On Wednesday, April 29th 2020, Fraunhofer IWES will be hosting an online conference with scientists from around the world to discuss the topic of “Current challenges for offshore wind energy in the North Sea.” We hope to be able to welcome you to VirtualWind.
How it works
Fraunhofer IWES will publish the dial-in data on this website shortly before the start of the conference (timezone CEST (GMT+2). At the end of each presentation you will have the opportunity to ask questions to the speaker using the chat function. Please note that there is a participant limit.
We hope to be able to welcome you to VirtualWind.
The Fraunhofer IWES team
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Program
10:00 a.m. – Welcome: Prof. Andreas Reuter, Head of the Institute, Fraunhofer IWES
- 10:15 a.m. – “Large Offshore Blade Design Innovation Challenges”
Jeppe Kirkegaard
Head of Blade Structural Design Department
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Presentationslides here - 11:00 a.m. – “Impact of Blade Shape Distortion due to Manufacture on Turbine Loads and Energy Yield”
Malo Rosemeier
Rotor Blades Research Associate, Virtual Test Bench
Fraunhofer IWES
- 12:00 noon – “An Aerospace Solution to Leading Edge Erosion”
Dr. Peter Greaves
Senior Research Engineer, Blade
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Presentationslides here - 2:00 p.m. – “Is fatigue a challenge for offshore rotor blades?”
Dr. Alexander Krimmer
Senior Engineer
Composite Materials and Structures
TPI Composites Germany GmbH - 3:00 p.m. – “Energy Storage Solutions and Their Role in Offshore Wind Energy Networks”
Dr. John Nwobu
Research Engineer, Grid & Storage
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Presentationslides here - 4:00 p.m. – “Future challenges for grid integration testing and needs for standardization of testing”
Torben Jersch
Head of System Technology Department
Fraunhofer IWES
Presentationslides here
The program of presentations will be chaired by Steffen Czichon, Head of Rotor Blades Department, Fraunhofer IWES.