Finished projects 2023

The project involves the development and offshore deployment of a floating platform off the west coast of Ireland. The demonstrator will be used to prove that the construction is durable enough for deep-water locations and is competitively priced. Interreg North West Europe, 10/2018 – 12/2023

The project partners are forming an interdisciplinary training and education network for 15 early stage researchers (ESRs) in the field of wind lidar systems with the aim of further developing key technologies and training scientific experts. European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, EXCELLENT SCIENCE – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 10/2019 – 09/2023

The project partners are developing a virtual wind farm site assistant which will be able to optimize operational management and maintenance using early fault detection methods on the basis of high-resolution data. BMWK, PtJ 12/2019 - 11/2023

This model project comprises the development of a hydrogen production unit and a value-added chain in Bremerhaven. The project partners ttz Bremerhaven, Hochschule Bremerhaven and Fraunhofer IWES will test applications in the logistics and transport sector as well as the food industry. EFRE, State of Bremen, 03/2020 - 09/2023

The project partners are developing effective solutions for increasing the reliability and robustness of inverters in photovoltaic systems and frequency converters in wind turbines. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in the scope of the internal program PREPARE, 03/2020 - 11/2023

The project partners are developing an intelligent control strategy for wind turbines which is able to guarantee the effective protection of blade bearings and, at the same, keep yield losses and additional loads on turbines to a minimum. BMWK, 01/19 - 05/22

The project partners are developing operational management and maintenance strategies for offshore wind farms that are optimized for the fluctuating power market prices and making a corresponding evaluation tool available. BMWK, 04/2019 - 05/2023

The project partners are using computational simulations in order to determine the scale and relevance of uncertainty factors when calculating wind farm sites. BMWK, 11/2019 - 07/2023

The project partners are developing and testing a methodology for the optimal use of subsoil exploration data in the development of offshore wind farms. BMWK, 03/2020 - 12/2023

Scientists at Fraunhofer IWES are developing new methods that provide significantly more realistic data for testing rotor blade prototypes and enable a design that is appropriate for the loads. By the end of the first phase of the five-year project, the infrastructure should be operational and the test methods developed. Rotor blade manufacturers will benefit from the significantly shorter tests and particularly realistic load simulations. BMWK, EFRE (Land Bremen), 12/2015 - 06/2023