How to maintain Europe’s global leadership in wind energy
Following the publication of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), two workshops were organised by the ETIPWind secretariat.
Workshop 1: “Wind energy in a digitised world”, Hamburg, 14:30-16:00, 27 September 2016.
Chair: Aidan Cronin, Siemens Wind Power A/S, Denmark.
This session looked at the digitisation of the wind energy sector and asked the following questions addressing a major topic for wind energy R&I, included in the second pillar (operation and maintenance) of R&I mentioned in the SRIA: What are the challenges and bottlenecks? Which success stories look promising? What can be learned from other, more advanced, industries? Where should R&I efforts focus and in which area should the collaboration be encouraged?
Speakers:
- Tomas Pump, E.ON Climate and Renewables, Germany: Digitalisation @Windenergy how to harvest the full potential.
- Peter Thorsted, Envision Energy Denmark: Towards an energy Internet: what is coming?
- Ward Thomas, Sentient Science, United States: Using computational prognostics to extend machine life.
- Tom Richardson, University of Bristol, United Kingdom: Autonomous drones & perspectives from the aerospace industry.
Workshop 2: “Making the most of R&I”, Hamburg, 17:00-18:30, 27 September 2016.
Chair: Aidan Cronin, Siemens Wind Power A/S, Denmark.
This session provided participants with an overview of the challenges ahead for the wind industry in Europe, and present the R&I EU funding opportunities, with concrete examples of successful initiatives.
- Charles Dugue, 8.2 Consulting AG, Germany: Wind Technology: an R&I perspective.
- Matthijs Soede, DG RTE-Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Commission: Overview of existing funding opportunities in Europe.
- Stephan Wachtel, GE Power & Water, Germany: Reservices – A Pan-European research project success story.
- Gustavo Quiñonez Varela, Acciona, S.A., Spain: Towards Grid Support Services: The contributions of reservices.
These two workshops took place as sessions in the main conference programme of the first day of WindEurope Summit 2016, Hamburg Messe & Congress, Germany, 27-29 September 2016.
You can find more information and conclusions from the workshop in the report below:
