The European H2020-funded project LIFES50+ was set to drive forward the development of innovative substructure technology for large (10MW) floating wind turbines.
The objective of the project has been to optimize and qualify floating substructure concepts for 10MW turbines to TRL 5 and develop a streamlined and KPI-based methodology for the design and qualification process, focusing on technical, economical, and industrial aspects. The project, involving 12 partners from eight countries and led by SINTEF Ocean, was kicked off June 2015 and concluded in April 2019.
LIFES50+ hosted this final event where highlights and key findings from the research project were presented. The half day programme included a mixture of industrial and scientific presentations. The presentations are linked from the topics in the programme below (PDF-format).
WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2019, Bilbao Spain 03.04.2019
Conference website (external link)
Dates: 3th April 2019
Venue: Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) – Bilbao
Azkue Kalea 1
48902 Barakaldo
Bizkaia, Spain
Agenda:
Location: BEC – Room 4, Level 5
| Time | Session | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration Tea/Coffee | ||
| 09.00-09.15 | Introduction | Welcome and introduction to LIFES50+ | Petter Andreas Berthelsen – SINTEF Ocean |
| 09.15-09.35 | Floating substructure design | OO-Star Wind Floater | Håkon Andersen -Dr.techn. Olav Olsen |
| 09.35-09.55 | Nautilus steel semisubmersible | Raúl Rodríguez – Nautilus |
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| 09.55-10.15 | IDEOL concrete floater | Thomas Choisnet – IDEOL William Jones – IDEOL |
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| 10.15-10.35 | Industrialization of floating wind | Uncertainty and risk management | Roberts Proskovics – Ore Catapult |
| 10.35-10.55 | Large scale manufacturing | Friedemann Borisade – Ramboll | |
| 10.55-11.10 | BREAK | ||
| 11.10-11.40 | Laboratory experiment and numerical analysis supporting design | Hybrid testing in ocean basin and wind tunnel for FOWT | Maxime Thys – SINTEF Ocean Marco Belloli – Polimi |
| 11.40-12.00 | Numerical optimization | Henrik Bredmose – DTU Frank Lemmer – USTUTT |
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| 12.00-12.30 | LCOE evaluation | Concept evaluation and expected LCOE for floating wind | Markus Lerch – IREC |
| 12.30-13.00 | Innovation and research needs | Future topics of applied FOWT research | Kolja Mueller – USTUTT Kimon Argyriadis – DNV-GL |
