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SEA-AIR-FARM
Background
Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) has the potential to reduce the cost of offshore wind to around 60 to 70 €/MWh after 2023. The project partners want to …
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FOWT IO&M
AanleidingFloating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) are maturing and they are increasingly becoming a viable and attractive solution for offshore wind energy produ…
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GBS Wind JIP
Background
Gravity based structures are support structures held in place by gravity. They are widely used in civil engineering and the oil and gas industry. N…
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Improved FOWT
Motivation and backgroundIn the latest market projections from the Carbon Trust, they forecast 70GW of floating wind capacity installed by 2040. Offshore floati…
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Improved FOWT II
At the beginning of 2022 Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the “ScotWind” seabed tender, off which 15 GW will be floating offshore wind (FOW). …
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SPOWTT
Offshore technicians perform essential service to offshore wind turbines, which is sometimes planned and sometimes an unplanned response to faults. Planning thi…
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MCPG
The next generation floating installation vessels will have a combination of exceptionally high transport and load capacity to efficiently install the XL-monopi…
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OM JIP
The purpose of the Offshore Maintenance (OM) JIP is to better quantify O&M operability and additional maintenance costs by taking into account hydrodynamics…
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OM JIP II
Background
Offshore weather conditions have a strong influence on the business case for offshore wind farms. Wind, waves, and currents impact the O&M in p…
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ODS
The project aims to improve the operability of Offshore Support Vessels (OSV). OSVs keep station on DP alongside a wind turbine or substation and allow technici…
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PRM Tool
AanleidingThis project addresses the critical issue of pile run events during the installation of offshore wind monopiles. Most offshore wind turbines are suppo…
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PADAP
AanleidingDe door golven veroorzaakte scheepsbewegingen zijn de belangrijkste reden voor downtime in offshore-operaties rondom offshore windparken. Vanwege het …
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ROAD2SID
IntroductionThe North Sea is one of the most heavily used seas globally, hosting various functions like nature, energy, shipping, recreation, and fishing. Over …
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Scalewind
AanleidingThe coupling between the aerodynamic loading on the wind turbine, its blade pitch controller actions, the flexible tower and blades, the floater hydro…
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S4VAWT
This project investigated the optimization of a floating support structure for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) with blade pitch con…
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Solar@Sea
AanleidingDe transitie naar een duurzame energievoorziening vereist (ook) grootschalige toepassing van PV in Nederland. Hiervoor zijn nog honderden vierkante km…
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Seaqualizer
Background
Existing solutions for accessing wind turbines during high seas states are inherently unsafe and expensive energy guzzlers with limited operating w…
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Seaqualizer Prototype
Develop a full scale prototype to analyze benefits of a passively balanced Walk-to-Work gangway – Determine how well Seaquali…
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Subsol
AanleidingThere are floating PV systems available for shielded water areas. The big challenge for floating PV systems is in large solar farms on waters like the…
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T2F
The project aims to prove the technical feasibility of the mooring a traditional cylindrical fish cage for open water aquaculture to a moored Tension Leg Platfo…
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WIFI II JIP
Background
The effects of operational loads and wind loads on offshore wind turbines (OWT) are reasonably well understood. For most existing and future sites,…
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WIND FORCE
As Offshore Floating PhotoVoltaics (OFPV) is a relatively new industry, there is a knowledge gap in the wind induced dynamic behaviour of floating solar plants.…
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Zon op Zee
AanleidingDe zee biedt zeeĂ«n van ruimte. Grootschalige zonne-energiesystemen op zee bestaan nog niet. Toch kan Nederland vrijwel geheel duurzaam aan zijn energi…