EUROPEAN PROJECTS ➤ Fourth Framework Programme ➤ INNWIND.EU
Innovative Wind Conversion Systems (10-20MW) for Offshore Applications
| Project Duration | 01/11/2012 – 31/10/2017 |
| Total Budget |
843.420,00 € |
| Website | http://www.innwind.eu/ |
The overall objectives of the INNWIND.EU project are the high performance innovative design of a beyond-state-of-the-art 10-20MW offshore wind turbine and hardware demonstrators of some of the critical components. These ambitious primary objectives lead to a set of secondary objectives, which are the specific innovations, new concepts, new technologies and proof of concepts at the sub system and turbine level.
The progress beyond the state of the art is envisaged as an integrated wind turbine concept with i) a light weight rotor having a combination of adaptive characteristics from passive built-in geometrical and structural couplings and active distributed smart sensing and control, ii) an innovative, low-weight, direct drive generator and iii) a standard mass-produced integrated tower and substructure that simplifies and unifies turbine structural dynamic characteristics at different water depths.
A lightweight smart blade design will be demonstrated on an appropriate scale relevant for rotor aeroelastics. The drive train innovations include a super conducting generator; pseudo magnetic drive train and a light weight re-design of the nacelle for reduced tower top mass. The superconducting generator technology and the pseudo magnetic drive technology will be demonstrated at relevant scales by participating industry.
The concepts are researched individually at the component level but also at the wind turbine system level in an integrated approach. Their benefits are quantified through suitable performance indicators and their market deployment opportunities are concretely established in two dedicated integrating work packages. The consortium comprises of leading Industrial Partners and Research Establishments focused on longer term research and innovation of industrial relevance. The project addresses the heart of the Long Term R&D Programme of the New Turbines and Components strand of the European Wind Initiative (EWI) established under SET Plan, the Common European Policy for Energy Technologies.
Participants:
- DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
- AALBORG UNIVERSITET
- CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING, CRES
- STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND ECN
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT TUD
- NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA
- SINTEF ENERGI AS SINTEF
- POLITECNICO DI MILANO POLIMI
- GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
- CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITAET OLDENBURG FORWIND-OL
- UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS UPAT
- THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD USHEFF
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE USTRAT
- UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART USTUTT
- STICHTING KENNISCENTRUM WINDTURBINE MATERIALEN EN, CONSTRUCTIES WMC Netherlands
- FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER, ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG
- FUNDACION CENER-CIEMAT CENER
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UBRISTOL
- DHI DHI
- RAMBOLL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GMBH RAMBOLL
- Siemens Wind Power Siemens GERMANISCHER
- LLOYD INDUSTRIAL SERVICES GMBH GL-RC
- GARRAD HASSAN & PARTNERS LTD
- Magnomatics Limited MAGNOMAT
- Suzlon Energy GmbH SUZLON
- GAMESA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY S.L.
- EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
- SE BLADES TECHNOLOGY BV SE Blades
- ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LLC