STEP4WIND

Novel deSign, producTion and opEration aPproaches for floating WIND turbine farms

STEP4WIND is a European Industrial Doctorate programme, granted under the H2020 Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network initiative (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, grant agreement 860737 ). The programme runs between April 2020 and March 2024 and will deliver 10 PhD degrees, in joint supervision and training between the public and private sectors. The main objective is to address both technological and economical challenges related to the development of floating offshore wind farms.

News

Participation in Torque2024

The STEP4WIND team was heavily present at the international Torque2024 conference taking place in Florence in May 2024.

Axelle Viré

May 30, 2024

STEP4WIND final meeting

The final project-wide meeting of STEP4WIND took place in Florence on 28 May 2024, ahead of the Torque2024 conference.

Axelle Viré

May 30, 2024

Participation in WESC2023

The STEP4WIND team was heavily present at the international Wind Energy Science Conference taking place in Glasgow in May 2023.

Axelle Viré

May 30, 2023

Visit to the Kincardine floating wind farm

Our PhDs had an amazing opportunity to go offshore and navigate around the Kincardine floating wind farm.

Axelle Viré

May 30, 2023

Participation in a PhD winter school

Likhitha Ramesh Reddy and Felipe Novais took part in a winter school organized by DTU Wind (Denmark) on the control of floating wind …

Axelle Viré

Nov 19, 2022

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Projects

ESR1 - Multi-scale numerical modelling of floating offshore wind turbines

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ESR2 - Aerodynamics of floating offshore wind turbines undergoing large motions

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ESR3 - Reduced-order models and machine learning for FOWT analysis and design

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ESR4 - Multidisciplinary design analysis and optimisation framework for FOWT farms

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ESR5 - Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experiments of FOWTs

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ESR6 - Automated manufacturing of carbon fibre reinforced composites for offshore wind turbine blades

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ESR7 - Optimisation of dynamic cable configuration for FOWTs and farms

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ESR8 - Installation and decommissioning of large floating offshore wind farms

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ESR9 - Application of robotics in floating wind operations and maintenance (O&M)

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ESR10 - Development and optimisation of Blue Economy activities coupled with FOWT farms

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Training

Open Science

Overview: This course is a MOOC given by TU Delft and is therefore accessible to a wide audience. The early-stage researchers followed …

Big data management

Overview: This course covered all aspects related to data collection, management, analysis, visualisation, and sharing. Topics were: …

Wave tank experiments

Overview: The early-stage researchers and a few principal investigators participated in a workshop organized by MARIN (Maritime …

Build your start-up

Overview: This course focussed on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Communication" and was organized by TU Delft on …

Autumn school

Overview: The Autumn school took place at Lake Como on 4-8 October 2021. The programme included lectures on: atmosphere physics and …

Summer school

Overview: The second STEP4WIND school took place on 5-9 September 2022 and included topics on social, economic and environmental impact …

Risk considerations for the commercialisation of floating wind turbines

Overview: The training on risk considerations did not entirely took place as planned. However, our early-stage researchers had the …

Design, manufacturing and testing of wind turbine blades

Overview: TU Delft organized a workshop about the design and manufacturing of wind turbine blades. The goal was to provide a strong …

From a PhD to a career in industry

Overview: This session was organised by SGRE, more specifically by 8 engineers in SGRE holding a PhD in various fields (related or not …

Intellectual Property Right

Overview: The workshop consisted of two parts and has been organised with the support of the technology transfer officer at TUD, the …

Scientific writing and presentation skills

Overview: The training on scientific writing and presentation skills has been covered during our second summer school in Ireland. This …

Beneficiaries

Project hosts

Delft University of Technology

Politecnico di Milano

University College Cork

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Eire Composites Teoranta

Stichting Maritiem Research Instituut Netherlands

Partners

Secondments and Collaboration

National University of Ireland, Galway

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US

Technical University of Denmark

INSA Rouen Normandie

Ideol

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Denmark

European Academy for Wind Energy

International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy

The Doctoral Training Network

Early-stage researchers

Likhitha Ramesh Reddy

PhD student (ESR1)

Ricardo Amaral

PhD student (ESR2)

Deepali Singh

PhD student (ESR3)

Matteo Baudino Bessone

PhD student (ESR4)

Felipe Novais

PhD student (ESR5)

Alejandro del Toro

PhD student (ESR6)

Huzaifa Syed

PhD student (ESR7)

Rahul Chitteth Ramachandran

PhD student (ESR8)

Omer Khalid

PhD student (ESR9)

Omar Ibrahim

PhD student (ESR10)

Supervisory team

Axelle Viré

Associate Professor, Project Coordinator

Julie Teuwen

Assistant Professor

Michiel Zaaijer

Assistant Professor

Sara Muggiasca

Researcher

Marco Belloli

Full Professor Applied Mechanics

Cian Desmond

Research Fellow

Paul Deglaire

Team lead

Laurent Beaudet

Engineer

Alex Loeven

Head of rotor performance - Offshore

Bastien Duboc

Scientifc Software Engineer

Juliette Coussy

Engineer

Kasper Laugesen

Advanced engineer

Tomas Flanagan

R&D Director

Daniel Milano

Engineer

John Walker

Project Engineer

Hamish Macdonald

Engineer

Roberts Proskovics

Team Lead - Turbines / Technical Lead - Floating Wind

Ellen Jump

Project Engineer

Will Brindley

Research Engineer

Katherine Dykes

Head of Section

Erik-Jan De Ridder

Team leader Renewable Energy

Pierre Bénard

Assistant Professor

Amy Robertson

Principal Engineer

Garrett Barter

Senior Analyst

Thomas Choisnet

Chief Technology Officer

Advisory Board

European Academy of Wind Energy

Association

International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy

Association

Marie Curie Alumni Association

Association

Ilmas Bayati

Senior Consultant

Administrative support

Oana Schippers-Trifan

Project manager

Recent Publications

Probabilistic surrogate modeling of damage equivalent loads on onshore and offshore wind turbines using mixture density networks

The use of load surrogates in offshore wind turbine site assessment has gained attention as a way to speed up the lengthy and costly …

Deepali Singh, Richard Dwight, Axelle Viré

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An experimental study on the aerodynamic loads of a floating offshore wind turbine under imposed motions

The rotor of a floating wind turbine is subject to complex aerodynamics due to changes in relative wind speeds at the blades and …

Federico Taruffi, Felipe Novais, Axelle Viré

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Data analysis of the TetraSpar demonstrator measurements

Floating offshore wind turbines can extract energy from deep offshore locations, typically unfit for fixed bottom designs. The complex …

Deepali Singh, Erik Haugen, Kasper Kaugesen, Ayush Chauhan, Axelle Viré

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Influence of wind-wave characteristics on floating wind turbine loads: A sensitivity analysis across different floating concepts

Floating offshore wind turbines experience different operating conditions, such as wind and wave inflow characteristics. Accurate …

Likhitha Ramesh Reddy, Dimitra Karystinou, Daniel Milano, John Walker, Axelle Viré

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Nacelle modeling considerations for wind turbines using large-eddy simulations

Two setups are used to investigate differences between modeling a wind turbine nacelle by means of an actuator-line model (ALM) and a …

Ricardo Amaral, Felix Houtin-Mongrolle, Dominic von Terzi, Axelle Viré

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

The role of ply orientation on the resin flow under compaction in thermoplastic composites

ESR presentation

Aug 25, 2024 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Nantes, France

A. Jimenez del Toro, J. Teuwen"

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Nacelle modeling considerations for wind turbines using large-eddy simulations

ESR presentation

Jun 25, 2024 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Florence

R. Amaral, F. Houtin-Mongrolle, D. von Terzi, A. Viré

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Surrogate-assisted optimization of floating wind turbine substructure

ESR presentation

Jun 25, 2024 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Florence, Italy

M Baudino Bessone, D Singh, T Kalimeris, E Bachynski-Polić, A Viré

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High-fidelity analysis of a small-scale floating wind turbine under prescribed sway, heave, roll and yaw

ESR presentation

Jun 25, 2023 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Glasgow

R. Amaral, F. Mongrolle, P. Deglaire, K. Laugesen, D. von Terzi, A. Viré

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High-fidelity simulations of a reference wind turbine at different scales under prescribed floating motion and field conditions

ESR presentation

Jun 25, 2023 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Glasgow

R. Amaral, F. Mongrolle, P. Deglaire, K. Laugesen, D. von Terzi, A. Viré

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Outreach

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch magazine Quest

Challenges of floating offshore wind turbines

Axelle Viré

Aug 15, 2024

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf

Interview in De Telegraaf

Axelle Viré

May 31, 2022

Day of Sustainability in the Netherlands

Workshop for school children on offshore wind energy

Axelle Viré

Oct 10, 2021

Outreach event building floating wind turbines at the beach

Outreach event at Scheveningen beach

Axelle Viré

Sep 19, 2021

Project featured in a special report

Special report in the Innovation Platform magazine

Axelle Viré

Aug 12, 2021

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