Petter Andreas Berthelsen
Project Coordinator
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PetterAndreas.Berthelsen@sintef.no
NEWS ARCHIVE
Final Event – WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2019 in Bilbao
LIFES50+ hosted the final event to present highlights and key findings from the research project at WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2019, Bilbao Spain.
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Phase one qualification performed
Phase 1 of the Lifes50+ project was completed during the evaluation workshop in Barcelona from 8-10 March 2017. The Phase 1 qualification (MS#4) presented the outcomes from the evaluation of the four innovative floating substructure concept designs.
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The third technical milestone: The Evaluation methodology ready in LIFES50+
The tool was developed to qualify the four concepts designs under an economic, environmental, risk and technical perspective, which enable the calculation of the following aspects to be considered in both Phase I and Phase II evaluation of the concept designs: Economic assessment: Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) calculation expressed in €/MWh and included in the LCoE… Read more »
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Politecnico di Milano: Wind tunnel tests
LIFES50+ are going to qualify four substructures for floating offshore wind turbines. In Milano researchers are now testing the turbines in a wind tunnel with a goal of increasing their technological readiness level (TRL). Learn more about the test in this video
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LIFES50+ flyer
There is a need for new innovative substructure concepts, including floating platforms, to reduce production, installation and O&M costs for water depths of more than 50m.
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Testing tomorrow’s offshore wind technology
The industry is predicting a bright future for floating offshore wind farms. An entirely new concept has recently been tested in Trondheim.
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Phase One – Evaluation of the concepts
A key objective of the LIFES50+ project is to optimize and qualify to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5, two innovative floating substructure designs for 10MW turbines.
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Second Annual Meeting
The Second Annual meeting for the LIFES50+ project took place in Bilbao, Spain, on the 24-–25th of May 2016. It was hosted by TECNALIA, with representatives from all project beneficiaries and members from the External Advisory Group. The programme for Day 1 started with the second annual meeting containing WP (Work Package) presentation and their… Read more »
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First technical milestone: The Design Basis in LIFES50+
These reports provide concept developers with the information required to upscale floating platform concepts to support a 10MW wind turbine in three reference locations, taking also into consideration the requirements for the concepts evaluation.
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New and more effective model test
A series of model tests of a floating wind-turbine using a completely new method has recently been carried out in MARINTEK’s ocean laboratory.
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