3. Programme for today
• 17h00-17h20 Introduction by Sirris: Herman Derache, Director at Sirris
• 17h25-17h55 Presentation industry: Dr. Jan Declercq, Chief Business
Development Officer, CG Holdings Belgium and President of the
Renewable Energy Club (powered by Agoria)
• 18h00-18h30 Presentation Haven Antwerpen: Marc Van Peel, Antwerp’s
Alderman for the Port and Albert Pegg, Senior Advisor for the Antwerp
Port Authority
• 18h30-19h00 Presentation ‘Offshore wind energy research and
development’: Norbert Giese - Senior Vice President Business Unit
Offshore of REpower Systems AG
• 19h00-21h00 Networking / walking dinner
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10. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application Lab
Introduction
Aiming for efficient and reliable
offshore wind energy
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11. But… first some history !
First wind turbine
‘industrial’ power First OFFSHORE
Global wind turbine wind farm (DE)
generator (Dane La Cour) market sets off (oil crisis)
4000 BC 1891 1970 1991
First ‘wind turbine’
- Pumping water
- Grinding grain
-…
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12. And history from BELGIUM !
Project with
First wind farm Turbowinds:
Selection materials
Start-up HMZ in Belgium
(1986 - Zeebrugge)
for low tempratures OWI-Lab
WindMaster Flemish high tech Launch
(Sint-truiden)
1978 1979 1980 1985 1986 1995 2001 2005 2008 2009 2010 2012
Test center
VUB HMZ:
(Jette) World market Start-up
Leader WTG’s Project with OWI-Lab
Turbowinds: Proposal
Measurement OWI submitted
Pitchable blades
system tor
as innovative deformation of
to Flemish
technology windturbine blade government
Interest in
wind turbine
market
Turbowinds
Takes over HMZ
(Genk)
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14. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application lab
OBJECTIVES/SCOPE:
1. Invest in state-of-the-art test, and monitoring hardware &
software (=start up R&D infrastructure)
(Local companies lack access to test infrastructure and datasets to support and accelerate
their innovation process)
2. Cluster academic wind energy research projects
(Maximize the potential covered by local academia)
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15. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application lab
OBJECTIVES/SCOPE:
3. Cluster local wind energy players (whole value chain)
(Promoting & unlocking the clustering potential of local players need of a ecosystem)
4. Start-up new innovation projects: FP7, SBO, O&O, Commercial,…
(comprising the whole value chain)
(to meet the challenges of the industry: reliability & cost effectiveness)
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20. Large cold climate chamber
Unique test infrastructure in EU !
Focus: accelerated lifetime testing /cold starts
Max dimensions test object : 10m x 8m x 7m
Max weight test object: 150 tons
Temperature range: -60°C +60°C
Integrated 1,4 MW drive & high power supply
Location: Port of Antwerp (Churchill dock: breakbulk terminal)
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21. Automotive sector role model for wind energy sector
We invite you to the opening
of the climate chamber
in September 2012
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23. At this moment Belwind already cooperates with OWI for a
structural health monitoring measurement campaign, with very
interesting results. It is inspiring to see how all involved partners
can benefit from such knowledge build-up: Belwind and their
suppliers to learn about the behavior and performance of their wind
turbines, OWI in the fact that they get access to a real offshore wind
farm environment.
Frank Coenen, CEO Belwind
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25. OWI-Lab offering
Access to test and monitoring infrastructure
available to local and European companies.
Set-up and enable R&D projects
Dedicated innovation projects
Shared R&D
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26. Need for more information?
Pieter Jan Jordaens Website:
Project Leader Sustainability http://www.owi-lab.be/
Mobile: +32/491 345382
pieterjan.jordaens@sirris.be @OWI_lab
Group: Offshore Wind
Infrastructure
Application Lab
(OWI-Lab)
Stefan Milis
Coordinator Sustainability department Sirris
Mobile : +32/498 919383
stefan.milis@sirris.be
Christof Devriendt
Scientific research coordinator
Mobile: +32/477 412049
christof.devriendt@vub.ac.be
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27. Programme for today
• 17h00-17h20 Introduction by Sirris: Herman Derache, Director at Sirris
• 17h25- 17h55 Presentation industry: Dr. Jan Declercq, Chief Business
Development Officer, CG Holdings Belgium and President of the
Renewable Energy Club (powered by Agoria)
• 18h00-18h30 Presentation Haven Antwerpen: Marc Van Peel, Antwerp’s
Alderman for the Port and Albert Pegg, Senior Advisor for the Antwerp
Port Authority
• 18h30-19h00 Presentation ‘Offshore wind energy research and
development’: Norbert Giese - Senior Vice President Business Unit
Offshore of REpower Systems AG
• 19h00-21h00 Networking / walking dinner
28. Thank you!
Aiming for efficient and reliable
offshore wind energy
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