Technology of Offshore Wind Energy Course
2-day intensive course, 4 and 5 April 2013
The wind energy industry has enjoyed very successful decades across Europe, with improvements in the technology, reductions in costs and a large increase in the size of the industry. Currently, this technology is taken offshore. Since 2000, the DUWIND Institute at Delft University of Technology has been providing 2‑day intensive courses on the ‘Technology of Offshore Wind Energy’, aimed at professionals with an interest in this new industry.
The course covers wind turbine, electrical and offshore engineering aspects. The technology of offshore wind energy is treated on all levels, ranging from the fundamentals of hydrodynamic loading to integrated design methodology. The course doesn’t intend to upgrade expert knowledge but rather picks out issues of the underlying disciplines that are relevant to offshore wind energy. However, the lectures do not shun a profound treatment of these issues. In this way, specialists are encouraged to look beyond their own field of expertise, as well as being able to speed up the application of their own knowledge to the development of offshore wind farms. Technical executives will gain an understanding of the diverse range of disciplines involved. To enhance practical understanding of the treated topics, an offshore wind farm is designed during the course. Step-by-step after each lecture an element is added, resulting in a comprehensive sketch of an offshore wind farm at the end of the course.
The trajectory of offshore wind energy from conception to exploitation involves many technical and non‑technical aspects. This course focuses on the technical aspects of design, implementation and operation. Non‑technical issues, such as environmental impact assessment, regulations and financing are not part of the scope of this technology course.
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