Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology

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1 Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology John Olav Giæver Tande Manager NOWITECH Senior Research Scientist SINTEF Energy Research 1

2 Preface The Research Council of Norway has announced funds for establishing major research efforts on climate-friendly energy. The call assumes the research to be organized in a number of centres bringing together top institutes and universities for carrying out targeted R&D. The term centre is here used to emphasise close cooperation between partners, but may still involve partners at different geographical locations. Project applications must include industrial partners willing to finance at least 25 % of the budget. Deadline for application is 3 September (phase 1) and 3 December 2008 (final application). 2

3 Why offshore wind R&D in Norway? Offshore 2020: 50 GW (?) Offshore 2008: ~1 GW Map: EWEA Karmøy Wind turbine Electric grid CAPEX distribution offshore wind farm (DTI study) Substructure Offshore wind at an early stage Use Norwegian offshore oil and gas experience Supply services and equipment Develop wind farms Huge Norwegian offshore wind potential Use hydro for balancing EU2020 a tremendous market opportunity (EUR 125 billions) 3

4 Offshore wind technology needs to be developed Technology must be developed for improved reliability and reduced cost The whole value chain can be improved: Design Manufacturing Installation Grid connection & system integration Operation and Maintenance Decommissioning/Extend lifetime Technical issues can be solved R&D must be go in parallel with test, demonstration and large scale implementation Cost of offshore wind energy ~ 1 NOK/KWh Seller s market R&D Goal: Cost reduction 1 EUR ~ 8 NOK 4

5 Norway is developing offshore wind technology OWEC Tower Aker Solutions HyWind SWAY WindSea ScanWind ChapDrive SmartMotor NEXANS P M G 5

6 Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology Manager: John Olav Giæver Tande, Objective: Pre-competitive research laying a foundation for industrial value creation and cost-effective offshore wind farms. Emphasis on deep sea (+30 m). R&D partners: SINTEF, IFE, NTNU + associates: Risø DTU (DK), NREL & MIT (US) Industry partners: Statkraft, StatoilHydro, Vestavind, Dong Energy, Lyse, Conoco Phillips, Statnett, Umoe Mandal, Aker Solutions, SmartMotor, ChapDrive, ScanWind, Veritas, SWAY, Vestas, Oceanor, Devold, NTE, TrønderEnergi ++ Work packages: 1. Numerical design tools (including wind and hydrodynamics) 2. Energy conversion system (new materials for lightweight blades & generators) 3. Novel substructures (bottom-fixed and floaters) 4. Grid connection and system integration 5. Operation and maintenance 6. Concept validation, experiments and demonstration Total budget (8 years): + NOK 320 millions including 25 PhD/post docs Application granted by Research Council of Norway 4 February

7 General Assembly All partners Scientific Committee Lead: Geir Moe / NTNU International relations: T Undeland / NTNU International capacities Board 10 representatives Committee of Innovation & Commercialisation Lead: Industry Secretary: Jan Onarheim / NTNU Centre Management Manager: John O. Tande / SINTEF WP and Committee leaders + secretary WP1 Integrated numerical design tools (R Stenbro) IFE WP2 Energy conversion system (B Tveiten) SINTEF MC WP3 Novel support structures & floaters (T Moan) NTNU WP4 Grid connection & integration (K Uhlen) SINTEF ER WP5 Operation and maintenance (J Heggset) SINTEF ER WP6 Novel concepts, experiments & demonstration (P Berthelsen) MARINTEK 7

8 Overall budget in MNOK for 8 years Activity SUM NTNU IFE SINTEF ER MARINTEK SINTEF MC SINTEF ICT WP Industry in-kind WP WP WP WP WP Management SUM

9 Main ambitions The Centre will combine wind technology know-how with offshore and energy industry experience to enhance development of offshore wind. Develop the Centre into a world class leading research community on offshore wind technology and support industry partners to be in the forefront. Establish a recruitment and educational programme that provides for highly qualified staff at Master and PhD level for serving the industry. Assist in developing new industry, products and services on offshore wind by being a point of contact for first validation and linking to public development programmes. Provide a scientific basis for offshore wind test and demonstration projects and link with these for maximizing benefits and quality in implementation. Be a one-stop centre of knowledge on offshore wind for industry partners and public bodies. Support to industry is through basic research. R&D is of pre-competitive nature commercial development will come as a result and be run in separate (bilateral) projects. 9

10 Strong labs and experience on wind within NTNU, SINTEF and IFE Wind tunnel (11x3x2 m) Ocean basin (80x50x10 m) Renewable Energy Systems Lab Material testing Test station for wind turbines VIVA AS Average wind speed m agl 0.9 MW 2.3 MW 0.2 MW Photo / Visualisation: InterPares AS 10

11 A strong cluster on offshore wind R&D Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy CEDREN NOWITEC NORCOWE Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy 11

12 Vision: Large supply from offshore wind turbines Large scale commercial use of floating offshore wind turbines is viable by year 2020 shallow water wind farms can be built now Share infrastructure: Wind generation for supply to oil and gas platforms, mainland grid and trans-national connections Big potential for industrial development - Use Norwegian oil and gas industry know-how The market is global and growing Clean renewable supply at competitive cost replacing polluting generation and reducing emissions (CO2, NOx) 12