2023 Conference

Programme from 2023 conference, 18 - 20 January

Presentations from the conference:

You can find the list of presentations below. Links to the actual presentations will be added within the next few days.

Opening session - Frontiers of Science and technology
The role of research to accelerate offshore wind development	Alexandra Bech Gjørv, CEO, SINTEF
EERA DeepWind: 20 years of ground-breaking research and exciting times to come	John Olav Giæver Tande, chief scientist, SINTEF
Global offshore wind market status and outlook	Jon Dugstad, Director, Norwegian Energy Partners
Floating wind technology	Finn Gunnar Nielsen, professor, University of Bergen (UiB)
Grand challenge Grid –challenges and opportunities for offshore wind	Hannele Holttinen, Operating Agent, Grid Integration Task 25 of IEA Wind, and partner at Recognis Oy
Industrialising floating wind	Kristian Holm, Technology Director, Equinor
Researcher training	Charlotte Bay Hasager, professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Environmental design	Roel May, senior researcher, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
International collaboration within offshore wind research	Ignacio Martí, director, EERA JP wind


New turbine and generator technology
Increased tower eigenfrequencies on floating foundations and their implications for large two- and three-bladed turbines	Fabian Anstock, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Aero-structural coupled optimization of a rotor blade for an upscaled 25 MW reference wind turbine	Edgar Werthen, German Aerospace Center
Unblocking critical design challenges of pre-commercial floating wind turbines	Mikel Iribas, CENER
25MW Rotor Design: Upscaling and Initial Multidisciplinary Integrated Design	Luca Oggiano, IFE
Wake interaction and scale effect on a large floating wind turbine foundation	Fengjian Jiang, SINTEF Ocean AS
Design and simulation of 40 MW PM Generators for the CRAFTT	Izabella Simonsson, Sandra Eriksson, Hans Bernhoff; Uppsala University
Scalability of the CRAFT turbine	Fredric Ottermo, Halmstad University
VAWT support structure mass sensibility due to the aerodynamic load scaling	Adriana Correia da Silva, NTNU
The influence of journal bearings on the drivetrain dynamics of a 5MW wind turbine drivetrain	Muhammad Omer Siddiqui, Fraunhofer IWES
Advanced Cooling Enabling Extremely High-Power Density Electric Machines	Austin Christopher Hayes, University of Colorado
High-fidelity analysis of a small-scale floating wind turbine under prescribed sway, heave, roll and yaw	Ricardo Amaral, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy


Met-ocean conditions
Lidar measurements of wind across a virtual rotor plane	Mohammad Nafisifard, UiS
Implementation of non-constant advection time into MCP methods to improve correlation between space-distributed meteorological datasets	Telem Avidor, Ecole Centrale Nantes
Metocean Conditions at Two Norwegian Sites for Development of Offshore Wind Farms	Etienne Cheynet, UiB
Wind field reconstruction with offshore nacelle-mounted LIDAR measurements	Rebeca Marini, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Is IEC turbulence valid offshore at large heights?	Abdul Haseed Syed, DTU Wind Energy Denmark
LES study of the impacts of swells on the atmospheric boundary layer	Xu Ning, UiB
Retrieval of met-ocean parameters from satellite observations: applications for offshore wind energy	Owda Abdalmenem, Technical University of Denmark
Multi-Dimensional data format enabling rapid assessment of wind resources anywhere in the world	Phil Hargreaves, TGS
Implementation of a Simple Actuator Disk for Large Eddy Simulation (SADLES) in the WRF Model	Hai Bui, UiB
A review of wave-current interaction in met-ocean conditions for offshore wind turbines	Yan Li, UiB & NTNU
Large-eddy simulation of a 15 GW wind farm and comparison with advanced wake models	Oliver Maas, Leibniz University


Experimental testing and validation
Automatic Data Quality Control using Probabilistic Bayesian Neural Networks	Anish Venu, DNV
Numerical investigation on TLP platforms for wind turbines under extreme actions using the SPH method	Bonaventura Tagliafierro, UPC Barcelona Tech
A Potential Flow Based Numerical Framework for Engineering Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations	Pietro Danilo Tomaselli, DHI
Coupled loads on a bottom-fixed monopile induced by waves in a strong subsurface current	Yan Li, UiB & NTNU
Validation of high-fidelity CFD solutions for the analysis of aerodynamic loads on wind turbines	Vladimir Krasilnikov, SINTEF Ocean AS
Validation of a panel method with full-scale FOWT measurements and verification with engineering models	Stefan Netzband, Hamburg Uni. of Tech
Data-driven modelling of linear and quadratic transfer functions of floating structures	David Stamenov, Aarhus University
Validation of Impact of Hull-Based Tuned-Mass Dampers in Floating Wind Semisubmersible on Global Dynamics	Amy Robertson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Comparative assessment of actuator-Line modeling of FOWT rotor aerodynamics to wind tunnel experiments	Andrea Sanvito, Politecnico di Milano
Comparison of different Modelling Approaches for the Simulation of a Wind Turbine in Surge Motion	Christian Schulz, Hamburg University of Technology
Streamwise scalings of a wind turbine operated with different inflows and tip speed ratios	Martin Obligado, Grenoble Alpes University


Grid connection and power system integration
ScotCLUE Demonstrator – Smarter Energy Controllers for Future Offshore Wind Energy Systems	John Nwobu, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Design and Control of All-DC Offshore Wind Power Plant with MMC-based High Power Converters	Alessandra Follo, Technical University of Denmark
30 GW Offshore wind in Norway – wind power correlations and smoothing effects	Harald Svendsen, SINTEF Energy Research
Addressing Market Issues in Electric Power Systems with Large Amounts of Offshore and Onshore Wind Power	Magnus Korpås, NTNU IEL
Managing energy spill in integrated wind turbine – electrolyser systems	James Ferguson, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
DC Fault Protection and Clearing Strategy for an MMC Based HVDC Transmission with Hybrid DCCB	John Kweku Amoo-Otoo, University of Idaho
Sizing electrolyser for offshore wind: a techno-economic assessment considering module size and dynamics	Elisabeth Andreae, Technical University of Denmark
Power and frequency fluctuations on an offshore oil & gas platform power system with connected wind turbines	Til Kristian Vana, SINTEF Energi
Resilience to storm conditions of power systems with large dependencies on offshore wind	Samuel Forsberg, Uppsala University
Optimisation of offshore grid considering stepwise investments and uncertainty	Harald Svendsen, SINTEF Energy Research


Substructures and mooring
Implementation of drivetrain structural flexibility in OpenFAST	Veronica Liverud, NTNU
Quantifying the effect of rock armour scour protection on eigenfrequencies of a monopile supported OHVS	Kristof Winkler, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Second order wave-induced modal loads and responses on floating wind parks with shared mooring	Thomas Sauder, SINTEF Ocean
Design Optimization of Floating Wind Turbine Substructures Using Frequency Domain Dynamic Model and Genetic Algorithm	Victor Benifla, Universität Rostock
Effect of the shape of extreme waves on the loads on a 15MW wind turbine	Fabio Pierella, DTU Wind and Energy Systems
Design challenges and novel solution for tower designs of next generation floating wind turbines	Eystein Borgen, Odfjell Oceanwind AS, Sebastian Schafhirt, Siemens Gamesa
Damage Detection in the Mooring System of Spar Floating Offshore Wind Turbines through Statistical Methods	Christos Sakaris, Rune Schlanbusch, NORCE AS


Wind farm optimization
Towards generating more value out of measurement data using wind farm performance monitoring methodologies	Nassir Rodrigues Cassamo, TNO
Efficient Mann turbulence generation for offshore wind farms with applications in fatigue load surrogate modelling	Jaime Liew, DTU Wind
Recent Wind Farm Modelling Enhancements in FAST.Farm	Jason Jonkman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Influence of wake meandering paths on floating wind turbine response	Lene Vien Eliassen, SINTEF
A passively self-adjusting floating wind farm layout to increase the annual energy production: sensitivity analysis	Mohammad Youssef Mahfouz, Stuttgarter Lehrstuhl für Windenergie
Economic feasibility study for continued operation of German offshore wind farms	Julia Walgern, Fraunhofer IWES
Design and costs-benefits of shared anchors or mooring lines of FOWT at farm level	Maxime Chemineau, INNOSEA
Effect of wind turbine yaw misalignment on wake meandering	Balram Panjwani, SINTEF
A control-oriented model for floating wind turbine stability and performance analysis	Antonio Pegalajar-Jurado, DTU Wind and Energy Systems
Multiscale modelling of low-level jet: Effects on aerodynamic load of offshore wind turbine	Mostafa Bakhiday Paskyabi, UiB
Cost modelling for offshore wind farms using dynamic cost functions and engineering wake models	Kutay Yilmazlar, Politecnico di Milano


Environmental impact & regulatory framework
Catalysing an Industry: a historical analysis of the emerging US offshore wind industry	Julian Richard Lahuerta, NTNU
Overview of offshore wind regulations	Anne Reumer, DNV
Risk of exposure to offshore wind developments: Breeding failure causes seabirds to increase foraging ranges	Børge Moe, NINA
Mitigation measures for preventing collision of birds with wind turbines	Paula Bastos Garcia Rosa, SINTEF Energy Research
Balancing socio-ecological and economy trade-offs in spatial planning of wind energy projects	Frank Hanssen, NINA


Wind farm control
Robust Active Wake Control: wind direction measurement uncertainty driven analysis in a sensor-equipped wind farm	Marco Turrini, TNO
Testing a quasi-static reinforcement-learning approach for wake steering in dynamic wind farm simulations	Valentin Chabaud, SINTEF Energy Research
An expert elicitation on flow models for wind farm control	Scott Robert Dallas, University of Strathclyde
Offshore Digitalization	Brian Boye, Semco Maritime


Marine operations and logistics
Operations and vessel tracking for a tow-to-port maintenance strategy at the Kincardine offshore windfarm	Kaiser Saeed, Laura DM Corgosinho, Uni. of Strathclyde
On the installation of offshore wind turbines: Challenges and future perspectives	George Jagite, SINTEF Ocean AS
Development of a Risk Analysis Model for the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms	Nico Garcia Munoz, Fraunhofer IWES
Optimizing jack-up vessel chartering strategies to support maintenance tasks in offshore wind turbines	Vibeke Petersen, NTNU
Investigation of more efficient W2W operability simulations	Martin Gutsch, SINTEF Ocean


Societal impact and controversies
Whispers in the Wind: Ethical dimensions of social conflict in offshore wind	Rita V. D'Oliveira Bouman, SINTEF Ocean
Identifying and addressing societal aspects of offshore wind power in the North Sea	Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, Sara Heidenreich, NTNU
From where the wind blows – The social dynamics of wind power opposition	Sigurd Hilmo Lundheim, NTNU
Just wind power? Mapping of Norwegian ownership models and decision-making processes	Kim-Andre Myhre Arntsen, NTNU
Leveraging innovative technology to address societal interests in offshore wind farm development	Jan-Tore Horn, Vind Technologies AS


Operation and maintenance
The Sensitivity of Failure Definitions on Wind Turbine Failure Rate and Availability Estimates	Fraser Anderson, University of Edinburgh
Multirotor wind turbine systems: an exploration of failure rates and failure classification	Jade McMorland, University of Strathclyde
Effects of grid demand oscillations on degradation of power train system in offshore wind turbines	Farid Khazaeli Moghadam, NTNU
Support System for Optimised Maintenance of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines	Arvind Keprate, OsloMet
Technical modelling challenges for large idling wind turbines	Galih Bangga, DNV Services UK


Closing session
Strategic technology and innovation outlook on offshore wind	Jacob Edmonds, VC, ETIP Wind & Head of Innovation & Digital, Ørsted
Techno-economical Optimization for Floating Offshore Wind Farms: A ScotWind Portfolio Study	Joanna Ines Martin, Ørsted Services AS
Legal and regulatory aspects of offshore wind	Catherine Banet, professor, University of Oslo (UiO)
Key innovations for floating wind cost reduction	Jose Luis Domínguez-García, Head of Power Systems Group, IREC
Next generation floating wind technology	Knut Vassbotn, CEO, Deep Wind Offshore
Advancements in offshore wind	Geir Olav Berg, SVP, Mainstream Renewable Power

2023 Conference

Presentations from the conference:

Opening session - Frontiers of Science and technology

Met-ocean conditions

Experimental testing and validation

Grid connection and power system integration

Substructures and mooring

Wind farm optimization

Environmental impact & regulatory framework

Wind farm control

Marine operations and logistics

Societal impact and controversies

Operation and maintenance

Closing session