9:20 | Chairperson's opening remarks
9:30 | Timely choices - extreme weather inspection and repair strategies
- What types of damages can be analysed with AI and other automated methods to make smart inferences about future damages and pinpointing optimal repair schedules
- Why extreme weather monitoring is so important for preparing for future damage and optimised repair timetables
- How optimising turbine inspection timings using data can reduce AEP loss for your Wind farms
- Discussing how predictive analysis feeds into repair decisions and how results are validated
Athanasios Kolios, Professor & Head of Section of Structural Integrity and Loads Assessment, DTU Wind
10:05 | Mitigating strike damage through enhanced weather monitoring
- With a move to innovative materials (i.e. carbon fibre) and much larger turbines - how will lightning protection systems need to adapt to meet their new requirements?
- How data gathered from the LPS can infer future decisions around repairs and maintenance for lightning damage
- How predictive weather analysis plays a role in preparing for future lightning damage from bad weather
Torsten Sieker, Director - Global Marketing Energy, Phoenix Contact
Carsten Schroeder, Product & Solutions Manager, Phoenix Contact
10:40 | Presentation: Scalability - the impact of larger turbines on offshore wind
- What key environmental and operational considerations when gauging turbine scalability
- Do large turbines influence the cost/benefit potential? What can be done to mitigate this?
- What are the operational & maintenance risks when deploying larger turbines? How do we become risk averse here?
- What challenges have arisen from using larger turbines?
11:10 | Presentation: Innovator Spotlight
This session will showcase the innovative solutions leading the market from our industry trailblazers. Each presenter will only have 10 minutes to demonstrate their innovation.
Once all have presented, the conference chair will lead a moderated live Q&A to give delegates the chance to ask our speakers any and all questions they may have.
12:00 | Baltic sea expansion - operating turbines in a unique environment
- What developments are currently taking place in the Baltic Sea region? How can offshore wind assist this planned expansion into wind power?
- Why is this assistance the key to ensuring we achieve energy plans and goals?
- What unique operational considerations & mitigations are there for turbines within the region?
Primitivo Carranza Torme, Offshore Wind Engineer, Iberdrola & Scottish Power
Iris Stempfle, Managing Director, Iberdrola Germany
Ingvar Apeland, Director of Business Development, OceanVentus
12:30 | Networking lunch
13:30 | Presentation: Floating wind farms - Current research questions and recent results
Floating wind energy will become an important component of the global energy supply within the next decade with planned projects already now of the same magnitude as the currently installed offshore wind capacity of today.
From a research point of view, the floating wind turbines calls for de-risking and knowledge build-up in several areas related to the hydrodynamic forcing and damping of the low frequency mooring modes; the change of wake dynamics within wind farms due to the floater motion; and the optimization of platform design with rapid engineering models. The talk will present these three research areas, with recent results for 15 MW class turbine size and an outline of the next steps needed to advance floating wind technology for the future global expansion.
Henrik Bredmose, Professor of Response, Aeroelasticity, Control & Hydrodynamics, DTU Orbit
14:05 | Presentation: Floating wind foundations - keeping offshore wind afloat
- What are some of the latest anchoring solutions, how will they boost scalability of wind farm projects?
- What foundations should be used? Which ones are most efficient?
- As turbines grow larger and further offshore, how will foundations, mooring and anchoring have to adapt?
- How can transition pieces be incorporated?
Alla Weinstein, Founder & CEO, Trident Winds Henrik Bredmose, Professor of Response, Aeroelasticity, Control & Hydrodynamics, DTU Orbit Maurizio Collu, Professor of Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Strathclyde
14:50 | Challenges in testing larger offshore blade durability
As turbine blades have crossed the 100m mark and are continuing to increase in size, mechanical testing becomes both more important and more challenging. This presentation session will discuss:
- Challenges and solutions for segmented testing of blades
- Advances in 1:1 dual axis testing
- Sub-component testing as part of the certification scheme
- New test infrastructure for blades longer than 115m
15:25 | Looking to port - Expanding offshore storage & production capacity
- What are the existing turbine storage requirements? Do ports have sufficient capacity?
- Where are the biggest roadblocks when it comes to turbine access and transportation, and how can this be rectified?
- How can installation processes evolve to reduce pressures on demand and service, particularly as turbine scalability shifts?