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

Ambassador for OffshoreWind4Kids

The small-scale (floating) wind turbines of OffshoreWind4Kids have arrived at TU Delft and will be used in many dissemination …

Axelle Viré

Jan 30, 2022

STEP4WIND Autumn school

For the first time since the start of the project, all our ESRs met in person at the Autumn School organised by Politecnico di Milano.

Axelle Viré

Oct 10, 2021

Participation in an International Autumn School

ESR 3 Deepali Singh, and ESR 10 Omar Ibrahim had the opportunity to participate in-person for the first time in the International …

Axelle Viré

Sep 30, 2021

Support of the OffshoreWind4Kids initiative

Some of our staff and PhDs attended the event in Scheveningen on 19 Septemnber 2021 and helped kids and families build small-scale …

Axelle Viré

Sep 19, 2021

Participation in the ECFD4 workshop

The team members participated in the ECFD4 workshop.

Axelle Viré

Mar 27, 2021

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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. More information can be found here …

Big data management

Overview: This course will cover all aspects related to data collection, management, analysis, visualisation, and sharing. Example of …

Build your start-up

Overview: This course will be delivered in collaboration with Yes!Delft. It will give the ESRs a hands-on experience with building …

Wave tank experiments

Overview: The workshop will teach offshore hydrodynamics applied to offshore wind turbine foundations (fixed and floating). Lectures …

Autumn school

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

Winter school

Overview: This school will focus on social, economic and environmental impact of offshore wind. Emphasis will be on the regional …

Risk considerations for the commercialisation of floating wind turbines

Overview: ORE Catapult will present its methodology for risk management of FOWTs (including risks into some costs parameters), the …

Design, manufacturing and testing of wind turbine blades

Overview: The goal is to provide a strong practical understanding of the context that underpins wind blade innovation. The PhD …

From a PhD to a career in industry

Overview: Topics are: tools for a successful transition from academia to industry (networking, industry involvement, soft-skills); …

Intellectual Property Right

Overview: The workshop will be divided into two parts and will be organised with the technology transfer officer at TU Delft and the …

Scientific writing and presentation skills

Overview: The event will include a practical seminar on technical reporting, scientific writing, and how to use theatrical techniques …

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

Marco Belloli

Full Professor Applied Mechanics

Sara Muggiasca

Researcher

Cian Desmond

Research Fellow

Paul Deglaire

Team lead

Alex Loeven

Head of rotor performance - Offshore

Bastien Duboc

Scientifc Software Engineer

Juliette Coussy

Engineer

Kasper Laugesen

Advanced engineer

Laurent Beaudet

Engineer

Tomas Flanagan

R&D Director

Daniel Milano

Engineer

Ellen Jump

Project Engineer

Hamish Macdonald

Engineer

John Walker

Project Engineer

Roberts Proskovics

Team Lead - Turbines / Technical Lead - Floating Wind

Will Brindley

Research Engineer

Erik-Jan De Ridder

Team leader Renewable Energy

Katherine Dykes

Head of Section

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

Data-driven RANS closures for wind turbine wakes under neutral conditions

The state-of-the-art in wind-farm flow-physics modeling is Large Eddy Simulation (LES) which makes accurate predictions of most …

Julia Steiner, Richard P. Dwight, Axelle Viré

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Two-dimensional numerical simulations of vortex-induced vibrations for a cylinder in conditions representative of wind turbine towers

This paper uses numerical simulations to study vortex-induced vibrations of a two-dimensional cylinder in the transverse direction …

Axelle Viré, Adriaan Derksen, Mikko Folkersma, Kumayl Sarwar

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Floating offshore wind energy

Presentation of the STEP4WIND project at an international event

Mar 31, 2022 8:15 PM — 9:30 PM Online

Axelle Viré

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A low computational framework for testing closed-loop wind farm controllers

ESR presentation

May 25, 2021 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Online

F. Miranda Novais, D. Schlipf, and S. Raach

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Aerodynamics of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Undergoing Large Motions

ESR presentation

May 25, 2021 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Online

R. Amaral, A. Viré, K. Laugesen, P. Deglaire, A. Loeven and D. von Terzi

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Application of robotics for floating wind operations and maintenance (O&M) - A review

ESR presentation

May 25, 2021 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Online

O. Khalid, G. Hao, H. MacDonald, C. Desmond

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Coupling Green Hydrogen Production and Transportation with Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Farms - A Review

ESR presentation

May 25, 2021 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM Online

O.S. Ibrahim, A. Singlitico, J. D. Murphy

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Outreach

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

Project Coordinator interviewed for the Dutch magazine KIJK

Challenges of floating offshore wind turbines

Axelle Viré

May 27, 2021

Omar Ibrahim featured as MSCA Fellow of the Week

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions feature

Omar Ibrahim

May 25, 2021

Project Coordinator interviewed by New Energy for Europe

Floating offshore wind and green hydrogen.

Axelle Viré

Apr 30, 2021

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Deliverables

D5.2 - STEP4WIND newsletters

The newsletters are available at the following hyperlinks Newsletter 1 and Newletter 2

ORE Catapult

Nov 30, 2020

D4.1 - Training guide and plan

The training guide and plan gives an overview of the training activities within the project.

Politecnico di Milano

Oct 31, 2020

STEP4WIND

News

Projects

Training

Beneficiaries

Partners

The Doctoral Training Network

Early-stage researchers

PhD student (ESR1)

PhD student (ESR2)

PhD student (ESR3)

PhD student (ESR4)

PhD student (ESR5)

PhD student (ESR6)

PhD student (ESR7)

PhD student (ESR8)

PhD student (ESR9)

PhD student (ESR10)

Supervisory team

Associate Professor, Project Coordinator

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Full Professor Applied Mechanics

Researcher

Research Fellow

Team lead

Head of rotor performance - Offshore

Scientifc Software Engineer

Engineer

Advanced engineer

Engineer

R&D Director

Engineer

Project Engineer

Engineer

Project Engineer

Team Lead - Turbines / Technical Lead - Floating Wind

Research Engineer

Team leader Renewable Energy

Head of Section

Assistant Professor

Principal Engineer

Senior Analyst

Chief Technology Officer

Advisory Board

Association

Association

Association

Senior Consultant

Administrative support

Project manager

Recent Publications

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Outreach

Deliverables

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