Offshore wind energy has gone through tremendous developments in recent years. Innovation was a key driver for its success. If offshore wind wants to make a las...
It's all about a safe tool for repair of rotor blades. Imagine that your wind turbine is installed offshore and provides significant amounts of wind energy. But then, one of the wind turbine's blades requires maintenance, or worse, gets damaged. You cannot simply take your ladder and climb up there to make the repairs like you would at home. So, Jeroen Tol and Wouter Kloppenburg from Ampelmann introduce their bright-blue “Puffer” in their production hall in Rotterdam harbour, a kind of oyster or mussel that folds around a rotor blade where you can safely stand in to do your repairs.
Have a look at our web magazine at https://grow-to-go.nl/202501-the-world-is-your-oyster
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16. Dare to share
Optimise the usage of space at the North Sea
The North Sea seems empty, but nothing could be further from the truth. The sea is divided into parts, and each part has its destination, such as fishing, shipping routes, nature protection, mining, defence, etc. So, since the available space is limited, we need to work together if we want to tap into the vast potential of offshore wind energy.
Listen to the podcast with Antonios Emmanouil and Sharon Tatman of Deltares and David de Jager of GROW. They talk about the multi-use of the North Sea in the Atlantic Basin facility at knowledge institute Deltares.
https://grow-to-go.nl/202410-dare-to-share
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15. Get down on it!
Introducing a revolutionary connection design that is set to transform the monopile installation process – and morePresenting a simple yet revolutionary way to install monopiles, endorsed by industry leaders. Jan van der Tempel, CEO at Delft Offshore Turbine, and Sander Suur, design manager at Van Oord, share their insights on the simplicity and success of the slip joint technology in offshore wind.Have a look at our web magazine at https://grow-to-go.nl/get-down-on-it
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14. On the rocks
Rocks barely sound interesting, yet they are essential for the stability of wind turbine foundations. After all, they are used to prevent the erosion of sand around the monopile. Currently, the installation process of the scour protection requires three steps. Therefore, the Optimising Pile Installation through Scour protection (OPIS) project is researching how to improve this process. The research is well underway, and its researchers are nothing but “optimistic”.
Listen to the podcast with Ton Peters and Cihan Cengiz of Deltares and David de Jager of GROW.
Find out more: https://grow-to-go.nl/202312-opis
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13. Solid as a rock
Extreme conditions… in an extremely short timeframe
The Tubular Pile Pull-out Testing (TPPT) project impressively manages to mimic the conditions at sea for open tubular piles used for the mooring of floating wind turbines. Jan Kenkhuis explains: “Can we use open tubular piles for anchoring large floating wind turbines to keep the floating wind turbines on location in a harsh environment? That’s what we are testing here. We are actually simulating at this moment a storm condition. A serious storm, because that’s what we design for. Calm weather days are not really a concern.”
https://grow-to-go.nl/202308-tppt
Offshore wind energy has gone through tremendous developments in recent years. Innovation was a key driver for its success. If offshore wind wants to make a lasting contribution to the energy transition, the sector must continue to innovate. David de Jager of GROW - a consortium with a joint research program in offshore wind - gives you in this podcast series an impression of the key research and innovations that will shape the future of offshore wind.
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