Japan and US Team Up to Drive Down Costs of Floating Offshore Wind
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Japan and US Team Up to Drive Down Costs of Floating Offshore Wind

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Japan and the United States have formed a partnership aimed at significantly reducing the cost of floating offshore wind projects. This collaboration seeks to accelerate advancements in engineering, manufacturing, and installation for this promising clean energy technology. Japan has pledged 120 billion yen (approximately $784 million) from its Green Innovation Fund to support the development…

EU Targets Chinese Wind Turbine Subsidies in New Investigation
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EU Targets Chinese Wind Turbine Subsidies in New Investigation

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The European Union has opened a formal investigation to determine if Chinese wind turbine manufacturers are benefiting from unfair government support. This probe, announced by Margrethe Vestager, European Commission executive vice-president, focuses specifically on wind farm developments within five EU nations: Spain, Greece, France, Romania, and Bulgaria. The European Commission is concerned that government subsidies…

Blade Mold Damage at GE’s LM Wind Power factory in Cherbourg Halts Production
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Blade Mold Damage at GE’s LM Wind Power factory in Cherbourg Halts Production

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Cherbourg, France – An operational incident at GE Vernova’s LM Wind Power facility in Cherbourg has caused significant disruption to production, halting the manufacture of blades for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbines and placing half the facility’s employees on partial unemployment. The company has confirmed that the incident damaged a mold used in the manufacturing…

EU Considers Ban on Chinese Wind Turbines, Citing Cybersecurity Risks
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EU Considers Ban on Chinese Wind Turbines, Citing Cybersecurity Risks

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The European Union (EU) is seriously considering a ban on wind turbines made outside of Europe. This is due to rising concerns about cybersecurity risks and the growing influence of Chinese wind Turbine manufacturers. The EU is looking at a strategy similar to the one it used to limit the Chinese tech company Huawei’s role…

World largest Aircraft in History is Designed to Transport Enormous Wind Turbine Blades
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World largest Aircraft in History is Designed to Transport Enormous Wind Turbine Blades

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A revolutionary aircraft called the WindRunner could become the largest in the world. Designed specifically to solve a major challenge in the wind energy industry, this 356-foot long aircraft will transport enormous turbine blade The WindRunner’s unique design sets it apart. It splits into two sections to accommodate a single, massive wind turbine blade –…

WindSpider’s Self-Assembling Crane promises Onshore and Offshore Installation Costs by 50%
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WindSpider’s Self-Assembling Crane promises Onshore and Offshore Installation Costs by 50%

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Installing wind turbines, particularly the massive structures used in offshore wind farms, is an incredibly expensive process. Traditional methods rely on costly specialized crane ships. Now, a Norwegian company called WindSpider is promising a revolution with its innovative self-assembling crane system that significantly cuts installation costs for both onshore and offshore turbines. WindSpider’s groundbreaking design…

Chinese Wind Turbine Makers Expand Global Footprint in 2023, New Report by bloombergNEF
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Chinese Wind Turbine Makers Expand Global Footprint in 2023, New Report by bloombergNEF

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China is solidifying its position as a global leader in the wind energy revolution. A new report by BloombergNEF reveals that worldwide wind capacity additions reached an all-time high of 118GW in 2023, with China driving staggering growth. Chinese wind turbine manufacturers, particularly Goldwind and Envision, dominated the market. Goldwind retained the top spot for…

China Sany Renewable Energy Unveils Groundbreaking Test Facility for Giant 30MW Wind Turbine Blades
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China Sany Renewable Energy Unveils Groundbreaking Test Facility for Giant 30MW Wind Turbine Blades

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The Sany blade test facility, featuring a dual-axis ground-based exciter for simulating real-world forces experienced by wind turbine blades. (Photo Credit: Sany RE) Sany Renewable Energy, a division of the Chinese industrial giant Sany Group, has taken a major step forward in the wind energy ‘arms race’ with a new test facility capable of handling…

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
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Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

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Vertical wind turbines are a type of wind turbine that have a vertical rotor axis, unlike the traditional horizontal wind turbines. They have a futuristic design and often look fantastic, which may attract some people who want to have a vertical wind turbine for their commercial building or private house. They can generate electricity in…

China’s Biggest Dual-Rotor Wind Turbine: A Short and Dramatic Life
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China’s Biggest Dual-Rotor Wind Turbine: A Short and Dramatic Life

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China is known for its ambitious and innovative projects in the field of renewable energy. One of these projects was the installation of a special wind turbine with two rotors arranged in tandem, which was expected to increase the wind energy capture efficiency and power generation capacity significantly. However, the project ended in failure after…

World’s Largest Typhoon-Resistant Wind Turbine is now operation in China
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World’s Largest Typhoon-Resistant Wind Turbine is now operation in China

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MySE 16-260 Video The MySE 16-260 surpasses the previous largest wind turbine, Goldwind, GWH-252, !6 MW which had a rotor diameter of 252 meters and an exposed wind area of 50,000 square meters. The race to bigger wind turbines is not over yet. Lets see who will introduce first 20 MW Wind Turbine. Mingyang Smart…

The Goldwind GW-252 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
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The Goldwind GW-252 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

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Watch the featured video of Goldwind !6 MW offshore Wind Turbine The Goldwind has recently installed the world’s first 16 MW offshore wind turbine. This remarkable engineering achievement signifies a major stride towards sustainable energy and sets a precedent for global renewable efforts In this post, we will highlights the features of their newly installed…

16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine installed in Fujian Wind farm,China
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16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine installed in Fujian Wind farm,China

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China makes history with the world’s first 16 MW offshore wind turbine installation It has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by successfully installing the world’s first 16 MW offshore wind turbine near a wind farm located in the southeastern province of Fujian. located 35 kilometers offshore. With its record-breaking capacity, it generates an incredible 34.2 kWh…

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Multiscale Modelling and Validation of wind Turbine Wakes

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Multi-scale turbulence modeling of wind farm flows in RANS Slides Interaction of the wakes of large offshore-wind farms and wind farm clusters with the marine atmospheric boundary layer Slides Accounting for wind farm wakes on wind energy scenarios for 2050 in the German Bight using two methods Slides Offshore wind park far fields (WIPAFF) Slides…

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High-Performance Computing in Wind Energy Part 1

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High-performance computing of wind turbine tip-vortex instability Slides Ardeshir Hanifi, Researcher at KTH – Royal Institute Of Technology Blade-resolved and actuator line CFD simulations of the flow through the NREL 5 MW wind turbine Slides Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory Slides Actuator Line Modeling in Large Eddy Simulations Slides LES Simulations of Wind…

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High-Performance Computing in Wind Energy Part 2

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Shear, thermal stratification and turbulent entrainment: how do they affect wind turbine wakes Slides Blade-resolved simulations of the NREL offshore 5-MW baseline wind turbine Slides Wall-resolved high-fidelity fluid-structure interaction simulation of wind-turbine blade Slides Accuracy of actuator line model in wind turbine and wind farm simulations Slides Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory Slides…

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Large Scale Interactive Coupled Modelling of Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy Farms

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Introduction Optimisation of Tidal Turbine Array Design and its Impact upon Performance Can we use Particle Tracking Models to Investigate Effects of Tidal Energy Device Arrays on Transport Processes? Potential effects of large-scale tidal energy extraction in the Pentland Firth on the biogeochemistry in the North Sea Dr. Johan Van der Molen, CEFAS Potential local…

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Farm Flow Control Workshop

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00:00 Collective wind farm operation based on a predictive model increases utility-scale energy production – Michael Howland, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering30:57 Overview of Wind Farm Control field test results obtained in the scope of SMARTEOLE project – Thomas Duc, ENGIE Green01:06:23 Highlights of CL-Windcon: Closed-Loop Wind Farm Control – Irene Eguinoa Erdozain, CENER01:32:18 Highlights…

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Total Control Wind Farm workshop

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The workshop showed some of the progress of the TotalControl project, dealing with wind farm control.The individual talks are:0:02:10 Gunner Larsen: Overview of TotalControl aims and progress0:22:29 Elliot Simon: Full-Scale Measurements at Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm0:34:18 Johan Meyers: High-fidelity wind-farm simulations and data sets0:59:30 Ervin Bossanyi: Field testing of controller enhancements on the 7MW Levenmouth…

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Certification of Wind Farm Control solutions

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Summary of FarmConners position paper on certification and standardisation Turbine loading in wind farm control: requirements and modeling approach Ervin Bossanyi, Senior Principal Researcher in Renewables at DNV and visiting professor at Bristol University Proposals for WFC certification approaches and perspectives of OEM’s and operators Nikolai Hille,DNV GL RC Strategies to provide levelised loading during…

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The Value of Wind Farm Control

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The agenda with jump marks to the individual talks: 00:00 Introduction and housekeeping with Johan Meyers, KU Leuven (mostly useful for the attendees)02:27 Konstanze Kölle, SINTEF: Overview and Introduction07:52 Nicolaos Cutululis, DTU: Power transmission, grid connection of wind farms45:27 Til Kristian Vrana, SINTEF: Grid codes, ancillary services – beyond maximum power tracking1:34:20 Peter De Cock,…

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Offshore Wind Noise Reduction

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Session 1 Slides Summary of Existing Foundations, Installation Methods, and Effects Ralph Grismala, P.E, Civil and Environmental Engineer, ICF Alternative Foundations and Installation Methods Session 2 Slides Noise Monitoring and Received Level Target Overview Samuel denes, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Noise Abatement/ Mitigation Systems for impact pile- driving Technical overview and offshore experiences

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High-Performance Computing in Wind Energy Research

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Slides MODELLING & SIMULATION IN THE EXASCALE ERA Fluid Physics High Performance Computing Modeling Challenges of Wind Farms Towards industry LES for wind farm flows using GPU-based lattice Boltzmann solvers ENGINEERING HIGH COMPUTED NEEDS FOR OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENTS

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Wind Power Predictions and Gaps in Forecasting Research Workshop

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Workshop Video 09:00-11:00: State of the Art and planned improvements State of the Art and planned improvements for NWP Helmut Frank (DWD), Malte Mülller (met.no), Clive Wilson (UKMO) Wind Generation Forecasting at REE ame> Ana Rodriguez, Red Electrica de España 11:30-13:00: Industry experience Challenges of integrating Wind from a TSO Perspective Melih Kurt, Tennet Bayreuth…

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Wind Forecasting Workshop 2022: State of Art and Research Gaps

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Workshop Video Jumpmarks to the individual talks:0:00:00. Session host: Gregor Giebel, DTUWelcome and Keynotes: The power system of Ireland is standing as a prime example of the challenges encountered in the energy transition: high shares of renewables, low transmission capacities elsewhere, and growing demand for transport and heat to come from electricity. 0:00:15 Gregor Giebel,…

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Forecasting Workshop at the University of Stratylide

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Workshop Video Agenda 04:55 Welcome and Introduction – Gregor Giebel (DTU) & Jethro Browell (Strathclyde) [bad sound, sorry] 15:45 Presentation: Leveraging turbine-level data for improved forecast performance – Jethro Browell (Strathclyde) 46:15 Presentation: IEA Wind Recommended Practice on Renewable Energy Forecast Solution Selection – John Zack (AWS Truepower) 1:45:09 Presentation: Definitely Uncertain – Wind Power…

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Short-Term Forecasting of Wind Power Workshop

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Workshop Video Day 1 Program of the first day (time in brackets are the times in the video):09:00 Arrival and registration09:30 (1:24) IntroductionWorkshop goals(15:32) Introductions10:00 (37:45) Where are we with very short-term forecasting? Workshop Video Day 2 Program for day 2 (times in the stream are in brackets):09:00 (00:45) Welcome and recap of Day 109:15…