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  • NOWITECH is represented in Grønn Fase, a think tank appointed by the Ministry of Oil and Energy.
    Grønn Fase consists of student representatives from the different FMEs, and among other things, we run a blog about environmentally friendly energy, both politics and technology, seen from young researchers’ point of view. Please visit us at: 
    http://gronnfase.blogspot.no
    We would like to have active discussions under the blog posts, so we would appreciate your comments.

    More info: Marit Irene Kvittem, PhD Candidate, Offshore Wind Technology



  • Excellent midterm review of NOWITECH by international evaluation panel (April 2013)

    According to terms for the CEER scheme (Centre of Environmental-friendly Energy Research, in Norwegian: FME), the Centres shall go through a midterm evaluation about 4 years after start-up. This process is now on-going with an international review panel consisting of two scientific experts and two generalist experts having prepared their assessment of NOWITECH. Their report gives a very positive evaluation of NOWITECH; quoting:

    Research activities:
    "The research work is of highest international standard."

    "In less than four years the Centre has become a well-recognized member of the scientific community, seen as being in the front with regard to deep water wind technology, in particular floating systems. This is a remarkable achievement."

    Internationalization:
    "NOWITECH has become an internationally recognised organisation for research on offshore wind power,..."

    Researcher training, engagement in education:
    "An excellent scientific programme has been established between SINTEF, IFE and NTNU with 54 PhD & post doc students [25 is financed directly by NOWITECH; the others are through other projects carried out in alignment with NOWITECH], 64 peer-reviewed publications, 67 conference papers and 19 invited keynotes."

    Plans for final three-year period
    The ambitious plan presented for the final thee-year period is a well-defined and consistent continuation of the current work. Milestones and deliverables are well presented and seem to be realistic. The well-established team and the extended infrastructure give promise of significant achievements, even more so than during the past years.

    Organisation and Management of the Centre
    "The Centre has developed into a highly visible research organisation with broad international contacts and international research partners."
    "The Centre is well organized and led by a highly competent and deeply engaged Director, supported by an efficient management group."

    Conclusion and recommendations to the Centre
    "NOWITECH has progressed well towards becoming an internationally recognised organisation for research on deep sea wind power, with a uniquely comprehensive research agenda on this topic. The Centre is a well-managed unit in which communication and exchange of experience between all partners seem to run smoothly."

    Read the full report here.

    The Research Council of Norway will apply the report for their further assessment of NOWITECH giving their final evaluation and recommendations for NOWITECH by fall 2013. 

  • NOWITECH hosted IEA Wind task 26 meeting on cost of wind energy, 9-10 April 2013
    International researchers from 6 countries participated in the meeting to discuss the progress in the task. The goal of the task is to understand past, present, and expected future trends of cost of wind energy using consistent and transparent methodologies. The second day was dedicated to an expert meeting, where Norwegian experts met to present and share their knowledge regarding the cost of onshore wind energy in Norway and main drivers for offshore wind energy costs. More info: http://www.ieawind.org/task_26.html
  • IEA Wind Task 33 - Reliability Data – Meeting in Trondheim, 6-7 March 2013
    14 researchers and industry representatives from eight countries met in Trondheim to discuss standardization of wind turbine reliability data collection for application in reliability analysis and operation and maintenance planning. The focus of the meeting in Trondheim was on already existing databases and other initiatives on data collection in both the wind industry and other industries. More info: http://www.ieawind.org/summary_page_33.html


  • 9. FZK-Kolloquium in Hannover: Modellierung im Seebauwesen und Küsteningenieurwesen (Modeling in marine and coastal engineering)
    Prof. Muskulus (NTNU) was invited to give the opening lecture Tuesday 26 February 2013 at the bi-annual FZK-Kolloquium of the ForschungsZentrum Küste (Coastal Research Center) in Hannover, with title “Cost reduction through better modeling and design – a perspective for offshore wind energy”. After a short presentation of NOWITECH and the Norwegian activities in offshore wind energy he stressed the importance not only of model tests, but also of the synthesis of the test results into theoretical models, and their implementation in widely-used analysis software. The important role of industry partners in research projects and proposals was equally highlighted.
    Copyright: ForschungsZentrum Küste


  • Industry meets Science,
    The presentations from the "Industry meets Science" seminar 14 February 2013, in Trondheim are now available on the seminar website. A next seminar in the series in planning for this spring. (February 2013)

    Picture: Viggo Iversen, Windcluster Mid-Norway

  • The DeepWind'2013 Deep Sea Offshore Wind R&D Conference, Trondheim 24-25 January was excellently accomplished. The conference attracted good international participation with delegates from 14 countries, mostly from Europe, but also from USA, China, Japan and Singapore.  55 oral presentations and 26 posters with high quality and relevance were presented and are now available at the DeepWind 2013 website. Full papers for a number of the presentations are now under review for publication in Energy Procedia and will be available by summer. DeepWind'2014 will be prepared in Trondheim 22-24 January 2014. Mark your calendars! (February 2013)
    Pictures: Atle Abelsen, ABELSEN media
  • MARINET - Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network.
    3rd Call: free access to Europe's marine energy R&D facilities
    The MARINET network is pleased to announce the opening of the third call offering free-of-charge access to Europe’s leading test facilities for marine renewable energy R&D.

    Call closing date: 27 March


  • Er grønne sertifikater "dyr formålsløs moro?"  
    Vi må bruke energien smartere. Om vi skal få ned klimautslippene, må fornybar energi erstatte fossil energi. Grønne sertifikater er en start for å gjøre fornybar energi konkurransedyktig med fossil energi som olje, gass og kull (8 februar 2013)

  • NOWERI blir verdens første havvindturbin for åpen forskning. NOWERI består av Offshore Boundary Layer Observatory (OBLO), som vil gi målinger av vind og værdata og Floating Experimental Wind Turbine (FLEXWT), som vil være en plattform for åpen forskning på flytende vindkraftteknologi. Les mer i TU  (Januar 2013)


  • Europas havvindindustri leverte rekordresultater i 2012. Det ble installert en havvindturbin hver eneste dag i Europa. Det viser nye tall fra European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), publisert i en ny rapport. (Januar 2013)

    Les mer i TU


  • Two posters at DeepWind 2013, 24-25 January in Trondheim were awarded based on quality, relevance and presentation.
    The winners were:
    "Investigation of droplet erosion for offshore wind turbine blade” by Etienne Cheynet (ENSMA) and Magnus Tyrhaug (SINTEF)
    "Methodology to study the lifecycle cost of floating offshore wind farms” by Laura Castro-Santos, Geuffer Prado Garcia (LNEG) and Vicente Diaz-Casas (Universidade da Coruna)
    The award winners Laura Castro Santos (LNEG) and Magnus Tyrhaug (SINTEF) in the middle of the award committee at DeepWind'2013, from left: Trond Kvamsdal, chair NOWITECH Scientific Committee, John Olav Giæver Tande, director NOWITECH, and from right: Michael Muskulus, vice chair NOWITECH Scientific Committee, and Finn Gunnar Nielsen, chair NORCOWE Scientific Committee and head of the award committee. Picture: Atle Abelsen, ABELSEN Media

    All presentations from DeepWind'2013 will be available at the DeepWind 2013 website.


  • Statoil gets US consent to submit Hywind Maine offshore plan 
    From Recharge News: "The US Interior Department (DOI) is moving ahead to process an application from a Statoil subsidiary for a commercial wind energy lease in federal watersoff Maine, after finding there is no competitive interest from other developers in the proposed area." 

    "The decision clears the way for Statoil North America to submit a detailed plan for a proposed pilot 12MW, four-turbine project that will demonstrate an “optimized” version of its spar-type Hywind floating technology." (Januar 2013)

  • Havvind – strategisk konsekvensutredning  
    NVE har oversendt den strategiske konsekvensutredningen for vindkraft til havs i norske havområder til OED. Etter en helhetlig vurdering anbefaler NVE å prioritere åpning av områdene Sørlige Nordsjø I og II, Utsira nord, Frøyagrunnene og Sandskallen (Januar 2013)
  • Norge bør satse mer på offshore vindkraft. Dette er den klare oppfordringen fra professor Lars Sætran ved NTNU. Han mener verden trenger all den energien som kan produseres. – Behovet bare øker, og vindkraft til havs vil produsere energi som hele verden trenger. Samtidig må vi akseptere at det koster å utvikle ny teknologi, men på sikt vil det bli lønnsomt, forteller Sætran til NRK.(Desember 2012)

  • Søk studieplass på Energi og Miljø ved NTNU. Se filmen og bli inspirert. (Desember 2012)

  • DNV and GL to merge. An agreement has been signed to merge DNV and GL. The new entity will be called DNV GL Group. It will be one of the world’s leading ship classification societies and risk experts in the oil and gas, renewable energy and power sectors, and among the global top three within management system certification. (20 December 2012)

  • BT har i det siste gitt inntrykk av at alt håp for havvind er ut.
    Vi må huske (det vi nesten har glemt) at verden trenger en omstilling til mer bærekraftige energisystemer. Så lenge det er vind, er det håp. Les mer i kronikk i BT (nov 2012)


  • NTNU MSc students compete in building the best wind turbine
    As part of their education in Energy and Environment the 120 students divided in teams and built 22 complete machines with turbine and generator, all from scratch and with up to a one metre rotor diameter.  As part of the championship the turbines were tested in the wind tunnel and all except three generated electricity. The winner was the one generating the highest output power. 

    The challenge was setup and arranged by Prof Lars Sætran

    Beskyttet adresse,  tel +47 48409999
    Fluids Engineering, EPT Dept. NTNU
    N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

    Pictures below show an engaged Prof Lars Sætran and proud students.
    Photo by Prof Tore Undeland. 


        

    		          

                                                         

     
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  • Statoil and Statkraft acquire new UK offshore wind power project.

    Dudgeon has recently received an offshore consent that allows for up to 560 MW of installed generation capacity. The North Sea project site is located 32 km offshore, north of the town of Cromer in North Norfolk, and is 20 km north east of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. (18 October 2012)


  • NOWITECH was well represented at the Offshore Renewable Energy Conference (OREC2012), Singapore, 24 - 25 October 2012.

    Director of NOWITECH, Senior Scientist John Olav Tande, SINTEF, and deputy head of NOWITECH Scientific Committee, Prof Michael Muskulus, NTNU (picture), participated at OREC 2012 with invited presentations. John Tande says "This conference was a very nice event to increase the cooperation with our associate research partner Nanyang Technological University and gaining scientific insight." More info on the conference can be found at the OREC2012 website. 






  • "Industry meet Science" draw a full house with 70 delegates from industry and science 20 September in Trondheim.
    The seminar was arranged in cooperation between NOWITECH, Wind Cluster Mid-Norway and Access Mid-Norway. The objective of increasing cooperation between industry and research was well accomplished with inspiring presentations and dialogue.




    Click to see Program  and synopsis of posters 

    Next seminar in the series will be prepared by November/December with the theme "Europe as the home market".



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  • Prof. Michael Muskulus of NTNU, Vice-Chairman of the NOWITECH Scientific Committee, has been elected the new Vice-President of the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) during the annual board meeting in Zurich.
    He replaces Prof. Joachim Peinke from the ForWind Center for Wind Energy Research / University of Oldenburg, who has become the new President of the Academy after Prof. Peter Tavner. The Academy is a European academic network for wind energy research and organizes both the annual PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe, the bi-annual The Science of Making Torque from Wind conference, and the scientific track at the Annual Event of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA 2013 in Vienna)




  • Japan is facing challenges and opportunities related to ocean resource utilization:
    • After Fukushima accident, there is a push to replace nuclear energy with renewable energy
    • Offshore wind, specially deep water (floating), represents a significant energy resource of the coasts of Japan.
    • The coastline of Fukushima and also possibly the tsunami-damaged regions of Tohoku are relevant regions for floating offshore wind
    • However, there are concerns from the fisheries interest groups that ocean wind exploitation may negatively impact redevelopment of fisheries and aquaculture.
    • There is currently much discussion and uncertainty in Japan as to technology choice, costs and social acceptance for deployment of offshore wind.
    • A delegation of about 40 Japanese stakeholders in ocean energy utilization visited NOWITECH at 5 September 2012 as part of a round tour in Norway inviting for cooperation and mutual exchange of experience   (September 2012)






  • "Industry meets science" - seminar. 20 September 08.30 - 14.15, NTNU, Trondheim

    Final Programme 

    Objective: Increase cooperation between industry and research community.

    The maximum number of participants is 45
    Deadline for registration: 10 September

    Registration

  • Call for applications for free-of-charge marine renewable energy testing facilities (including offshore wind).

    The EU infrastructure project MARINET has opened their second call for applications for free-of-charge transnational access to test facilities. Please follow the link below for more information:

    MaRINET home site: www.fp7-marinet.eu/
    MaRINET information about transnational access: http://www.fp7-marinet.eu/access_facilities-available.html

    Closing date of second call: 30 September 2012. 


  • DeepWind'2013, 10th Deep Sea Offshore Wind R&D Conference, Trondheim 24-25 January 2013, Norway - First Announcement and Call for Papers

    Deadline for abstract submission: 1 October 2012

    T    he papers from DeepWind 2012 are now available online in Energy Procedia (Elsevier).

  • Two posters were awarded during NOWITECH day 12 June. The NOWITECH day 2012 was successfully carried out with +60 delegates from research and industry partners of NOWITECH. The proceedings with copies of all presentations and posters are available at the NOWITECH e-room (for NOWITECH partners only, requires username and password)
    A poster award committee headed by prof Trond Kvamsdal, chair of the Scientific Committee of NOWITECH, made a selection of two posters to be awarded. PhD student Marit Kvittem won the poster award for best presentation with her poster titled: Effects of mooring line modeling for semi‐submersible wind turbine. PhD student Morten D. Pedersen won the poster award for scientific content with his poster titled: Passivity based analysis and control of floating wind turbines.




  • Hurtigbåtprodusenten Fjellstrand har slått gjennom med et nytt konsept for serviceskip til offshore vindkraftparker.  
    Fjellstrand skal levere seks fartøy til danske World Marine Offshore. Skipstypen er kalt WindServer og er basert på et nytt design med tre skrog og liten vannflate ved overfart. Ved å fylle ballastvann ligger fartøyene dypere i sjøen og er dermed stabile plattformer for service av vindturbiner. (juni 2012)

  • To nye år for Windcluster Mid-Norway.
    Innovasjon Norge har nylig kunngjort at de viderefører støtten til Windcluster Mid-Norway i to nye år.
    Med dette på plass har klyngen sikret seg langsiktige rammer for å utvikle seg videre.

    - Potensialet for innovasjon og teknologiutvikling innenfor offshore vindkraft er stort. Vi har i løpet av de to siste årene etablert sterke relasjoner til miljøer i både UK og Tyskland som blir viktige brohoder for oss i åra som kommer. Vi erfarer hver gang vi er utenlands hvor anerkjent norsk offshorekompetanse er innad i den gryende offshore vindkraftindustrien internasjonalt. Norge har mulighet til å bygge opp en stor industri innen offshore vindkraft men det vil ta tid, og krever en langsiktig satsing sier daglig leder i Windcluster Mid- Norway Viggo Iversen. 

    Les mer i vedlagte kronikk. (Juni 2012)

  • UK & Norway sign "vital" energy deal for security & green growth 
    Steve Holliday, Chief Executive of National Grid, said: “Jointly we are looking to invest more than £1bn on what would be the first link between UK and Norway. Using state of the art technology, the interconnector will give the UK the fast response we will need to help support the management of intermittent wind energy with clean hydro power from Norway. It would also enable us to export renewable energy when we are in surplus.” (June 2012)

  • Satser grønt 
    Kongsberg Gruppen har valgt å legge sin nye satsning på systemer for optimal drift av vindparker til Trondheim. (Fosna-folket 13. juni 2012)

  • Kongsberg get WindSense 
    Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime is developing the Windsense project, which aims to develop a new and flexible instrumentation system for wind turbines. (24. april 2012)

  • Invitation: Seminar on IEA Wind's research and activities, May 21, in Trondheim 
    The Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA) will in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) host a pre-conference in connection with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Wind ExCo 69 meeting in Norway.

    The IEA Wind Group will present their latest work within their research tasks and activities. Cf. homepage of IEA Wind for more information. The industry and academia are also invited to the seminar and participation is free.

    The conference will take place May the 21th in Trondheim at NTNU – Campus Gløshaugen.


  • As a follow up of the very successful Blind test workshop on wind turbine predictions held in Bergen October 2011, I am pleased to announce that a second workshop will be arranged in Trondheim in October 2012. This year the task will be to calculate the flow past two wind turbines operating in line. 

    The idea of the workshop is to invite research groups to compute the performance and wake development for the model wind turbines that has been extensively tested at Norwegian Univ. Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. A complete description of the models and the test environment is given in the attached document. We invite you to compute the performance envelope as well as the near wake development including the field downstream of the second turbine. The data will then be processed by us and comparisons will be presented at the workshop meeting.

    For more info, please contact prof Beskyttet adresse   

  • DONG Energy is launching an ambitious Master Thesis Competition for engineering and geoscience students, including 19 projects on wind energy.
    Deadline for application is 15 May. Read more here  (23 April 2012) 

       

  • Billig vindkraft til plattformer.
    Dette er et gjennombrudd for klimaet, sier Harald Dirdal etter at Oljeskattekontoret har akseptert at vindkraft til havs kan følge petroleumsskatteregimet. (Aftenbladet.no, 18. april 2012)

  • MARINET (Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network)

    Register now     for MARINET'S First Free Training Course 'Experimental Testing in Wave Tanks and Flumes' 23rd-27th April 2012 - Cork, Ireland

    MARINET is providing training and education in the operations of marine renewable energy infrastructures, thus being an enabling tool for growth in the sector. The short training courses are primarily intended for early-stage researchers but are open to all interested applicants from companies, research groups, educational institutions etc. There is no course fee to attend these courses (March 2012)

  • Borten Moe markerte kvinnedagen på Valsneset. Olje og energiminister Ola Borten Moe benyttet kvinnedagen 8. mars til å besøke Valsneset sammen med jenter fra videregående skole for å vise frem mulighetene innen realfag og energisektoren. På Valsneset fikk de en gjennomgang av det som skjer innen utbygging av fornybar energi og teknologiutvikling i MidtNorge fra Ingrid Vik i Trønderenergi, Trine Svendsen i NTE, og Camilla Jørås Larsen og Siri Omdal i Blaaster Wind Technologies. Det ble formidlet et klart budskap om at det skjer mye spennende innen sektoren fremover og at det er både interessant og morsomt å jobbe med fornybar energi, og jentene fra videregående skole var tydelig interessert.

    Besøket på Valsneset var en del av en rundtur og etter å ha vært inne i en av vindturbinene på området dro ministeren med følge videre med helikopter til Åsgard B plattformen. Se også Fosnafolkets artikkel.

    For mer info om besøket kontakt Ole Svendgård, Daglig leder VIVA - Testsenter for vindturbiner, Telefon + 47 913 83 159. (8. mars 2012)





  • In 2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW - enough to supply 6.3% of the EU's electricity, according to figures published on 6 February, by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). In 2011, offshore wind’s share of total installations was 9%. More on the 2011 wind energy statistics here. (2 March 2012)

     

  • Mye vind ga mye vindkraft. Mye vind og bedre plassering av vindmøllene ga hele 1,3 TWh vindkraft i Norge i fjor. (Teknisk Ukeblad, 16. februar 2012)

  • Surfer på havvindbølgen. Norske bedrifter kaprer stadig nye kontrakter innen offshore vind. Force Technology er blant bedriftene med ettertraktet spisskompetanse. (Adressa, 16. februar 2012)

  • There is an opportunity for PhD candidates and young researchers to join Censes School of Entrepreneurship.
    The Censes School of Entrepreneurship is a commercialization training program targeted to PhD candidates and young researchers within the fields of renewable energy and other green energy solutions. The invitation is offered to the eleven Norwegian Centers for Environment-friendly Energy Resea rch  (http://www.forskningsradet.no/fme) and the Nordic Five Tech alliance (http://www.nordicfivetech.org).

    Participants in the program will have a unique opportunity to investigate the commercial potential of their research, to learn the basics of developing a business idea, and to meet fellow researchers with an interest in commercializing.

    The first class is already 11-13 March and the application deadline is 23 February. Please see http://www.ntnu.no/censes/censes-school-of-entrepreneurship for more information.

    Questions can be addressed to Øyvind Bjørgum (Beskyttet adresse) or

    Roger Sørheim (Beskyttet adresse)

  • Norge har et forsprang på flytende vind.
    Flytende vindkraftverk vil slå igjennom i løpet av et par år, tror DNV-topp. Statoil søker nå konsesjon for Hywind-park i USA. (10. februar 2012)

  • REINERTSEN AS utvikler nytt installasjonskonsept for offshore vind. (Februar 2012)

  • DeepWind 2012 was accomplished in excellent manner with 200 delegates from 12 countries, and with about 50 oral presentations and 25 posters. Presentations from DeepWind 2012, 19-20 January in Trondheim are now available on-line. View all presentations at www.sintef.no/deepwind_2012. Papers for publication in Energy Procedia are in review and expected to be on-line by March 2012.

  • Two posters at DeepWind 2012, 19-20 January in Trondheim were awarded based on quality, relevance and presentation

    Signe Schløer, PhD stud, Technical Univ. of Denmark
    Title of poster: Fully Nonlinear Wave Forcing on an Offshore wind Turbine. Structural Response and Fatigue.

    Daniel Zwick, PhD stud, NTNU
    Title of poster: Iterative optimization approach for the design of full-height lattice towers for offshore wind turbines.

    All presentations are available at www.sintef.no/deepwind     


  • Prosjektet "Windsense" har satt seg som mål å utvikle et nytt og fleksibelt instrumentsystem for vindturbiner. Systemet skal bidra til å gjøre vindturbiner til havs mer økonomisk attraktivt. Prosjektet, som har en størrelse på totalt 22 millioner kroner, er en del av samarbeidet ved instrumenteringsklyngen NCEI (24. januar 2012)

  • Norsk prosjekt skal hindre vindmøllestans. Prosjektet Windsense skal utvikle et system som reduserer vindturbiners uforutsette driftsstanser og dermed øker oppetiden på kraftverket. Teknisk Ukeblad (16. januar 2012)

  • Havmøller er industri, ikke energi.  Norges satsing på havmøller må ses på som industriutvikling og ikke som noe forsøk på å sikre landet mer fornybar energi, mener Stein Lier-Hansen (10. januar 2012)

  • KV Ventus B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd. (Keppel) has today entered into a share purchase and subscription agreement and shareholders’ agreement to acquire a 49.9% stake in offshore wind turbine foundation designer OWEC Tower (AS) for about NOK 61 million. (January 2012)

  • Støpejern i vindmøller , ”Slankere støpte komponenter til fremtidens vindmøller”. (12. desember 2011)

  • On January 1st Michael Muskulus will start at NTNU as new Associate Professor in Offshore Wind Turbine Technology at the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, taking over the former group of Prof. Geir Moe and his responsibilities in the NOWITECH Scientific Committee. The work of his group is focused on wind turbine substructure design, analysis and optimization, from a broad interdisciplinary perspective that includes aerodynamics, wave forces, parallel simulation and stochastic approaches.
    (21 December 2011)

  • Norwegian start-up WindFlip is looking for a first assignment for its slimline transport barge following a redesign that would make it able to handle 5-6MW floating offshore wind turbines. 
    (14 December 2011) 

  • Norwegian floating turbine designer WindSea has turned its hand to a cost-cutting modularised four-legged jacket concept for 5MW machines that it believes could speed up the installation of offshore foundation structures by a factor of four. (14 December 2011)

  • Video of installation of foundation for met-mast at Havsul Offshore wind farm (December 2011)

  • First WindFloat Successfully Deployed Offshore  (30 November 2011)

    Amsterdam, NL (EWEA Offshore 2011) - November 30th, 2011 - Principle Power, Inc. (Principle Power) and Energias de Portugal (EDP) are pleased to announce the successful offshore deployment of a full-scale 2-megawatt (MW) WindFloat off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal. This installation represents the beginning of a new sector in the offshore wind industry and is the result of continued hard work by all WindPlus JV partners including: EDP, Principle Power, A. Silva Matos (ASM), Vestas Wind Systems A/S, InovCapital, and Fundo de Apoio à Inovação (FAI). In addition over 60 other European vendors participated.

  • 17 EU countries planning massive offshore wind power. EWEA Press release (29 November 2011)

  • Sway sank under Berit. Prototypen av havvindmøllen Sway som sto i Hjeltefjorden utenfor Bergen, tålte ikke stormen Berit (29. november 2011)

 

  • Best poster award at EWEA Offshore for work by NOWITECH (30 November 2011)





  • Stor interesse for NOWITECH på Offshore 2011 EWEA i Amsterdam (30. november 2011)

 

 

 

  • PhD students on guest stay with NTNU and NOWITECH; Braulio Barahona from DTU in Denmark (Feb-May 2011) and Roberts Proskovics from Strathclyde in Scotland (August-September 2011)

     


Braulio Barahona

Roberts Proskovics

  • See video of University of Main (USA) testing floating wind turbines in scale at Marin (NL) ocean basin lab (30 September 2011)

  •  Ny forskningsinfrastruktur for test av offshore vindkraftverk

    Forskere planlegger å gi det norske kraftnettet en skikkelig krasjtest. Målet er å finne ut hva som skal til for å holde nettet stabilt – selv når nye kraftverk presser på til neste år. Store offshore vindparker må ganske enkelt lages slik at de er robuste for nettfeil. Det finnes teknologi for dette, men kostnaden må ned. Vi vil finne billigere og bedre løsninger gjennom forskning, sier Tande. (September 2011)

  • GE vurderer å legge ned sin offshore vindkraftvirksomhet i Verdal  (7. September 2011)

  • TU Delft, DTU, University of Oldenburg and NTNU jointly offer an Erasmus Mundus European Wind Energy Master (EWEM). The programme aims to educate 120-150 MSc graduates per year in Wind Energy technology, covering the top 1-2% global demand of Wind Energy professionals with post-graduate education. The study is an MSc degree in engineering, lasting two years, where students are awarded a double-degree in engineering from two of the host institutions. The EWEM programme will be launched in September 2012. Student applications will open in October 2011. More info here. (August 2011) 
  • Knappe halvåret etter at Måløy Verft leverte forrige fartøy til vindkraftindustrien, har Vågsøy-selskapet igjen sikret seg kontrakten til byggingen av et nytt service- og forsyningsfartøy. (August 2011)

  • Fedem Technology AS (FT) joins as industry partner in NOWITECH (August 2011). FT enhances competence and experience on software development, complex active structural dynamics systems and engineering of complete wind turbine systems (system integration). FT is an SME started in 1999. FT's core business is software development and engineering services, mainly related to dynamic simulations of various structures and mechanical systems.
  • The 'Roadmap to the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Central and Southern North Sea (2020-2030) is now available
    The WINDSPEED consortium are pleased to announce that the ‘Roadmap to the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Central and Southern North Sea (2020 – 2030)' is now available.

    This Roadmap represents the final deliverable of the WINDSPEED project. It has a dual objective. Firstly, it aims to present an ambitious but realistic target for offshore wind with minimum negative impacts on other sea functions present in the Central and Southern North Sea basin in the time frame to 2030. Secondly, it aims to identify actions and milestones required to achieve this target.

    In support of this roadmap, the other deliverables of work package 6 have also been published, these include:

    D6.1 – Scenarios for offshore wind including spatial interactions and grid issues
    D6.2 – Consequences of WINDSPEED scenarios for other sea use functions
    D6.3 – Grid Implications: Optimal design of a subsea power grid in the North Sea

    All publications are available on this website (Click Here) and printed copies of the roadmap are being distributed to stakeholders. Copies can be requested via Karina Veum at Beskyttet adresse  (August 2011)
  • Havvindparken Sheringham Shoal har startet produksjonen av elektrisitet til det britiske strømnettet (August 2011)
  • Kontrakt til 1,7 milliarder
    Aibel (Norge) har blitt tildelt en kontrakt med ABB for design og bygging av en plattform til et stort offshore vindparkområde i Tyskland (August 2011)
  • IPCC special report on renewable energy sources available for download (June 2011)
  • "Jeg er stor optimist for framtida til vindkraftnæringa. Det er mye bra det som skjer her i Verdal",  Olje- og energiminister Ola Borten Moe besøkte Windcluster Mid- Norway og Verdal Industripark (10. juni 2011) 
  • Innovasjon Norge, Enova og Forskningsrådet skal dele ut 800 millioner til miljøteknologi (June 2011)
  •  IEA book shows challenges of 'variable' renewables in power systems are surmountable (24 May 2011) 
  • IEEE PES Trondheim PowerTech 2011  - The Power of Technology for a Sustainable Society. The conference takes place in Trondheim 19 - 23 June 2011.
  • Forskningsrådet var på site visit hos nowitech 25 mai 2011. Det var god dialog om fremdrift i senteret og presentasjon av aktivitet. Bildet er fra presentasjon ved phd stud Pål Egil Eriksen i vindtunnel.




  • Borten Moe bør satse på offshore vindkraft. Kronikk i Adressa 13 Mai 2011 av Alfred Bjørlo (Styreleder Vindkraftforum Sogn og Fjordane), Viggo Iversen (Daglig leder Windcluster Mid-Norway) og John Olav Tande (direktør Nowitech).
  • NOWITECH was strongly presented at EPE Joint Wind Energy and T&D Chapters Seminar, 9, 10 and 11 May 2011, Trondheim, Norway with key-note and scientific presentations.  The picture is from key-note by prof Kjetil Uhlen, NTNU/NOWITECH on control aspects related to large offshore wind farms. More info here. (May 2011)



  • It is perhaps ironic that when it comes to offshore, one of wind energy’s biggest challenges has nothing to do with wind. Building a wind farm several miles from shore is a significant feat in its own right, but the industry is waking up to the fact that the real issue is getting the power back. Read more here. (May 2011) 
  • Sway Signs Contract With Metcentre of Full-Scale Testing of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (Norway) (April 2011)
  • I Norge skjer det altfor lite innen offshore vindkraft. Det er høy aktivitet i utlandet, nå er det på tide med et norsk vind-løft, mener Siri Kalvig. Les mer i Vindkraftmagasinet. (April 2011)
  • SINTEF Aims Towards Big Offshore Wind Turbines (Norway)
    What will it take to build a floating 10 MW wind-turbine? This is just one of many questions that the European Union’s HiPRWind project aims to answer.SINTEF will work on two of the project’s ten work-packages. (March 2011)
  • HSE challenges related to offshore renewable energy, SINTEF Technical report (February 2011)
  • Innovasjon Noreg har løyvd 15 millionar kroner til Aker Verdal si vindsatsing. (February 2011)
  • Offshore wind Supply Chain Gap Analysis (February 2011)
  • Offshore turbine foundations: “Nothing beats a Titan 200 jack-up”
    A group of Texan oil rig engineers have come together to develop a novel offshore wind turbine foundation solution, the Titan Wind Turbine Platform, designed for mid-depth waters. The idea is straightforward: a three-legged jack-up foundation that floats to site with the turbine pre-installed at the harbour. (11 February 2011)
  • NTEs bedriftsforsamling sa i går ja til første byggetrinn av Ytre Vikna Vindmøllepark.

    I følge NRK Trøndelag  skal det bygges ut et sted mellom 10 til 17 vindmøller, avhengig av hvor stor hver enkelt vindturbin blir. I alt skal det bygges ut vindmøller nok til å produsere 110 gigawattimer per år. Det er nok til å forsyne 7.000 husholdninger med strøm.

    Kraftproduksjonen fra disse første vindmøllene i prosjektet er ikke større enn at det eksisterende ledningsnettet fra området kan frakte strømmen ut til hovednettet. Første byggetrinn er beregnet å koste en halv milliard kroner. Men før bygging kan starte må Statoil, som eier utbyggingsselskapet Sarepta Energi sammen med NTE, også si ja. Interesserte kan også se oppslaget på Midt- nytt 1. februar.

    Windcluster Mid- Norway ønsker involverte parter i prosjektene PowerUp og Ytre Vikna Vindmøllepark riktig lykke til!

  • Midt- Norsk Forskningsfond tildeler 7 millioner kroner til prosjektet: PowerUp – effektive verdikjeder for offshore vindmøller.

    Involverte parter i prosjektet er NTNU ved fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap og teknologi, Høgskolen i Molde, Møreforskning, GE Wind Energy (Norway), Fiskerstrand BLRT, Aker Solutions og Delprodukt. 

    Vårt mål er å finne logistikkløsninger og metodikk som gir de mest effektive måtene å serieprodusere og seriemontere havstående vindmøller på. Vi skal tenke mer masseproduksjon enn det offshoreindustrien i Verdal til nå har drevet med, sier prosjektleder Erlend Alfnes, seniorforsker ved SINTEF Teknologiledelse og førsteamanuensis ved NTNU, Institutt for produksjons og kvalitetsteknikk i en kommentar til  Trønder-avisa.

    For omtale om prosjektet, les presseoppslag i Trønderavisa 1. februar.

  • Sterk interesse for norsk vindkrafteventyr, Pressemelding, Vestavind Offshore (10 Januar 2011)

  • DNV has developed the world’s first class rules for wind farm service vessels in order to improve safety and promote uniform standards. (21 December 2010)

     TPWind Newsletter (December 2010)
         Section 1 - Funding opportunities    
         Section 2 - Secretariat news
              • Implementing the 2011 EWI Work Programme 
              • Renewal and future of TPWind 
         Section 3 - Members' news
              • Powering Europe - New report sets out vision for the future European grid and markets   
         Section 4 - Events  

  • The Danish wind industry launches strategy on offshore wind R&D (December 2010)

  • Norge og Sverige enige om et felles elsertifikatmarked
    Norges og Sveriges regjeringer er enige om en kraftfull utbygging av ny fornybar energi fram till 2020. De vil etablere et felles elsertifikatmarked med oppstart første januar 2012.   Norges olje- og energiminister Terje Riis-Johansen og Sveriges næringsminister Maud Olofsson har i dag undertegnet en protokoll fra arbeidet med elsertifikater høsten 2009 til desember 2010. Totalt kommer det nye sertifikatsystemet til å gi 26,4 TWh fra 2012 til 2020, fordelt på 13,2 TWh i hvert land. Det er en produksjon som tilsvarer om lag åtte gasskraftverk. (8 December 2010)  
  • Nytt selskap med satsing på offshore vindkraft ved Stadt

    Åtte aksjonærar frå Sogn og Fjordane har gått saman om å opprette selskapet Stadt Wind AS
    (15 November 2010)

  •  Transas in new partnership in Offshore simulation with Måløy Safety Center.  The Center will be used as Transas Offshore Development and Test facility. (October 2010 - Norway.)

    The Måløy Safety Center will provide the following offshore trainings:

    - Dynamic positioning
    - Anchor Handling
    - Deck/Rig cargo crane operations
    - Resource management (Bridge, Crew, Rig move projects etc.)
    - Offshore wind turbine operations  

  • Floating wind turbines producing at least 20 MW each: this is the futuristic but feasible vision that is to be explored in an exciting new collaboration between Risø DTU and international partners from both industry and the research community. The 4-year project called DeepWind has a 3 M€ grant under the European FP7 programme for future emerging technologies. (October 2010)

  • Karl Otto Merz, PhD stud at NTNU, supervised by prof Geir Moe, won price for best presentation at the EAWE 6th PhD seminar, 30th September and 1st October 2010, Trondheim, Norway. (October 2010) 



    On the picture from left EAWE president prof Peter Tavner (Durham University), vice-president prof Joachim Peinke (Universität Oldenburg), Phd student Karl Otto Merz (NTNU), prof Spyros Voutsinas (National Technical University of Athens),
    and prof Jens Nørkær Sørensen (Technical University of Denmark).
  • Vestavind Offshore AS (VOF) har konsesjon til å bygge Norges første fullskala offshore vindpark, Havsul. Realisering av prosjektet krever nye innovative løsninger, og VOF ønsker derfor å inngå avtaler med en eller flere aktører om utvikling av nye konsepter for design, sammensetning og installasjon av fundament, tårn og turbin, i tråd med VOFs gjennomføringsfilosofi.

    Fullstendig utlysningstekst finner dere her. 

  • UK stands to become globale centre of excellence in offshore wind research,  Green (Living) Review,  Michael Smith (Veshengro) (September 2010)

  • Aker Verdal skal bygge stålunderstell til offshore vindprosjekt i Tyskland, Pressemelding, Aker Solutions, (17. juni 2010) 
  • Vindkraft til havs er det forskningsfeltet som er mest populært i en meningsmåling som er utført av TNS Gallup. Forskningsrådet, (11. juni 2010)

  • China and Norway join forces to promote offshore wind industry. China and Norway have signed a deal to boost the offshore wind industry in both countries. The statement covers three key aspects, namely establishing a close working relationship, facilitating business meetings and having a Chinese member join the Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology (Nowitech). Recharge, (7. juni 2010)

  • ENERGY GLOBE World Award to HyWind, (Juni 2010 )

  • NIFU STEP Rapport 11/2010 "FoU for en grønn energisektor" med undertittel "Analyser av innovasjons- og kommersialiseringsstrategier i åtte FMEer - Forskningssentre for Miljøvennlig Energi"  er en samfunnsfaglig analyse som belyser "hvordan FMEenes forskningsresultater skal kunne maksimere sitt potensial for å bli realisert", slik dette er formulert i oppdragsbeskrivelsen fra Norges forskningsråd.

  • Store resultater i RENERGI
    Langsiktig forskning på miljøvennlig energi har gitt resultater på høyt internasjonalt nivå og ny industriell verdiskaping. Midtveismarkeringen i Forskningsrådets store program RENERGI viste hvordan. Forskningsrådet, (5. mai 2010)

  • Pressemelding fra Regjeringen:  Regjeringen satser 500 millioner på miljøteknologi, (6. mai 2010)

  • RE-thinking 2050 - A 100% Renewable Energy Vision for the European Union. Press release from EREC (European Renewable Energy Council), (15. april 2010)
  • Vil samarbeide om vindkraft til havs, Aftenbladet (20. april 2010)

  • Norges neste industrieventyr kan utmerket godt være knyttet til fornybar energi. Det er et spørsmål om vi vil. Aftenbladet (19. april 2010)
     

  • Press release:

    Funding of large scale infrastructure for offshore wind (15.04.2010)
    The Norwegian Research Council has approved the application from NORCOWE and NOWITECH on a floating experimental wind turbine and allocates 45 MNOK to offshore research infrastructure (Norwegian only) 
  • Samarbeid om demonstrasjonsanlegg for vindkraft til havs, Lyse (april 2010)

  • Vindkraft for milliarder, Nationen (8. april 2010)

  • Kyst-Norge sammen om havvind
    Skal Norge kunne hevde seg på offshore vind, må vi ha opp et test- og demonstrasjonsprogram, sier Jan Onarheim, som er prosjektleder for Demo 2020, TU (7. april 2010)
     
  • Så påverkar vindkraften miljön
    Nu vet vi att det på vindkraftverkens fundament i havet bildas rev som ger fiskar skydd och föda, att fåglar väjer för vindkraftverk till havs och att få människor berörs av ljud från vindkraftverk. Ta del av fem års forskning om vindkraftens miljöpåverkan i en ny rapport!

      I rapporten "Nu vet vi det här! Vindkraftens miljöpåverkan - resultat från forskning 2005-2009 inom Vindval" sammanfattar forskare resultat från Vindval så här långt, om hur vindkraft påverkar människors intressen, livet i havet samt fåglar och fladdermöss. Här finns intervjuer med projektörer, tjänstemän och forskare och fakta om vindkraftens miljöpåverkan.

      Les mer her.

  • Verdt å vite - Norwegian radioprogramme including wind presentation from NOWITECH (25. mars 2010)  

  • General Electric satser på havvind i Norge. Pressemelding Nærings- og Handelsdepartementet, (25. mars 2010)

  • Delprodukt etablerer et produksjonsverksted for vindmølletårn i Verdal Industripark, Teknisk Ukeblad (19. mars 2010)
  • Skal kjempe om 900 milliarder. - Et norsk elitelag i industri er under planlegging: Målet er å sikre norske bedrifter en andel av det britisk vindkrafteventyret verd 900 millioner kroner. Stavanger Aftenblad (9. mars 2010)

  • Vi er svært opptatt av offshore vindkraft og er veldig glad for å få henvendelser om dette fra fagmiljøet, sier statssekretær Sigrid Hjørnegård i Olje -og energidepartementet. Svar frå OED på test- og demoprogrammet i BT ,  BT (4. mars 2010)

  • SINTEF: Besparelser med supernett i Nordsjøen, Kraft journalen (mars 2010)
  • EU OffshoreGrid first project results are now online. The results include four main reports:  Analysis of offshore grid design drivers, Inventory list of possible wind farm locations with installed capacity for 2020 and 2030 scenario,  Time series of wind power output,  Report on other marine oriented grid development scenarios until 2030 (March 2010)

  • Satser sammen på havvindmøller, Adresseavisen (2. Mars 2010)

  • 137 ENOVA-millioner til nyskapende offshore vindturbin fra SWAY  
    (15. februar 2010, Norwegian only)
    EWEA Press release    : European offshore wind power set to increase tenfold, (8. January 2010) 

  • Recharge - The global source for renewable energy news
    Big guns win UK Round 3 offshore wind zones (8. January  2010)

  • IEA Technology Roadmap: Wind Energy (2009) 
  • Vindklyngeinfo nr 2  (November 2009)
     
  • New wessel for service of offshore wind farms in rough seas are being built in Måløy
    (article in Norwegian), Fjordenes Tidende  (27. November 2009)

  • Application for large scale infrastructure in cooperation between NOWITECH, NORCOWE and CEDREN sent on behalf of the Centres by CMR, is selected for round 2. Final decision on funding is expected by spring 2010  (17. November 2009)

  • NOWITECH signed contract with the Research Council of Norway (6. October 2009)
  • NVE gir konsesjon til Testområde Stadt: Jubeldag for offshore vind!
    Testområde Stadt kan føre Noreg heilt i front på utvikling av fullskala offshore  vindturbinar og flytande fundament for tøffe vind- og bølgeforhold. Dette er ein jubeldag for alle som brenn for offshore vindkraft og gir unike høve til nærings- og teknologiutvikling regionalt og nasjonalt.

      Det seier styreleiar i Vindkraftforum Sogn og Fjordane, Alfred Bjørlo, i samband med at NVE i dag har gitt konsesjon til Vestavind Kraft AS for Testområde Stadt. Sjå også www.vestavindkraft.no 
      (8. December 2009) 

  •  IEA Wind Task 25 - Final report, Phase one 2006-08
    Design and operation of power systems with large amounts of wind power (2009)

  •  Application for large scale infrastructure in cooperation between NOWITECH and NORCOWE, sent on behalf of the Centres by CMR, is selected for round 2. Final decision on funding is expected by spring 2010 (30. October 2009)
    Søkere som er invitert til å sende inn fullstendig søknad 30.10.2009

  • NOWITECH signed contract with the Research Council of Norway (6. October 2009)

  • Presentation of NOWITECH results on Optimal design of a subsea power grid in the North Sea for large scale connection of offshore wind power by Thomas Trötscher, SINTEF Energy Research in prime-time at EOW' 2009  (September 2009)

  • Tore Undeland, NTNU, deltok på Transatlantic Science Week og presenterte NOWITECH,  Minneapolis, USA  (27. - 30. September 2009)

  • Vindkraft offshore og industrielle muligheter, SINTEF Teknologi og Samfunn  (September 2009)

  • Vindklyngeinfo  (September 2009)

  • Teknisk Ukeblad (24. September 2009)

  • Oceans of Opportunity, A report by the European Wind Energy Association  (September 2009)

  • Trønderavisa  (22. August 2009)

  • Stavanger Aftenblad  (14. August 2009)

  • Stavanger Aftenblad (13. August 2009)

  • Verd å vite - NRK P2  (mp3-file 27 Mb - Norwegian)   (30. July 2009)
  • Equipment for Offshore Wind Infrastructure  (25. June 2009)
      
  • Kick-off 24-25 june 2009 
     

  • PhD announcement - (30 April 2009)

     
  • Workshop 25 March 2009 
     
  • Award  (4 February 2009) (Norwegian only)     

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Published May 16, 2013