimental and numerical aerodynamics of a scaled FOWT under prescribed motion. This will be done using high fidelity numerical models.

Work package: WP1 - Design

Beneficiaries: TU Delft, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Partners: MARIN

Wave tank experiments

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The early-stage researchers and a few principal investigators participated in a workshop organized by MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) in Wageningen. The team received training on the topics of design considerations for floating offshore wind, model testing techniques, first- and second-order wave loads, and numerical modelling. The researchers also had the chance to prepare and realize their own experiment in MARIN’s concept basin.

Duration: 2 days (30-31 May 2022)

Lead Beneficiary: MARIN

Technical University of Denmark

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

DTU Wind Energy is a leading research organization for wind energy in Denmark with over 200 staff and covering all aspect of wind energy from atmospheric science to design to materials to grid integration and markets.

University College Cork

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The MaREI Centre is a marine and renewable energy based research, development and innovation hub at UCC comprising of 80 staff, all of whom are at least MSc qualified and have significant prior industrial/ commercial experience. They are a mix of post-docs, engineers and PhDs across the engineering and oceanographic disciplines, incl. civil, electrical, mechanical engineering, marine law and economics.

Build your start-up

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: This course focussed on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Communication" and was organized by TU Delft on 15-17 November 2022, in collaboration with the company MARMAS in Germany. The course gave the ESRs a hands-on experience with building their own start-up. Topics include: hypothesis driven entrepreneurship business, model canvas, fundraising and influencing techniques communicating not only start-up ideas, but also various research related and post-doctorate opportunities.

Duration: 3 days

Lead Beneficiary: TU Delft

ESR3 - Reduced-order models and machine learning for FOWT analysis and design

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: This ESR will develop reduced order models for the modelling of floating wind turbines. This will be based on enhancing low-fidelity physical models with high-fidelity data, hence retaining physical correctness while matching reference data. The resulting models are expected to extrapolate better and require less training data. New reduced models will be derived for a wind turbine undergoing wave motions. As such, ESR3 will build a bridge between high-fidelity studies (ESR1&2) and design methods (ESR4). Machine-learning will be used on the training-data to build improved closure models.

Work package: WP1 - Design

Beneficiaries: TU Delft, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Autumn school

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The Autumn school took place at Lake Como on 4-8 October 2021. The programme included lectures on: atmosphere physics and natural wind boundary layer, mechanical and control models of wind turbines, aerodynamic modelling of wind turbine, wind farms control problems, floating wind research topics and future and floating wind industrial applications. A site visit to the wind tunnels at Politecnico di Milano was also organised. All information can be found here .

Duration: 1 week

Lead Beneficiary: Politecnico di Milano

INSA Rouen Normandie

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

INSA Rouen Normandy (National Institute of Applied Sciences) is part of INSA Group which trains more than 10% of French engineers every year. It holds a very strong position within the French higher education system of engineering schools. Its missions: teaching (10 engineering courses including 3 by apprenticeship, 2 specialized Masters), research (8 laboratories, including CORIA whose members will be involved in the STEP4WIND project) and the dissemination of scientific culture revolve around the following areas of expertise: information, big data, mathematics, chemistry and processes, risk management and the conversion of industrial sites, energy, propulsion, mechanics, industrial performance, civil engineering and urbanism.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Siemens Gamesa is a leading supplier of wind power solutions to customers all over the globe. A key player and innovative pioneer in the renewable energy sector, who has installed products and technology in more than 90 countries, with a total capacity base of over 84 GW and 25,000 employees. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy was created in April 2017, with the merger of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica and Siemens Wind Power. Together, Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa are a leader in the renewable energy industry. Their wind power products and technologies are being used in more than 90 countries, across five continents, onshore and offshore. Their competitive wind turbine technologies cover all wind classes and site conditions.

ESR4 - Multidisciplinary design analysis and optimisation framework for FOWT farms

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: This project aims at developing a multidisciplinary design analysis and optimisation (MDAO) framework for floating offshore wind farms. A MDAO consists of coupling tools that analyse specific subcomponents with the goal of simulating the performance and cost of the whole system. As such, MDAO is able to sacrifice the performance of some subcomponents for the benefit of others, which combined yield a better system performance or lower cost of energy.

Work package: WP1 - Design

Beneficiaries: TU Delft, ORE Catapult

Summer school

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The second STEP4WIND school took place on 5-9 September 2022 and included topics on social, economic and environmental impact of offshore wind, as well as entrepreneurial and presentation skills. A short training on design, manufacturing and testing of wind turbine blades also took place at the University of Galway. Some social networking activities also took place, such as a boat cruise at Athlone. More information about the school is available here .

Duration: 1 week

Lead Beneficiary: University College Cork

Ideol

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ideol is a company fully dedicated to developing floating offshore wind. Its main successes include the deployment of two prototypes, one in France, one in Japan. Its integrated team allows to address internally all technical aspects of floating wind projects and technology development. This results in original solutions developed efficiently. Ideol has also enlarged its activities to wind farms project development, which allows projects to benefit from Ideol’s team unique understanding of floating wind technology, from design to performance, maintenance and construction works.

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

ORE Catapult is the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research centre for advancing wind, wave and tidal energy. It is a leading, independent, cross-disciplined research and development platform serving utility companies, developers, manufacturers and investors in new energy technologies. In partnership with industry, it is achieving new breakthroughs in the design, deployment and commercialisation of renewable energy technologies, shaping the future through innovation. Its staff has a wide range of practical experience to support the development and testing facilities at ORE Catapult, helping to bridge the gap between innovation and commercialisation. A number of employees sit on key industry steering groups and advisory boards.

ESR5 - Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experiments of FOWTs

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: The work will bridge WP1&2 by experimentally testing advanced control laws for a FOWTs design, to be tested both in wave basin and wind tunnel and make a step forward in the reliability of complementary wind tunnel/wave basin HIL testing approach, compared to the state-of-the-art (Lifes50+). This will advance the reliability of HIL wind tunnel/offshore basin complementary testing approach for industry and advanced design.

Work package: WP2 - Production and deployment

Beneficiaries: Politecnico di Milano, MARIN

Partner: TU Delft

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Risk considerations for the commercialisation of floating wind turbines

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The training on risk considerations did not entirely took place as planned. However, our early-stage researchers had the opportunity to visit the Kincardine floating wind farm, off the coast of Scotland, thanks to ORE Catapult and their partner Flotation Energy.

A brief training session has been organised on the boat on the installation process, maintenance operations and the commercial viability of developing one of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in the world, hence matters on the technical, commercial, and environmental ethics challenges from concept to realisation have been addressed. Despite not taking place as a regular training session, OREC has shared their methodology for risk management of FOWTs, the associated risk registers, and a methodology for technology assessment process during consortium meetings with the ESRs. Some ESRs have applied these methods to different FOWT designs.

ORE Catapult will present its methodology for risk management of FOWTs (including risks into some costs parameters), the associated risk registers, and a methodology for technology assessment process. The ESRs will apply these methods to different FOWT designs.

Duration: 1 day

Lead Beneficiary: ORE Catapult

Eire Composites Teoranta

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Eire is an innovative design, manufacturing and testing company, involved in lightweight, high performance fibre-reinforced composite materials, with an international blue-chip customer base of over 70 companies in the aerospace, renewable energy and automotive sectors. The company has established accredited composites manufacturing and testing facilities in Galway, Ireland and has significant intellectual property in manufacturing and tooling for composite materials. It was originally a spin-out from NUI Galway and retains a very strong research and innovation focus. It has performed extensive research on structural analysis of materials for space applications and renewable energy.

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

GDG is an engineering consultancy with specialist knowledge in offshore geotechnics including traditional limit state design and advanced numerical modelling for various offshore structures such as monopile supported wind turbines, jackets, gravity bases, floating platforms and jack-up platform maintenance vessels.

ESR6 - Automated manufacturing of carbon fibre reinforced composites for offshore wind turbine blades

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: The work will consist of: (i) the development of automated techniques for placement of unidirectional tapes of carbon-fibre epoxy in an offshore wind blade spar-cap or torsion box, and (ii) the mechanical and physical characterisation of the resulting composite materials. The particular advantages of the powder-epoxy prepreg tape route will be exploited to develop cost-effective processes that can yield maximum carbon fibre volume fraction and fibre straightness, while accommodating the blade curvature and twist.

Work package: WP2 - Production and deployment

Beneficiaries: Eire Composites, TU Delft

Partner: NUI Galway

Design, manufacturing and testing of wind turbine blades

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: TU Delft organized a workshop about the design and manufacturing of wind turbine blades. The goal was to provide a strong practical understanding of the context that underpins wind blade innovation, including an infusion lecture. The ESRs have been divided into teams and asked to design a wind turbine blade taking into account how the blade will be manufactured and tested. They have used CFD/FEA software to design their blades and the results have been baselined against actual blades from industry. The event included a short overview of the processes associated with aerospace manufacturing and testing, and opportunities for cross-learning between sectors has been discussed and some back-of-the-envelope calculations. Finally, there was a demonstration of the equipment used to manufacture and test blades at the composites lab located in the aircraft hall on the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft.

Duration: TBC

Lead Beneficiary: TU Delft

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Denmark

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Stichting Maritiem Research Instituut Netherlands

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) is dedicated to furthering maritime understanding and knowledge since 1932. It is an internationally recognised authority on ship and offshore hydrodynamics, involved in frontier breaking research programmes for governments, the maritime and offshore industry, and navies. It provides testing services, simulation & training consultancy. It has a cluster of the largest dedicated maritime research facilities in the world, comprising array of basins, simulation tools, measurement equipment and production tools. A complete information technology infrastructure is in place for the support of research, production, business processes and knowledge management.

ESR7 - Optimisation of dynamic cable configuration for FOWTs and farms

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: Dynamic cables are already used in the oil & gas industry but the numerical models need to be adjusted to account for the specific characteristics, dynamics and requirements of FOWT structures. In particular, subsea power cables on FOWT farms experience greater levels of mechanical stress due to the dynamic environment, leading to an increase in cable failures. This project will go beyond the state-of-the-art by optimising the cable configuration, whist accounting for cable fatigue, and using unique testing facilities for model validation.

Work package: WP2 - Production and deployment

Beneficiaries: Politecnico di Milano, ORE Catapult

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From a PhD to a career in industry

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: This session was organised by SGRE, more specifically by 8 engineers in SGRE holding a PhD in various fields (related or not to wind energy) and from various cultural backgrounds. Topics included: tools for a successful transition from academia to industry (networking, industry involvement, soft-skills); HR/Management perspective on PhD applications; experience sharing from Siemens Gamesa staff holding a PhD degree. The content was largely based on the points of view of these engineers, sharing what they believe is an asset for industrial positions to hold a PhD, based on their personal experience.

Duration: Half a day

Lead Beneficiary: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

European Academy for Wind Energy

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The EAWE is the main scientific society in wind energy research in the world. The Academy currently has over 40 members from 15 countries, including most major universities and research institutes with significant activities in this field. Its mission is to advance the science of wind energy and to foster the education in its relevant disciplines. Thus, it organises some of the main scientific events in wind energy, namely “The Science of Making Torque from Wind? and the “Wind Energy Science Conference", in addition to a number of thematic workshops. It places a special attention to the education of young researchers, and it annually organises the “PhD Seminar onWind Energy in Europe", a dedicated scientific conference and networking event specifically aimed at young professionals. In 2015 EAWE launched Wind Energy Science, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal for fast and open-access publication of top quality research articles in all fields of wind energy.

ESR8 - Installation and decommissioning of large floating offshore wind farms

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: The installation, operation and maintenance processes offshore still represent up to a third of the total cost of an offshore wind farm due to the challenges and costs of working at sea. In the context of floating wind farms, there is further room to develop floating-specific innovations to reduce environmental impact, risks, and thus also costs of these processes. This work will optimise the installation and decommissioning processes of a large number of FOWTs, and reduce the cost, risk and environmental impact of these marine operations.

Work package: WP2 - Production and deployment

Beneficiaries: University College Cork, MARIN

Intellectual Property Right

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The workshop consisted of two parts and has been organised with the support of the technology transfer officer at TUD, the D&I officer at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering (TU Delft) and The Active Bystander Training Company (UK).

Duration: 1 day

Lead Beneficiary: TU Delft

International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

INORE is an international association of postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-stage professionals, working in the fields of offshore wind, wave, tidal, and ocean thermal energy conversion. It was founded in 2006 and is comprised of a 1400-member network spanning technical, social, economic, and environmental research fields. Its vision is to support the development of early-career researchers.

ESR9 - Application of robotics in floating wind operations and maintenance (O&M)

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: While the focus of designers lies on methods to assure the structural reliability of FOWTs, there is a lack of thorough review of challenges and opportunities present in the operational phase of these novel concepts. In particular, the potential for robotics in FOWT O&M needs to be investigated. This project will investigate current and future potential usage of robotic technologies to reduce Health and Safety (H&S) risk, reduce cost of O&M and improve turbine reliability within the floating offshore wind sector.

Work package: WP3 - Operation and scalability

Beneficiaries: University College Cork, ORE Catapult

Scientific writing and presentation skills

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Overview: The training on scientific writing and presentation skills has been covered during our second summer school in Ireland. This event has included a practical seminar on technical reporting, scientific writing, and how to use theatrical techniques when designing and delivering oral presentations. Topics such as publication ethics and publication planning have been part of the training. The ESRs have applied the techniques to a talk on their research topic. Duration: 2 days

Lead Beneficiary: University College Cork

ESR10 - Development and optimisation of Blue Economy activities coupled with FOWT farms

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Aims: Both FOWTs and other sustainable deepwater offshore activities are non-matured, currently operational at demonstration scales. The goal is to further advance problem-solving methodologies for both floating offshore wind technologies and its adjacencies, by using integrated systems with physically-shared constraints, input-output and opportunities. This work will optimise the design of a FOWT hull coupled with a synergic activity, such as hydrogen production, energy storage, aquaculture, desalination or electrical substation, develop procedure to optimise the energy production systems consisting of FOWTs, electrolysers, and other technologies.

Work package: WP3 - Operation and scalability

Beneficiaries: University College Cork, ORE Catapult

Probabilistic surrogate modeling of damage equivalent loads on onshore and offshore wind turbines using mixture density networks

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

D2.3 - Automated process and characterization of the laminates

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D2.4 - Testing of large scale carbon fibre structures

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D3.4 - Techno-economic assessment of Blue Economy systems supporting the WindFloat

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D4.3 - Training materials and 3D printed models

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D4.4 - Massive Open Online Course and Online Game

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D5.1 - Completed websites and Twitter account

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D5.7 - Doctoral theses

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

The role of ply orientation on the resin flow under compaction in thermoplastic composites

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch magazine Quest

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, was interviewed by the popular Dutch tech magazine Quest about the challenges and opportunities of floating wind energy. You can read the article in Dutch here .

An experimental study on the aerodynamic loads of a floating offshore wind turbine under imposed motions

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Data analysis of the TetraSpar demonstrator measurements

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Influence of wind-wave characteristics on floating wind turbine loads: A sensitivity analysis across different floating concepts

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nacelle modeling considerations for wind turbines using large-eddy simulations

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Surrogate-assisted optimization of floating wind turbine substructure

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

D2.8 - Guidelines for reduced costs, risks and environmental impact of installation/decommission

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Cost optimization of dynamic cable lazy wave configurations for floating offshore wind turbines

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nacelle modeling considerations for wind turbines using large-eddy simulations

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Surrogate-assisted optimization of floating wind turbine substructure

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Participation in Torque2024

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

With more than 700 attendees and three, intense days, TORQUE2024 has been again a huge success, and as STEP4WIND consortium we are very proud to have been part of it. A special thank you to the official photographer Simone Chellini for contributing to this great adventure.

STEP4WIND final meeting

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The final meeting after four years of our project couldn’t have taken place in any other place but in the beautiful, sunny Florence with the vibes of the Torque2024 conference hanging in the air. Our 10 PhDs have brought valuable insights to the table for further research on floating wind energy. Not nly have they managed to stick around until the end of the project but they also built up a remarkable bond with each other, extremely unique for a project that started off in a global pandemic! 10 PhDs that will now start off applying their knowledge and experience in the industry or share it with others through further academic work. None of this was possible without the great help of our partners and great supervisors in the project from Politecnico di Milano, University College Cork, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Delft University of Technology, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands), ÉireComposites Teo, and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Thank you all and good luck with your story further!

D1.8 - Recommendations for risk and cost reductions of FOWT farms

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D2.5 - Optimised model of cable installation configuration

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D2.6 - Paper: Validation of cable configuration with experiments

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D3.2 - Solutions and technologies for robotics in O&M

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Cost-benefit assessment framework for robotics-driven inspection of floating offshore wind farms

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

D1.2 - Benchmark with wave tank data from MARIN

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D1.4 - Recommendations for model-scale testing of FOWTs under large motions

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

A study of the towing characteristics of a semi- submersible floating offshore wind platform

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Controller design for model-scale rotors and validation using prescribed motion

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Investigation of the effect of prescribed coupled motions on the power production of a floating offshore wind turbine

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

On the characteristics of the wake of a wind turbine undergoing large motions caused by a floating structure: an insight based on experiments and multi-fidelity simulations from the OC6 project Phase III

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

CFD code comparison, verification and validation for decay tests of a FOWT semi-submersible floater

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

High-fidelity analysis of a small-scale floating wind turbine under prescribed sway, heave, roll and yaw

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

High-fidelity simulations of a reference wind turbine at different scales under prescribed floating motion and field conditions

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

M Baudino Bessone, D Singh, T Kalimeris, E Bachynski-Polić, A Viré

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Participation in WESC2023

Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Our PhD candidates presented their work at the WESC2023 conference. They could network with the 1000 attendees of the event in Glasgow, including some fellow PhD candidates from other European projects. This was a great moment to exchange knowledge and get back to the host institutions full of new ideas and impulse.

Visit to the Kincardine floating wind farm

Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In May 2023, the PhD candidates within STEP4WIND have reached a great milestone in their research work! They have been able to visit the world’s largest floating wind farm in Kincardine, Aberdeen harbor. Nothing better to witness the scale of these turbines! Huge thank you to Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Flotation Energy for making this possible, for the valuable insights shared and spotless arrangements around the visit. Brief information on the Kincardine wind farm offshore Aberdeen: https://lnkd.in/e3rj9vCb

D2.2 - Comparison Between HiL in Wind & Wave Tests

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

High-fidelity analysis of a small-scale floating wind turbine under prescribed sway, heave, roll and yaw

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Participation in a PhD winter school

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Two of our ESRs, Likhitha Ramesh Reddy and Felipe Novais, took part in a winter school organized by DTU Wind (Denmark) on 7-11 November 2022. The topics was floating wind turbine control. More information about the training here .

D2.1 - Database of Wind Tunnel Experiments

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

The Role of Melting on Intimate Contact Development in Laser-Assisted Tape Placement of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The Role Of Ply Orientation On The Resin Flow Under Compaction In Thermoplastic Composites

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

D1.1 - CFD modelling for wave-structure interaction with a semisubmersible floater

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D1.3 - A frequency-time domain method for annual energy production estimation of floating wind turbines

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D1.7 - Modelling installation logistics costs of a semi-submersible in an MDAO framework for floating wind farms

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D2.7 - Marine operations challenges and innovative solutions for the installation and decommissioning of large FOWT farms

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Dedicated large-scale floating offshore wind to hydrogen: Assessing design variables in proposed typologies

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Organisation of our PhD summer school

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Our PhD team participated in a week-long summer school organized by UCC and attended a mixture of presentations, workshops and fun team-bonding activities. In addition to the topics of entrepreneurship and presentation skills, a visit was organized to the UCC test facilities (including a tour of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility, UCC).

Automated tape placement of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics for offshore wind turbine blades

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Including installation logistics costs in the optimal sizing of semi-submersibles for floating wind farms

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Including installation logistics costs in the optimal sizing of semi-submersibles for floating wind farms

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Surrogate-assisted optimization of floating wind turbine substructure

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The role of melting on intimate contact development in laser-assisted tape placement of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

D3.1 - Review of Robotic Solutions for Floating Wind

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Applications of robotics in floating offshore wind farm operations and maintenance: Literature review and trends

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

D5.3 - Report on the outreach activities

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

A frequency-time domain method for annual energy production estimation in floating wind turbines

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Participation in Torque2022

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The STEP4WIND researchers presented their work at the international conference Torque2022 organized by TU Delft on 1-3 June 2022.

Article in Dutch national media

Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

On 31 May 2022, our project coordinator, Axelle Viré, talked about floating wind energy in an interview published online and in paper by De Telegraph, the most widely read national newspaper in The Netherlands.

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf

Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, was interviewed by the most widely read national newspaper in the Netherlands, De Telegraaf. She talked about the importance of floating wind energy to accelerate the energy transition. The article can be found here (behind paywall).

A frequency-time domain method for annual energy production estimation in floating wind turbines

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Floating wind turbines: marine operations challenges and opportunities

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Including installation logistics costs in the optimal sizing of semi-submersibles for floating wind farms

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Probabilistic surrogate modeling of offshore wind turbine loads with chained Gaussian processes

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Validation of CFD determined hydrodynamic coefficients for a semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Floating offshore wind energy

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:15:00 +0000

D1.5 - System identification ROM trained on LES

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D1.6 - Cheap, high-accuracy, pre- trained ROM for FOWT design

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D3.3 - Theoretical /Conceptual systems of Blue Economy system for FOWTs

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Data-driven RANS closures for wind turbine wakes under neutral conditions

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador for OffshoreWind4Kids

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

STEP4WIND and TU Delft are working together with OffshoreWind4Kids to disseminate offshore floating wind energy to a wide public. The university has received a set of dissemination kits which will be used for different outreach activities in the coming months. The project coordinator is leading the collaboration together with colleagues at TU Delft.

Talk at the EERA DeepWind conference 2022

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Omar Ibrahim (ESR10) made it virtually to the EERA DeepWind conference in Trondheim 19-21 January, 2022! This conference is an international event aiming to present the best ongoing research and innovation related to deep sea offshore wind farms, both bottom-fixed and floating. Omar had the chance to present his ongoing piece of work titled “Semi-submersible floating offshore wind and green hydrogen: Electrolyser synchronization”. This comes as the second piece of his PhD work within STEP4WIND on coupling floating offshore wind with green hydrogen production and transportation. The aim of this research is to introduce a novel control system for a fully synchronized hydrogen production facility with an off-grid floating offshore wind output, integrated on the turbine’s deck.

Support for the day of sustainability

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The STEP4WIND coordinator and OffshoreWind4Kids supported the day of sustainability organized in Delft (The Netherlands) by providing workshops on wind energy to school children. Thanks to the staff members at TU Delft for their help during the workshops!

Day of Sustainability in the Netherlands

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

TU Delft organised a workshop for school children at the OPEN public library in Delft for the Day of Sustainability on 10 October 2021.

STEP4WIND Autumn school

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Our first school took place on 4-8 October 2021 in Lake Como (Italy). The programme included lectures on: atmosphere physics and natural wind boundary layer, mechanical and control models of wind turbines, aerodynamic modelling of wind turbine, wind farms control problems, floating wind research topics and future and floating wind industrial applications. A site visit to the wind tunnels at Politecnico di Milano was also organised. All information can be found here .

Grant from COST Action WECANet

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Omer Khalid (ESR9) received the STSM COST Action grant from WECANet for the project titled “WG4: Impacts and economics of wave energy and how they affect decision- and policy-making”. He collaborated with Dr. George Lavidas from TU Delft, and worked on operations and maintenance (O&M) cost modeling for a co-located floating wind-wave energy farm.

Participation in an International Autumn School

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

On the week of 13th -17th of September 2021, our ESR 3 Deepali Singh and ESR 10 Omar Ibrahim had the opportunity to participate in-person for the first time in the International Autumn School “Climate Policy and Energy System Transformation: New Opportunities and Challenges of the Consideration of Co-Benefits” hosted at TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany. The School addressed and presented state-of-the-art concepts and methods to capture effects of low-carbon policies in order to improve the scope for well-informed decision-making of policymakers. The school also sensitized the participants for the complexity faced by policymakers and researchers concerned with climate policy. Furthermore, over the five days, the school aimed to provide such skills and knowledge to students, which are required for the sophisticated task of including different effects with different features in the analysis of climate policy.

D5.6 - Literature reviews

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Outreach event building floating wind turbines at the beach

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

TU Delft supported the OffshoreWind4Kids outreach event in Scheveningen on 19 September 2021. A few of our PhD students and staff attended the event and helped out with kids building both bottom-mounted and floating wind turbines. More information about this initiative here .

Support of the OffshoreWind4Kids initiative

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Some of our staff and PhDs attended the event in Scheveningen on 19 Septemnber 2021 and helped kids and families build small-scale offshore and floating wind turbines. More information about the initiative here .

Project featured in a special report

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Our preject was presented in a special report of the Innovation Platform magazine here .

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch magazine KIJK

Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, was interviewed by the popular Dutch tech magazine KIJK about GE’s announcement of a new floating wind turbine concept. She highlighted the challenges faced by floating offshore wind turbines and the role of STEP4WIND. You can read the article in Dutch here .

A low computational framework for testing closed-loop wind farm controllers

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Aerodynamics of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Undergoing Large Motions

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Application of robotics for floating wind operations and maintenance (O&M) - A review

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Coupling Green Hydrogen Production and Transportation with Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Farms - A Review

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Feature Selection and Model Reduction for the Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Installation and decommissioning of large floating offshore windfarms

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Multi-scale hydrodynamic modelling of floating offshore wind turbines

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Omar Ibrahim featured as MSCA Fellow of the Week

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Omar Ibrahim featured as MSCA Fellow of the Week. You can read about it here .

Project Coordinator interviewed by New Energy for Europe

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, was interviewed by New Energy for Europe and highlighted the key role of floating offshore wind in the years to come, in particular for green hydrogen production at sea. You can watch the interview here .

Participation in the ECFD4 workshop

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The Extreme CFD 4 workshop (ECFD4) took place online on the week of 22-26 March 2021. Our ESR Likhitha Ramesh Reddy and the project coordinator Axelle Viré participated with a project on wave-structure interactions for a moving structure. This intense week of code developments led to new features in the CFD model YALES2, as well as new collaborations between STEP4WIND researchers and the YALES2 community.

Kick-off meeting with the early-stage researchers

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The kick-off meeting for the early-stage researchers was held remotely on 16 February. Representatives of all the beneficiaries and some partner organisations attended the meeting. Each PhD candidate gave a short presentation about their backgrounds and projects. This led to fruitful discussions and the identification of new synergies between the researchers.

WESC2021 conference

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

A number of STEP4WIND principal investigators are leading mini-symposia at the WESC2021 conference. These mini-symposia are co-organised with the principal investigators of other MSCA ITN projects running in parallel to STEP4WIND. Although the mini-symposia are open to any researchers, the ITN early-stage researchers will be given the opportunity to present their research projects to the wider wind energy community.

Project and Coordinator featured in a TU Delft's magazine

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The project website is featured in a layperson magazine on offshore renewable energy. The project coordinator was also interviewed to talk about floating offshore wind. Read more about this here .

Application of robotics for floating wind operations and maintenance (O&M) - A review

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Coupling Green Hydrogen Production and Transportation with FOWT Farms - A Review

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Installation and decommissioning of large floating offshore windfarms

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0000

D5.2 - STEP4WIND newsletters

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The online editions of our newsletters are available at the following links Newsletter 1 Newsletter 2

D5.4 - Roadmap to commercialisation

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

D4.1 - Training guide and plan

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The training guide and plan can be downloaded here .

D5.5 - Data management plan

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Bridging the gap between academic research and industrial development of floating offshore wind farms

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:00:00 +0000

MSCA2020 conference

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, is invited to talk at the workshop on ‘Supervision in Academia’ as part of the MSCA Conference on 29-30 September 2020. The event will take place online.

Two-dimensional numerical simulations of vortex-induced vibrations for a cylinder in conditions representative of wind turbine towers

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

D6.3 - Guide to the implementation of STEP4WIND

Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The deliverable can be downloaded here .

Kick-off meeting

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

STEP4WIND officially started on 1st April 2020. The scientific and administrative staff met remotely on 7 April 2020. Representatives of all the beneficiaries and some partner organisations attended the meeting. Topics covered included: presentation of the 10 PhD projects, recruitment of the ESRs, project management structure, ITN best practise, first milestones and deliverables.

FOWT2020 conference

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The project coordinator, Axelle Viré, will give a talk at the largest event on floating offshore wind energy in the world. The talk was scheduled on 24 April 2020 in Marseille. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the conference has been rescheduled. The new date is 9 September 2020. This is the first international dissemination of the project.

Kick-off meeting

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

STEP4WIND officially starts on 1st April 2020. The principal investigators from all the beneficiaries will meet in Delft on 7 April 2020 to kick-off the project. Topics of discussion include: presentation of the 10 PhD projects, recruitement of the ESRs, project management structure, ITN best practise, first milestones and deliverables.

Summary

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

STEP4WIND is a European Industrial Doctorate programme, granted under the H2020 Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network initiative (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, grant agreement 860737). The programme runs between April 2020 and March 2024 and will deliver 10 PhD degrees, in joint supervision and training between the public and private sectors. The main objective is to address both technological and economical challenges related to the development of large offshore wind farms.