EU Wind Energy Projects 1998-2002

European
Wind Energy
Projects
1998-2002
DG Research
Thierry dEstaintot Book of FP5 DG RTD Wind Project Abstracts version 13/07/2006 9:59 AM
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Introduction:
The European Commissions 5th Framework Programme for R&D does fund demonstration
projects (short to medium term impact) and research projects with medium to long term
impact on the market.
The 23 funded research projects can be divided into the
following categories:
A. Wind turbines
B. Blades and rotors
C. Wind resources forecasting and mapping
D. Wind farm development and management
E. Integration of wind power
The new 6th Framework Programme has launched its first call
for proposals and will select first projects to be funded in the
course of 2003.
Here is the list of presently funded projects including a general
justification for the funding of the specific project(s):
A Turbines
A1. Research and development of a 5 MW Wind Turbine
Reference: ENK5-CT-2000-00300 Project Acronym: 5 MW WIND TURBINE
Larger wind turbines offer economies of scale and make better use of good sites.
A2. Development of a MW scale wind turbine for high wind complex terrain sites
Reference: ENK5-CT-2000-00328 Project Acronym: MEGAWIND
On complex terrain with high wind speeds, turbines must be easy to transport and to install
and they must be able to endure higher mechanical loads. Use of such sites increases the
potential for use of the wind resource.
A3. Recommendations for design of offshore wind turbines
Reference: ENK5-CT-2000-00322 Project Acronym: RECOFF
Experience from first offshore installations is used to define norms and standards for this type
of wind turbines. This will decrease the technical and financial risk of future installations.
A4. Exploring new concepts for small and medium-sized wind mills with improved
performance.
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-30034 Project Acronym: EXPLOREWIND
A CRAFT initiative to investigate the efficiency, cost reduction, and environmental issues
found in new wind turbine concepts for non-grid-connected power systems, by developing
and testing small and medium-sized windmills.
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Project
Acronym
Total
Budget
EC
Contrib.
Duration
(months)
A1 ENK5-CT-2000-00300
5 MW Wind
Turbine
3 521 311
1 760 656
36
A2 ENK5-CT-2000-00328
MEGAWIND
3 536 065
1 999 704
36
A3 ENK5-CT-2000-00322
RECOFF
1 596 446
798 223
36
689.150
344.550
24
Contract Reference
A4 ENK5-CT-2002-30034 EXPLOREWIND
B Blades and rotors

The blades are the most critical components of wind turbines:
the aerodynamic properties of the blades can still be improved using experimental
data from operating wind turbines and from wind tunnel measurements or e.g. by
knowledge transferred from aeronautics; this does lead to more efficiency and to
less noise;
the dynamic behaviour of blades can be improved with new materials and their
skilful combination, especially in view of reducing overall weight;
the hub, too, can become less heavy and more resistant to dynamic loads with the
use of new materials.
B1. Wind turbine rotor blades for enhanced aeroelastic stability and fatigue life using
passively damped composites
Reference: ENK6-CT-2000-00320 Project Acronym: DAMPBLADE
B2. Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamics And Aeroelastics: Closing Knowledge Gaps
Reference: ENK6-CT-2001-00503 Project Acronym: KNOW-BLADE
B3. Model rotor experiments under controlled conditions
Reference: ENK5-CT-2000-00309 Project Acronym: MEXICO
B4. Reliable Optimal Use of Materials for Wind Turbine Rotor Blades
Reference: ENK6-CT-2001-00552 Project Acronym: OPTIMAT BLADES
B5. Silent rotors by acoustic optimisation
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00702 Project Acronym: SIROCCO
B6. Aerolastic stability and control of large wind turbines
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00627 Project Acronym: STABCON
B7. Innovative Composite Hub For Wind Turbines
Reference: ERK6-CT-1999-00008 Project Acronym: COMHUB
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Contract Reference
B1 ENK6-CT-2000-00320
Project Acronym Total Budget
EC
Contrib.
Duration
(months)
DAMPBLADE
1 990 056
1 138 822
36
B2 ENK6-CT-2001-00503 KNOW-BLADE
1 534 453
999 923
36
B3 ENK5-CT-2000-00309
MEXICO
2 340 774
1 500 000
36
B4 ENK6-CT-2001-00552
OPTIMAT
BLADES
4 403 140
2 399 088
52
B5 ENK5-CT-2002-00702
SIROCCO
3 749 101
1 700 000
36
B6 ENK5-CT-2002-00627
STABCON
3 613 783
1 900 000
48
B7 ERK6-CT-1999-00008
COMHUB
1 389 096
785 489
36
C Wind resources forecasting and mapping

Better knowledge of wind resources significantly reduces the cost of wind energy production
by:
selection of the most appropriate sites with high wind and more steady conditions,
better forecasting of power production (increasing reliability of supply)
preventive action to protect wind turbines from excessive wind loads
C1. Development of a next generation wind resource forecasting system for the largescale integration of onshore and offshore wind farms
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00665 Project Acronym: ANEMOS
C2. A high resolution numerical wind energy model for on- and offshore forecasting
using ensemble predictions
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00606 Project Acronym: HONEYMOON
C3. Wind energy mapping using synthetic aperture radar
Reference: ERK6-CT-1999-00017 Project Acronym: WEMSAR
Project
Acronym
Total
Budget
EC
Contrib.
Duration
(months)
C1 ENK5-CT-2002-00665
ANEMOS
5.396.542
2.500.000
42
C2 ENK5-CT-2002-00606
HONEYMOON
1.176.361
891.690
24
C3 ERK6-CT-1999-00017
WEMSAR
1.192.244
596.122
36
Contract Reference
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D Wind farms
Wind farms, i.e. groups of wind turbines installed at given sites, offer
economies of scale and make better use of the sites. The funded projects
aim to improve the management, monitoring and surveillance of such wind
farms and to provide recommendations how best to set up such wind farms.
D1. Advanced management and surveillance of wind farms
Reference: ERK6-CT-1999-00006 Project Acronym: CLEVERFARM
D2. Efficient development of offshore windfarms
Reference: ERK6-CT-1999-00001 Project Acronym: ENDOW
D3. Condition Monitoring For Offshore Wind Farms
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00659 Project Acronym: CONMOW
Project Acronym
Total
Budget
EC
Contrib.
Duration
(months)
D1 ERK6-CT-1999-00006
CLEVERFARM
833 503
498 000
36
D2 ERK6-CT-1999-00001
ENDOW
1 204 000
697 902
36
D3 ENK5-CT-2002-00659
CONMOW
1 977 915
1 070 189
48
Contract Reference
E Integration of wind power

Wind is a source of electric power, which varies in time and is produced in a decentralised
way (even if modern offshore wind parks will soon have generation capacities comparable to
conventional power plants). This creates special problems, especially if wind is to provide a
high share of overall electric power supply. These problems can be solved or at least
alleviated by dedicated research efforts on the integration of wind power into the local and/or
(inter-) national grid.
E1. Wind Energy Network
Reference: ENK6-CT-2001-20401 Project Acronym: WIND ENERGY NETWORK
E2. Towards high penetration and firm power from wind energy
Reference: ERK5-CT-1999-00016 Project Acronym: FIRMWIND
E3. More advanced control advice for secure operation of isolated power systems with
increased renewable energy penetration and storage
Reference: ERK5-CT-1999-00019 Project Acronym: MORE CARE
E4. Wind power integration in a liberalised electricity market
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-00663 Project Acronym: WILMAR
E5. Cluster Pilot Project For The Integration Of Res Into European Energy Sectors
Using Hydrogen
Reference: ENK5-CT-2001-00536 Project Acronym: RES2H2
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E6. Solar And Wind Technology Excellence, Knowledge Exchange And Twinning
Actions Romanian Centre
Reference: ENK5-CT-2002-80667 Project Acronym: RO-SWEET
Project Acronym
Total
Budget
EC
Contrib.
Duration
(months)
E1 ENK6-CT-2001-20401
WIND ENERGY
NETWORK
653 421
400 000
42
E2 ERK5-CT-1999-00016
FIRMWIND
876 208
463 040
36
E3 ERK5-CT-1999-00019
MORE CARE
1 515 841
900 000
36
E4 ENK5-CT-2002-00663
WILMAR
3 214 682
1 400 000
36
E5 ENK5-CT-2001-00536
RES2H2
5.266.610
2.500.000
60
E6 ENK5-CT-2002-80667
RO-SWEET
391.300
350.000
36
Contract Reference
23 projects in total:
Total Budget
EC Contrib.
52 062 002
27 593 398
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In the following pages, you will find the project summaries ordered as above.
European Commission Contact:

Thierry LANGLOIS d'ESTAINTOT
European Commission
Office MO 75 7/23
B-1049 Brussels Belgium
Tel. direct: +32-2-295.07.65 secretariat: +32-2-295.60.70
Fax: +32-2-2993694
Email: thierry.d'[email protected]
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A1
A2
A3
A4
Contract Reference
ENK5-CT-2000-00300
ENK5-CT-2000-00328
ENK5-CT-2000-00322
ENK5-CT-2002-30034
Project Acronym
5 MW Wind Turbine
MEGAWIND
RECOFF
EXPLOREWIND
Total
Budget
3521311
3536065
1596446
689150
EC
Contrib.
1760656
199704
798223
344550
Duration
(months)
36
36
36
24
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
ENK6-CT-2000-00320
ENK6-CT-2001-00503
ENK5-CT-2000-00309
ENK6-CT-2001-00552
ENK5-CT-2002-00702
ENK5-CT-2002-00627
ERK6-CT-1999-00008
DAMPBLADE
KNOW-BLADE
MEXICO
OPTIMAT BLADES
SIROCCO
STABCON
COMHUB
1990056
1534453
2340774
4403140
3749101
3613783
1389096
1138822
999923
1500000
2399088
1700000
1900000
785489
36
36
36
52
36
48
36
C1
C2
C3
ENK5-CT-2002-00665
ENK5-CT-2002-00606
ERK6-CT-1999-00017
ANEMOS
HONEYMOON
WEMSAR
5396542
1176361
1192244
2500000
891690
596122
42
24
36
D1
D2
D3
ERK6-CT-1999-00006
ERK6-CT-1999-00001
ENK5-CT-2002-00659
833503
1204000
1977915
498000
697902
1070189
36
36
48
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
ENK6-CT-2001-20401
ERK5-CT-1999-00016
ERK5-CT-1999-00019
ENK5-CT-2002-00663
ENK5-CT-2001-00536
ENK5-CT-2002-80667
CLEVERFARM
ENDOW
CONMOW
WIND ENERGY
NETWORK
FIRMWIND
MORE CARE
WILMAR
RES2H2
RO-SWEET
653421
876208
1515841
3214682
5266610
391300
400000
463040
900000
1400000
2500000
350000
42
36
36
36
60
36
23 contracts
TOTALS:
52062002
25793398
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CONTRACT No : ENK5-CT-2000-00300
PROJECT ACRONYM : 5 MW WIND TURBINE
TITLE : Research and Development of a 5 MW Wind Turbine
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR :
Mr. Lars BUDTZ
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
Smed Soerensens Vej 5
DK- 6950 Ringkoebing
Tel: + 4596752575
Fax: + 4596752608
Email: [email protected]
PARTNERS :
HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL N.V . (BE)

MOTEURS LEROY SOMER (FR)
PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2001 DURATION: 42 MONTHS
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectives and problems to be solved:
Several factors have stimulated the trend towards bigger and bigger wind turbines: economics
of scale, scarcity of sites & off-shore locations and the learning curve of the technology.
Using new technical concepts and new this project will establish the complete technical and
economical platform for a later production of a 5 MW WT. All the research, development and
engineering - including manufacturing, operation, testing and evaluation of prototype
components - needed for the manufacturing of a complete prototype 5 MW WT. The project
is as such a design project and does not encompass the actual production of a complete WT.
Expected data for a 5 MW WT are hub height: 120m, rotor diameter: 120m, nominal output: 5
MW, mode of operation: variable speed, each blade with intelligent pitch control.
Description of work:
The work will focus on the following R&D issues:
integrated drive train concept with a potential nacelle weight reduction of 25% relative
compared to present 2 MW machines.
light weight blades/rotor using composite materials and new (non-NACA) pro files;
expected relative weight reduction 15%.
concept of direct conversion of output from a synchronous generator to HVDC.
Integration in a 5 MW WT with variable speed and intelligent pitch control.
The work will be organised as outlined below:
WP1 Project management and coordination; integration of part-results to a common 5 MW
machine platform.
WP2 New nacelle drawing the full benefits of planned weight and load reductions.
WP3 120 m rotor, lightweight blades of composite materials with a new profile.
WP4 Power concept for direct conversion to HVDC of output of a synchronous generator
operating at variable speed.
WP5 5 MW synchronous generator optimised for this power concept.
WP6 Integrated drive train concept (no main axle) with a potential weight reduction of 25%
relative compared to state-of-art 2 MW machines.
Prototypes of components and sub- assemblies will be manufactured as needed, but no
complete operational WT will be produced.
Expected results and exploitation plans:
The main result of the project will be the reduction of the cost of kWh produced. This will be
achieved by reduced extreme loads, by the reduction of nacelle w eight to 30 kg/kW, of rotor
weight by 15% and edgewise loads by 20% and by an efficiency increase of 1-2 % due to the
new profile. The new HVDC concept reduces power losses, removes the need for a low
voltage converter and perhaps also for slip rings in the power circuit.
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CONTRACT N: ENK5-CT-2000-00328
PROJECT ACRONYM: MEGAWIND
TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF A MW SCALE WIND TURBINE FOR
HIGH WIND COMPLEX TERRAIN SITES
Mr. P. S. VIONIS
CRES, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece
19th km Marathonos Ave,
GR-19009 Pikermi, Greece
Phone: +302106603300
Fax: +302106603301
E-mail: [email protected]
PARTNERS :
MADE (ES)
NECSO (ES)
GEOBIOLOGIKI (GEO) (GR)
CIEMAT (ES)
JRC-EC-ISIS (IT)
ICE-HT/FORTH (GR)
University of Patras (UP) (GR)
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (GR)
Newcastle Univ. (DU-NU) (UK)
PROJECT START DATE: 1/1/2001
DURATION: 48 MONTHS
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CONTRACT No :ENK5-CT2000-00328
PROJECT ACRONYM: MEGAWIND
TITLE: Development of a MW scale Wind Turbine for High Wind Complex Terrain Sites
PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectives and problems to be solved
The high penetration of wind energy mainly in the Southern part of Europe but also in some
regions in Central and Northern Europe is directly related to installing large capacity turbines in
mountainous-complex terrain sites. It is anticipated that nearly 25% of the 40GW target for wind
turbine installations in Europe by 2010 will be developed in such areas. In this connection the
challenge for the European industry is twofold: to develop procedures which circumvent the
barriers set to the transport and erection of MW -size machines in areas of limited infrastructure
and to reduce costs by means of design optimisation and tailoring. MEGA WIND sets out to
formulate such procedures and apply them to the design and construction of a 1.3 MW prototype
for high wind sites.
Description of work
The conventional wind turbine design procedure is revised and adapted in the following four
aspects: i) The geometry of the blade is optimised for maximum energy capture under high wind
speed conditions. The structural design follows a split-blade concept. ii) On-site manufactured
towers, featuring composite material shells and concrete or other core material kernels are
introduced. iii) The gearbox is specifically designed for high wind high turbulent conditions
aiming at developing a highly reliable, low cost, low weight, low noise emission geared drive
system. iv) The introduced compact design concept (split-blades, on-site tower construction,
lightweight components) will facilitate machine transportation and erection under reduced
infrastructure requirements. The wind turbine design is conducted according to the IEC 61400-1
standard using state-of-the-art tools, extensively validated in complex terrain applications. The
performance of the prototype components will be evaluated through systematic testing.
Expected results and exploitation plans
The introduction of new materials and design options in wind energy industry will impose
favourable socio-economic impacts in Europe by enhancing industry competitiveness, supporting
employment and promoting social cohesion by the regional industrial development. MEGA
WIND has been designed to overcome the bottlenecks that hinder the full exploitation of large
capacity machines in complex terrain. In particular the MW -size technology will be applied to
complex terrain, a MW size machine will be designed for high wind speed, the compact design
concept is introduced for easier -cheaper- transportation and erection of large wind turbines and
the construction of the prototype components will verify the design approach.
Achievements to date
The design of the rotor blade, the composite material tower and the transmission system have been
finalised, as well as extensive sub-component testing undertaken to verify the design at early
stages. Moreover, the prototype 30m split-blade has been manufactured and its laboratory testing
is under preparation. The full-scale composite material tower is under construction and its
installation for full-scale testing is in preparation.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : RECOFF
TITLE : RECommendations for design of OFFshore wind turbines
Dr. Sten T. FRANDSEN
RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Frederiksborgvej 399
DK- 4000 Roskilde
Tel: + 4546775072
Fax: + 4546775083
PARTNERS :
CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (GR)

GERMANISCHER LLOYD WINDENERGIE GMBH (DE)
GARRAD HASSAN AND PARTNERS, LTD (UK)
NETHERLANDS ENERGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NL)
PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2001 DURATION: 44 MONTHS
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PROJECT ACRONYM : RECOFF
TITLE : Recommendations for Design of Offshore Wind Turbines
PROJECT SUMMARY
The objective has been to prepare guidelines and recommendations for design of offshore
wind turbines. The main intended use of the project results has been the provision of
recommendations for European and national standards for offshore wind turbines and the
development of certification rules for offshore wind turbines. The success of the project will
be marked by the delivery of reliable and robust design methods and certification rules needed
for the safe development of offshore wind farms. This will have direct impact on the readiness
to invest in offshore wind energy projects and cut objections connected with project safety.
Description of work
Readily available information has been reviewed and utilisation to the extent possible has
been made. In several areas a need for research was identified and generic results were
obtained. Specifically, we emphasize the following subjects where recommendations have
been obtained:
- External conditions: review of existing standards, regulations and literature resulting in
recommendations for good practice.
- Analysis methods: methods for lumping, mainly with respect to wave loading, of
fatigue load cases
- Analysis methods: principle of synthesizing load cases for different wind directions,
wind speeds, and sea states in order to obtain extreme response during normal
operation
- Design load cases: drafting, partially based on project results, proposals for a suitable,
i.e. limited and representative, DLC table for offshore turbines
- Probabilistic methods: review of general methods and application of probabilistic
calibration methods to the combined action of wind and wave loads in the storm event.
- Structural integrity: based on discussions about reliability levels onshore and offshore
and based on comparisons with current practise proposals for safety factors in fatigue
and extreme load events are given.
- Operation and maintenance: documents with recommendations regarding labour
safety, and monitoring of turbine performance have been prepared.
Results and exploitation
The RECOFF project has run in parallel with a working group (TC88-WG03) set up by the
IEC (International Electro-technical Commission) and assigned the task of preparing a
separate international standard for design of offshore wind turbines. Several of the RECOFF
partners are members of the IEC-TC88-WG03, which has caused a strong interaction with
current international standardisation work, and a rapid implementation of the findings of the
RECOFF project in terms of obtaining the status of being standards material. Once the IEC
standard has been accepted it will soon become a European CENELEC standard as well. Thus
the intended aim of the project has been achieved.
The project has been finalised. See above.
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PROJECT ACRONYM: EXPLOREWIND
PROJECT TITLE: Exploring new concepts for small and medium-sized wind mills with
improved performance.
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR:
Dr. Torger Tveter
IDEUTVIKLING AS
NO-2110 Slaastad Norway
Tel. +47 6296 7292
Fax. +47 6296 7172
PARTNERS:
SME proposers
Ideutvikling (NO)
Mjosplast
(NO)
Desmi (DK)
GEA (IT)
Solaris (PL)
RTD Performers
Sintef (NO)
Labor (IT)
Canary Islands Institute of Technology(ITC
PROJECT START : 1/1/2003
DURATION : 24 MONTHS
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CONTRACT No : ENK5-2002-30034
PROJECT ACRONYM : EXPLOREWIND
TITLE : Exploring new concepts for small and medium-sized wind mills to improve
performance
PROJECT SUMMARY
EXPLOREWIND is expected to investigate the efficiency, cost reduction, and environmental
issues found in new wind turbine concepts for small sized non-grid-connected power systems.
Description of work
The workplan has been built around the following objectives:
A. Development of a downwind turbine with basic new aerodynamic design in the purpose of
achieving increased efficiency
B. Improving performance by:
New design of top mast section to eliminate mast turbulence to the downwind turbine.
Test set up with direct drive of ground based pumps, generators etc. connected to the
turbine by bevel gear and mechanical mast transmission, exploring how gyro forces
may affect the turbine through the bevel gear
Attention to develop a tidy package for transport and to simple mounting and rising
solutions
C. Achieving manufacturing and installation costs of less than 8.000 Euro for a 5 kW wind
mill, or 1 kW at a total cost of 4.500 Euro, by means of:
Components modularity
Design and manufacturing for ease of transportation and installation
EXPLOREWIND is expected to provide future life to downwind technology, creating a
family of low costs, easy scaleable, stand-alone small sized wind generators.This family is
expected to address directly the market segment of stand-alone applications, existing in
Europe and mostly in the third world countries, where there are many areas in which the
connection to a power grid is expensive or unreliable.The research proposed in this project
will be ideal for use in small communities located in remote areas, in third world countries
and wherever it is necessary to produce energy close to where it is consumed, making it
possible to implement easily new applications powered by the available ground based
mechanical drive (e.g. centrifugal pumps in the purpose of running desalination systems, etc).
The design phase has been completed, and full computational fluidodynamic investigation has
been performed.A prototype is available and testing is expected to start in early October 2004.
The prototype is prepared with 3 different sets and lengths of turbine blades. Tests will be
made with different mixes of 3 and 6 blades.
The turbine diameter with long blades is 4 meters. With small blades the diameter is
respectively 2,4m and 2,2m. The test set up with registration of flow and pressure from the
pump, will give a wide documentation of the turbine efficiency from low to high wind speeds.
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CONTRACT No : ENK6-CT2000-00320
PROJECT ACRONYM : DAMPBLADE
TITLE : Wind Turbine Rotor Blades for Enhanced Aeroelastic Stability and Fatigue
Life Using Passively Damped Composites
Dr Panagiotis Chaviaropoulos
CRES, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece
19th km Marathonos Ave,
GR-19009 Pikermi, Greece
Phone: +302106603300
Fax: +302106603301
PARTNERS :
RISOE (DK)
ECN (NL)
ICE/HT-FORTH (GR)
GEOVIOLOGIKI S.A. (GR)
UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS (GR)
DTU (DK)
PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2000 DURATION 48 MONTHS

Date of issue : 23/8/2004
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CONTRACT No :ENK6-CT2000-00320 PROJECT ACRONYM : DAMPBLADE

TITLE :
Wind Turbine Rotor Blades for Enhanced Aeroelastic Stability and
Fatigue Life Using Passively Damped Composites
PROJECT SUMMARY
The development of damped composite wind-turbine blades and direct prediction of
composite damping into future blade design practices are the main objectives of the project.
Additional objectives are the development of missing critical analytical technologies enabling
explicit modelling of composite structural damping and a novel "composite blade design
capacity" enabling direct prediction of aeroelastic stability and fatigue-life; development and
characterization of damped composite materials; and evaluation of new technology via design
and fabrication of damped prototype blades and full-scale laboratory and field-testing.
Description of work
These objectives will be attained through many research and validation tasks. Unique
composite damping mechanisms are exploited: tailoring of laminate damping anisotropy,
damping layers and damped polymer matrices. Novel composite damping models and
damping finite elements, aeroelastic tools, and fatigue-life models are developed. New higherdamping polymers have been engineered and extensive characterization of new damped
composite materials and laminates has been conducted to establish a complete database with
elastic, damping, strength and fatigue-life data. A unified blade design capability is
established enabling direct improvements in aeroelastic performance. Two prototype damped- blades are designed, fabricated and tested. A rotor is manufactured and will be fieldtested to demonstrate aeroelastic improvements. The project will provide unique aeroelastic
and life prediction capabilities by providing missing composite damping models. Damped
blades will contribute towards development of large W/Ts, by helping to overcome current
"bottleneck" problems related to aeroelastic stability.
Significant results are: verified damping elements, the material data bank, a verified stability
tool, the "blade design capacity", damped blades, and measured lab- and field-data. The
project will have significant impact towards increasing the durability and operational life of
current blades.
All tasks with the exception of the rotor field-testing have been successfully completed. Labtesting of a redesigned damped glass-polyester blade yielded more than 80% damping
capacity improvement, in both (first) flap and lead-lag modes, compared to the original blade.
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CONTRACT N : ENK6-CT-2001-00503
PROJECT ACRONYM : KNOW-BLADE
TITLE :
WIND TURBINE BLADE AERODYNAMICS AND AEROELASTICITY:
CLOSING KNOWLEDGE GAPS
Dr. Niels N. Srensen
RISOE, Ris National Laboratory, Denmark
DK-4000 Roskilde Denmark
Phone: +45 46775053
Fax: +45 46775083
PARTNERS :
RISOE (DK)
CRES (GR)
DLR (DE)
FOI (SE)
DTU (DK)
NTUA (GR)
VUB (BE)
FORTH (GR)
LMG (DK)
PROJECT START DATE : 1/12/2001
DURATION : 36 month
Date of issue : 19-12-2003
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CONTRACT No: ENK6-CT-2001-00503
ACRONYM: KNOW-BLADE
TITLE: WIND TURBINE BLADE AERODYNAMICS AND AEROELASTICITY:

CLOSING KNOWLEDGE GAPS
PROJECT SUMMARY
The objective of the project is to fill in important knowledge gaps in the wind turbine
community by applying Navier-Stokes (NS) solvers to a series of unsolved aerodynamic and
aeroelastic problems. Focus is especially given to the following four topics:
Improving the power prediction capability of existing 3D Navier-Stokes solvers.
Introducing models for aerodynamic accessories, vortex generators, stall strips etc, in
existing Navier-Stokes solvers.
Aeroelastic modelling in two and three-dimensions with Navier-Stokes aerodynamics.
Investigation of industrial flow details: Tip-shapes and loads during stand still.
Description of work
The task of improving the prediction capability of NS-solvers has been concentrated on
implementing laminar/turbulent transition in the codes, investigating the potential of advanced
Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes turbulence models and Detached Eddy Simulation (DES)
techniques. The activities around aerodynamic accessories have been following two paths,
one group has used 2D simulations to investigate phenomenological models, changed surface
geometries and special boundary conditions. Another group has investigated vortex generators
in 3D either by directly resolving the vortex generators, using kinematic boundary conditions
or introducing vorticity directly in the domain. The aeroelastic work has concentrated on
developing a full 3D aeroelastic NS-tool, and using 2D aeroelastic NS tools to investigate the
damping properties of airfoils equipped with aerodynamic devices. Finally, work has been
done on industrial details, investigating several different tip shapes and load cases for rotors
during stand still for two different blade geometries.
As the project is nearly finished several of the results has already been achieved of which
some are listed below, the main way of exploitations is through direct interaction with
industry using the developed methodologies and through publication in journals.
During the project several laminar/turbulent transition models have been implemented
indicating a potential for improving the power prediction capability. Additionally, the first
DES of a full wind turbine rotor has been performed in the project.
The work on aerodynamic devices has shown that the simple 2D models can give some
insight to the qualitative behaviour of the devices both aerodynamically and with respect to
their aeroelastic behaviour but that they are not accurately enough to give quantitative values.
A full 3D NS-aeroelastic model has been implemented, and can be used for predicting
aeroelastic stability of rotors. Finally, a series of different tip shapes has been studied
aerodynamically during rotational conditions and loads for rotor blades during standstill have
been computed providing high quality data.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : MEXICO
TITLE : Model Experiments in Controlled Conditions
Dr. Herman Snel
The Energy Research Center of the Netherlands ECN
Wind Energy
Westerduinweg
P.O. Box 1
E-Mail : [email protected]
1755 ZG Petten
Phone: +31(0)224 564170
The Netherlands
Fax : +31(0)224 568214
Internet: http://www.ecn.nl/
PARTNERS :
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR (NL)

Delft University of Technology DUT (NL)
Israel Institute of Technology TECHNION (IL)
Risoe National Laboratory (DK)
Danish Technical University DTU (DK)
Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden FFA (SE)
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources CRES (GR)
National Technical University of Athens NTUA (Associate) (GR)
PROJECT START DATE :
1/1/2001
DURATION : 60 months
Date of issue: January 2004
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectives
With the growing size and investment cost of wind turbines, there is an equally growing
demand for more reliable design methods. This is especially the case for offshore turbines,
where the reliability of the machine and its design are among the most important challenges.
At present the uncertainty in design calculations is 10%-20% for performance prediction (the
higher number relating to stall conditions) and 30% for dynamic load prediction.
The principal objective of this project is to significantly reduce these uncertainties by
providing an experimental database obtained under controlled and hence known conditions
and by using the increased physical insight resulting from the experiments in engineering
design methods. At the same time, the database is necessary to provide a validation tool for
the upcoming area of Navier Stokes based calculation techniques. The improvement of
engineering design codes is a short term objective; it will be available at the end of the
project. The effect of Navier Stokes validation on the design practice can be expected to take
place within a period of five to seven years.
In order to meet the objectives a work plan was devised [1], consisting of four phases. The
first phase culminates in the detailed design of a sophisticated wind tunnel model to be tested
in the Large Scale Low Speed facility of the DNW. The second phase consists in the
construction and instrumentation of the model, the design and manufacturing of the data
transfer and data acquisition system and the design of the experiment, i.e. the detailed
programme of measurements and conditions to be covered. The actual performance of the
measurement campaigns, the data processing and the data interpretation is done in the third
phase. Finally the fourth phase consists in the possible adaptation of BEM modelling based on
improved insight and knowledge, and in some initial Navier Stokes comparisons with the
measured data. Also the available data will be organized in a data base for easy access.
Work performed/Achievements to date
Although significant progress has been made, some uncertainties surfaced, mainly within the
second year, but to a smaller extent in the third year as well. The lengthy discussions on these
uncertainties led to delays in the overall progress and made it inevitable to postpone the actual
DNW wind tunnel experiment. Thereto a new workplan has been prepared and a 2 years
extension in project duration was requested at the EU. The necessary contract amendment was
approved in December 2003.
The main delays and modifications are:
Immediately after the signature of the contract, one of the partners, Aerpac B.V. went
bankrupt. After a long period of negotiations, Aerpac B.V. was replaced by another blade
manufacturer: Polymarin B.V. Unfortunately Polymarin went bankrupt in November
2002. Another period of negotiations followed in which it was attempted to find a
substitute for Polymarin. Finally, it was decided to continue the project without a blade
manufacturer.
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Within the project some CFD calculations were carried out, which showed considerable
blockage effects for the DNW wind tunnel configuration. Although the understanding of
the physics behind the blockage effects has been enhanced considerably, the PCC (Project
Co-ordination Committee) decided to pay more attention to the blockage disturbance than
originally planned. Thereto an experimental verification of expected tunnel effects in a socalled pilot tunnel test was considered to be essential for the interpretation and
understanding of the final results. The decision to perform the pilot tunnel test effected the
work plan and the budget distribution considerably.
Conflicting requirements between structural requirements on the model blade on one
hand, and the required space for the electronics in the model blade on the other hand, led
to a considerable delay in the design of the blade. The original decision to mount all
pressure sensors in one blade even had to be changed.
Decisions on the test matrix led to considerable changes in work plan and budget. This
holds in particular for a new measurement technique in the DNW which has developed
very rapidly: PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry). This technique was not scheduled within
the original work plan, but the possibilities of this technique are so promising that the
PCC decided to apply PIV.
It was decided to use the DNW tunnel balance for the measurement of the integral rotor
loads. Unfortunately, mounting this balance is very time consuming and will be charged
from the available tunnel time. Hence the available tunnel time for the actual tests is
reduced.
The tunnel slot which was anticipated for November 2002 was no longer realistic. The
first possible tunnel slot is now January 2005
At present (January 2004), the status of the project is as follows:

In July/August 2003, the pilot tunnel test has been performed. The results of this test,
together with new insights from additional CFD calculations, gave indications that tunnel
effects were less severe than originally feared;
A new test matrix has been defined in draft;
The design of the system (blades, nacelle, nacelle, dynamometer, instrumentation) is
completed. It turned out to be necessary to distribute the pressure sensors over different
blades. Some details still need to be finalised regarding the design of the tower;
At present, the electrical components for the pitching mechanism are delivered. The
mechanical components of the pitching mechanism are manufactured. Many nacelle
components are manufactured and delivered where some other components are currently
manufactured. The components for the dynamometer have been delivered.
Much effort was needed in the negotiations with potential subcontractors which could
manufacture the blades. Anticipated candidates were found to be not eligible for
administrative reasons and new candidates needed to be found. In February 2004 the
subcontract was closed.
PIV will be applied. As a result, the project group decided to skip the near wake
measurements with the so-called near-wake rig, since PIV offers a good alternative for
this. Furthermore PIV made the flow-visualisation activities with liquid crystals and
smoke superfluous; in fact the PIV technique combines quantitative information with flow
visualisation.
Data acquisition and storage will be extended with a Data Grabber. The Data Grabber is a
PC based system, with a special National Instruments extension card for reading the high
speed data streams that grabs data out of the continuous data streams coming from the
rotor. On the PC an application specific software package is running. This package
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provides data grabbing and storage of the 5 data streams from the rotor over a certain
adjustable period of time. The start of data storage is triggered by a hardware signal after
the operator has enabled the system to start grabbing data.
The construction of the DU 91-W2-250 airfoil for the (2D) wind tunnel measurements is
completed and first measurements are performed. A new tunnel entry is still needed. The
construction of the NACA 64-418 airfoil is currently underway.
Time schedule
The manufacturing of the blades will start in February 2004 to be finished by May 2004.
This includes the manufacturing, the measurement of blade contours, and some
preliminary tests.
The manufacturing of all other model components, including the PCBs will be done in
parallel: The pitching mechanism will be finished in February 2004, the nacelle will be
finished in March 2004 and the dynamometer will be finished in the beginning of April
2004. The tower will also be finished in the beginning of April 2004. The PCBs will be
finished in the beginning of April 2004.
The Kulite pressure transducers are expected to be shipped in April 2004. Thereafter a
delivery test will be performed;
At the end of May 2004, the model components will be shipped to the DNW preparation
hall, where the Kulites, the PCBs etc., and the additional sensors will be integrated into
the model. This will be ready by the end of June 2004.
Thereafter the model is integrated and placed on the model support frame. This will be
finished b the end of August 2004.
The mechanical tests, including the static balancing and including a rotating stability test,
need another 2 months (until the end of October 2004). An experiment set-up test hall is
available.
The first possible tunnel slot in the LLF tunnel will then be the beginning January 2005.
Apart from model construction and assembly, the following preparatory activities are
performed in parallel:
The Processing software will be developed.
The second entry for the 2D wind tunnel measurements on the DU 91-W2-250 airfoil will
be performed in March 2004. The 2D wind tunnel measurements on the NACA 64-418
airfoil will be carried out in June 2004.
After the measurement program is completed in the LLF tunnel of DNW, the measurements
will be processed, stored into a database and analysed. The analysis aims to improve
engineering type of models, based on blade element momentum theory. In addition more
advanced CFD methods will be improved on basis of the measurements.
Expected end results
It is expected that the resulting database, additional to its short and medium term objectives,
will serve the wind community for many years to come as a basis for further model
improvement and validation. To underline this expectation, it should be noted that the much
more reduced and limited database that resulted from FFA measurements (more than ten years
ago) in the Chinese CARDC wind tunnel is being used even in the present (e.g. Project
Viscel, Contract JOR CT98-0208).
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Dissemination of the results is an essential element to reach the pursued objective. To this
effect a CD-ROM based database with all results is to be made. More importantly a package
with material to conduct workshops for the wind energy industry is to be prepared and
presented at least once during the project. The package will be available to all participants to
conduct future workshops. This task is to be co-ordinated with EWEA and its future R&D
platform.
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PROJECT ACRONYM: OPTIMAT BLADES
TITLE: Reliable Optimal Use Of Materials For Wind Turbine Rotor Blades
Dr. Arno M. van Wingerde
Wind turbine Materials and Constructions
Knowledge Centre WMC
P.O. Box 43
NL-1770 AA Wieringerwerf The Netherlands
Tel: +31-227-504922 / -504949 (secr.)
Fax: +31-227-504948
Web: www.wmc.tudelft.nl
PARTNERS:
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN.WE, (NL, financial co-ordinator)

Knowledge Centre Wind turbine Materials and Constructions, WMC (NL, Technical
Co-ordinator
Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. DLR.IBK (DE)
Deutsches Windenergie-Institut GmbH, DEWI (DE)
Council for the Central Laboratory of Research Councils, CLRC.RAL (UK)
Ris National Laboratory, RIS.DM (DK)
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, CRES.WED (GR)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB.FTW.MEMC (BE)
University of Patras, UPAT.DME (GR)
Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT.ET (FI)
Germanischer Lloyd WindEnergie GmbH, GL WIND (DE)
Det Norske Veritas Danmark A/S, DNVD.WTC (DK)
LM Glasfiber A/S, LMG.RD (DK)
Polymarin Beheer BV, POLYMARIN (NL)
Nordex Energy GmbH, NORDEX (DE)
Gamesa Elica SA, GAMESA.ED (ES)
GE Wind Energy GmbH (DE)
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, VESTAS.RD (DK)
DURATION: 52 MONTHS
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CONTRACT No : ENK6-CT-2001-00552 PROJECT ACRONYM : OPTIMAT BLADES

TITLE : Reliable Optimal Use Of Materials For Wind Turbine Rotor Blades
PROJECT SUMMARY
The project aims to provide accurate design recommendations for the optimised use of
materials within the next generation of wind turbine rotor blades and to achieve improved
reliability. This considers the design of new blades, but also the prediction of the residual
strength and life. To achieve this overall objective, the project will investigate the structural
behaviour of the composite material under the unique combination of conditions experienced
by rotor blades such as variable amplitude loading, complex 3-D stress states, extreme
environmental conditions, thick laminates and their possible interactions. For life extension,
condition assessment and repair techniques will be developed.
Description of work
The fundamental research is carried out in 5 Task Groups investigating the effects of Variable
Amplitude loading, Complex Stress states, Extreme Environmental Conditions, Thick
laminates & Repair and Residual Strength & Condition Assessment. The Task Group leaders,
together with the Certification Bodies, will form Task Group 6, which has the objective to
implement the results into design recommendations. The work is divided in 2 main phases.
During the first phase the work will be concentrated on one reference material. During the
second phase new materials expected to be used for future blades and the interactions of the
phenomena investigated during the first phase will be addressed.
The main result of the project will be accurate and reliable design recommendations, allowing
for the design of reliable blades with optimised use of materials. Together with the application
of condition assessment and repair, this will result in:
Reliable blades
Less waste of material
Reduced use of material
Larger availability of wind turbines
Life extension of blades
Larger turbines possible
All these aspects can contribute to the reduction of costs for wind energy. The increased
reliability and weight reduction of the blades will stimulate further the offshore exploitation
with large capacity wind turbines.
Establishment of a general geometry usable for both uni-direction and multi-direction
fibre reinforced materials, for tests on static tension, static compression, fatigue (all
stress ratios), and residual strength.
Establishment of fatigue testing procedures including load levels and frequencies for
the reference material and some procedures for establishing testing for other materials.
Development of tubular and cruciform geometries for bi-axial tests.
A material database with about 1500 tests from the project has been generated.
A number of publications have been written.
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CONTRACT No. ENK5-CT-2002-00702

PROJECT ACRONYM: SIROCCO
TITLE: Silent Rotors by Acoustic Optimisation
Dr. Gerard SCHEPERS
The Energy Research Center of the Netherlands ECN
Wind Energy
P.O. Box 1
1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0) 224564115
Fax +31 (0) 224568214
e-mail: [email protected]
PARTNERS:
University of Stuttgart UST (Germany)
NLR (The Netherlands)
Gamesa Elica S.A. GAM (Spain)
CTC (The Netherlands)
NOI (Germany)
DURATION :36 MONTHS
Date of issue: February 2004
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectives
Wind turbine noise is still one of the major hindrances for the widespread use of wind energy in
Europe. For modern large turbines, aerodynamic (in particular trailing edge) noise is considered
to be the dominant noise source. In a number of European and national projects in the last
decade, the understanding of aerodynamic noise from wind turbines has increased significantly,
and new noise reduction concepts have been developed.
The principal objective of the SIROCCO project is to obtain a noise reduction of 3-6 dB on
fullscale wind turbines, without a reduction in power performance, by improving the
aerodynamic flow at the trailing edge of wind turbine blades. Such a noise reduction has a large
potential, not only with respect to noise regulations, but also in terms of e.g. a smaller distance to
the nearest building, an increased tip speed, or increased public acceptance. In this way, the
implementation of wind energy in Europe can be increased greatly. In order to achieve this goal,
acoustic field measurements are being performed to characterise the noise sources on two
existing (baseline) wind turbines. A new measurement technique, developed in a past EU project
with acronym DATA ('Design and Testing of Acoustically Optimised Airfoils for Wind
Turbines') will be extended and utilised to localise and quantify noise sources on the rotating
blades. In DATA the developed noise reduction concepts resulted in a noise reduction of 3-6 dB
on a model scale wind turbine in a large wind tunnel. Parallel to the field measurements, a
combined acoustic/aerodynamic design methodology that was developed in DATA is being
extended to design low-noise airfoils. Airfoils are being developed, which in contrast to the
DATA project exhibit the noise reduction in the polluted (rough) state, the normal state for a
wind turbine under real-world conditions. Subsequently the new airfoils will be tested in small
scale, two-dimensional acoustic and aerodynamic wind tunnel tests. If the results are satisfactory,
low-noise blades will be designed. The designs are being assessed analytically and if the outlook
is promising, the blades will be manufactured to validate the acoustic and aerodynamic
performance on full-scale wind turbines.
Work performed / Achievements to date
In the first phase (year 1), acoustic field measurements were planned to characterise the noise
sources on both baseline turbines. The objective of doing so was to use the acoustic array
measurement technique, to verify whether indeed trailing edge noise is the dominant noise
source. If other noise sources were present (e.g. gear box, tip noise, holes/slits), it would be
attempted to reduce or eliminate these noise sources.
Originally noise tests would be carried on one wind turbine in the Netherlands (selected by NOI
and manufactured by Lagerwey) and one wind turbine in Spain (selected and manufactured by
the project partner Gamesa). Due to contractual problems with the owner of the Dutch wind
turbine and due to the later bankruptcy of Lagerwey during the course of 2003, the wind turbine
that the project partner NOI had in mind was neglected and a wind turbine located in Spain was
selected instead.
This change to the original project plans influenced both the original planning and budget of the
project. NOI succeeded to keep its project costs within budget, but the project accumulated a
large delay in the first phase.
In order to minimise the delay; some minor changes were performed to the planning. If no further
speed-ups of the project can be achieved, the total project delay will be approximately 11
months.
On the other hand, the first results achieved from the acoustic measurements taken to the wind
turbine of Gamesa are very promising. These results show that, as expected, the main wind
turbine noise source seems to be aerodynamic noise. This means that apparently no measures
need to be taken to solve non-aerodynamic noise. If that's also the case for the wind turbine NOI
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has selected, this could speed up the project by approximately 4 months, leading to a general
project delay of about six to seven months.
In the field of developing the code for analysis of aerodynamic noise, the University of Stuttgart
made large improvements. Moreover, UST designed a variable trailing edge system to be used
during the noise tests on the wind-tunnel laboratory in 2004. Extensive boundary layer
measurements have been performed on an airfoil with variable trailing edge. In addition UST
performed two-dimensional aerodynamic wind tunnel tests on the referenced airfoils already.
In summary, the following achievements can be reported (end 2003):
1. The trailing-edge noise prediction model is being completely re-coded and extended;
2. The extended airfoil analysis code has been validated by comparisons to experiments in a
wind tunnel;
3. Two-dimensional scaled models of the reference airfoils of the wind turbine blades have been
manufactured by UST and completely tested in clean and rough conditions;
4. Acoustic measurements on one of the chosen turbines (Gamesa) were successfully performed
at the end of 2003. The first conclusions with respect to location of aerodynamic noise and the
effect of surface roughness are already available.
Future work
In the second phase (years 2003 & 2004, according to original planning), a combined
acoustic/aerodynamic design methodology will be utilised to design acoustically optimised
airfoils. The new airfoils will be compatible to the inner blades of the baseline turbines, while
maintaining the aerodynamic requirements. In the third and last phase (years 2004 & 2005,
according to original planning) the design of fullscale rotor blades with the new airfoils will be
performed. Using analytical tools, it will be assessed how promising the new designs will be. In
this phase (year 2005, according to original planning) the full-scale optimised blades will be also
manufactured, after which their acoustic and aerodynamic performance with respect to the
baseline blades will be verified in detailed field measurements for varying conditions. On the
basis of the experimental results a final evaluation and assessment of the business potential of the
new blades will be performed for both turbines.
Expected end results and intentions for their use
Due to the technical risks and the large investments involved in the current project, major
milestones are defined in between each of the three phases the project includes. At these points in
time it will be assessed whether the results are promising and whether they justify the
continuation of the project. On the basis of this assessment a go/ no go decision will be taken for
the rest of the project, in consultation with all partners.
The final result of SIROCCO will be the delivery of two sets of validated full-scale, low-noise
rotor blades for the baseline turbines, with the same power performance as the existing blades.
Furthermore, a validated integrated design methodology will be available, which will enable
manufacturers to design silent but efficient rotor blades. These results will be accomplished
through a number of intermediate results, such as a validated design methodology for low-noise
airfoils, and a proven acoustic measurement technique for location and quantification of rotating
noise sources.
Silent rotors have the potential to accelerate the implementation rate of wind energy in Europe
significantly. Furthermore, these rotors will improve the competitive position of the European
Wind Turbine Industry with respect to e.g. the United States and Japan. The research institutes
within SIROCCO will exploit the low-noise airfoil design methodology and acoustic
measurement techniques in their consulting activities to wind turbine and other industries, such
as aeronautics. Finally, the understanding of fundamental noise mechanisms will be further
improved.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : STABCON
TITLE : AEROELASTIC STABILITY AND CONTROL OF
LARGE WIND TURBINES
Dr. Flemming RASMUSSEN
Phone: +45 46775053
Fax: +45 46775083
PARTNERS :
The Energy Research Centre of The Netherlands ECN (NL)

Center for Renewable Energy Sources CRES (GR)
National Technical University of Athens NTUA (GR)
Technical University Denmark DTU (DK)
Universitt Stuttgart USTUTT (DE)
Delft University DELFT (NL)
NEG Micon A/S NEGM (DK)
Date of issue: 31/12/2003
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PROJECT ACRONYM : STABCON
TITLE : AEROELASTIC STABILITY AND CONTROL OF LARGE WIND TURBINES
PROJECT SUMMARY
The main objective of the STABCON project is to form a European Research Network on the
aeroelastic stability of wind turbines with active control. This is a fundamental issue in the
development of large megawatt size wind turbines. The project consortium develops reliable
design tools for analysis and optimization of large wind turbines with respect to aeroelastic
stability and active control.
Description of work
Part 1 concerns the aeroelastic stability of wind turbines that have active power regulation but no
active aeroelastic control. All types of aeroelastic wind turbine instabilities are considered
including stall-induced vibrations and classical flutter. New stability tools are developed and
used to predict the stability limits for an existing 2.75 MW turbine. The project utilizes 3D CFD
to assist the modelling and understanding of instability mechanisms. The predicted damping
characteristics of the test turbine are measured in the field using newly developed experimental
methods.
Part 2 concerns the active aeroelastic control of wind turbines. A morphological study of possible
wind turbine control systems is performed. Collective and individual blade pitch and other
concepts to control power and loads are considered; including controller for active damping of
vibrations. Aeroelastic codes and stability tools are refined to include these new control systems,
and optimizations are performed for each of the three objectives (independently and by
conditional weighting): Instability suppression, turbulence- and gust alleviation, and power
enhancement.
Derived guidelines describe how to:
Identify important parameters for aeroelastic stability, and optimize them for increased
damping to passively suppress instabilities and reduce loads.
Identify the potentials of active aeroelastic control to reduce loads by suppressing instabilities
and alleviating gusts, and enhance power production.
Perform integrated design studies of active-stall and pitch-regulated turbines to allow control of
lifetime consumption and adaptation to specific conditions.
The development is in progress of several tools for prediction of aeroelastic stability limits for
wind turbines. The tools are based on different aeroelastic modelling approaches and different
linearization techniques. Three tools have been completed and another three tools are well in
progress. An experimental investigation on a 2.75 MW turbine has been performed. The pitch
control system of the turbine was used to excite turbine vibration modes and the aeroelastic
damping was estimated. The experimental results are at present being used to validate the
stability tools.
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CONTRACT No : ERK6-CT-1999-00008
PROJECT ACRONYM : COMHUB
TITLE : Innovative composite hub for wind turbines
Dr. Josep COSTA
UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Avenida Montilivi
ES-17071 GERONA SPAIN
Tel: +34-97-2418383
Fax: +34-97-2419098
PARTNERS :
MADE TECNOLOGIAS RENOVABLES SA (ES)

GERMANISCHER LLOYD WINDENERGIE GMBH (DE)
NOI-ROTORTECHNIK GMBH (DE)
TECHNISCHER UEBERWACHUNGSVEREIN NORD E. V. (DE)
FINISHED
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PROJECT ACRONYM : COMHUB
TITLE : INNOVATIVE COMPOSITE HUB FOR WIND TURBINES
PROJECT SUMMARY
The objective of the COMHUB project was the development of a glass fibre-epoxy composite
hub. Traditional cast-iron hubs are expected to be a bottleneck in the development of the
emerging industry of large wind turbine generators because they are heavy and because of
limitations in volume of production and size. Due to is low specific weight and easy manufacture
a composite hub is expected to overcome this problem and enhance the production of large wind
turbines (larger than 2 MW). In particular, the light weight, enhanced swept area and corrosion
resistance of a composite hub will facilitate the wind energy exploitation in offshore sites.
In this project, a pitch-controlled 800 kW wind turbine was chosen for the design (according to
wind class IEC II a) and subsequent installation of the composite hub prototype.
The structural design of such a composite part has involved different steps. The constraints for
the composite hub design from both the wind turbine and rotor blades side have been thoroughly
identified. A iterative process to define an optimitum conceptual design has been followed.
Attention has been paid to the standardisation of hub flanges in order to ensure the adaptability to
standard blades. Specific geometries for hub-blade and hub-rotor joints have been developed.
The structural design has been developed by means of the Finite Element methods in which
several user subroutines have been implemented for fatigue calculation, delamination analysis,
etc. A major issue has been the modelling and data analysis of thick shell composite materials
and the fatigue and fracture analysis. An original methodology for the lifetime estimation of thick
composites under complex load states has been developed and implemented in FEM codes. The
design has obeyed the compromise between low weight, high structural stiffness and the
maximization of material property usage. In parallel to the numerical modelling tasks, an
experimental investigation of the static and fatigue properties of the lay-outs to be used has been
performed.
The Composite hub was designed with a 4 m diameter. Pitch flanges to the blades where 1.400
mm in diameter. The interface to the main shaft was designed following the criteria of
exchangeability of the composite hub to a traditional cast iron hub.
The production of the first composite hub has been successfully finished within the present
project. The Resin Injection Mould technology that had been chosen for the prototype production
can be considered to be adequate also for large series productions. Thus, the production of the
first composite hub for wind turbine is an innovative step for the further development of
lightweight rotor systems.
The potential user is widespread. On one hand side, turbine manufacturers are seeking for a
technical and economical solution for the weight reduction of the rotor for new turbine designs.
On the other hand, wind farm operators are looking for an option in order to increase energy
capture with a larger swept area using a composite hub by substituting a cast iron hub. But
mainly, composites hub may represent a diversification of business activities for blade
manufacturers with high acquired know-how in composite parts production.
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CONTRACT No.:ENK5-CT-2002-00665
PROJECT ACRONYM: ANEMOS
PROJECT TITLE: Development of a Next Generation Wind Resource Forecasting
System for the Large-Scale Integration of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms
Dr. George Kariniotakis
Ecole des Mines de Paris, Centre dEnergtique
B.P. No 207, F-06904 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France.
Tel.: +33-4.93.95.75.01
PARTNERS:
Association pour la Recherche et le Dveloppement des Mthodes et Processus
Industriels ARMINES (FR).
ARIA Technologies - S.A ARIA (FR)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - UC3M (ES)
Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Technologias CIEMAT (ES)
Technical University of Denmark - DTU (DK)
Meteo France - METEO-FRANCE (FR)
OVERSPEED GmbH & Co. KG - OVERSPEED (DE)
Council of the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils - CCLRC/RAL (UK)
Ris National Laboratory - RISOE (DK)
Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications - IASA (EL)
University of Oldenburg - Univ-Oldenburg (DE)
Electricit de France - EDF (FR)
Corporacin Energa Hidroelctrica de Navarra - S.A. EHN (ES)
ELSAM A/S - ELSAM (DK)
National Grid, Electricity Supply Board - ESB (IRL)
EWE Aktiengesellschaft/Abteilung HV-BE - EWE (DE)
Public Power Corporation S.A. - PPC (EL)
Red Elctrica de Espaa - REE (ES)
Instituto para la Diversificacin y Ahorro de la Energa - IDAE (ES)
Institute of Communication & Computer Systems - National Technical
University of Athens - ICCS/NTUA (EL)
Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Mines de Paris-Centre dEnergtique - ENSMPCENERG (FR)
Centro Nacional de Energas Renovables - CENER (ES)
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PROJECT ACRONYM : ANEMOS
TITLE : Development of a Next Generation Wind Resource Forecasting System for the
Large-Scale Integration of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms
PROJECT SUMMARY
Accurate forecasting of wind power production up to two days in advance is recognised as a
major contribution for reliable large-scale wind power integration. Especially in a liberalised
electricity market, prediction tools enhance the position of wind energy compared to other forms
of dispatchable generation. The ANEMOS project aims to develop advanced forecasting models
that will significantly outperform current methods. Emphasis is given to challenging situations
such as complex terrain, extreme weather conditions, as well as to offshore prediction for which
no specific tools currently exist.
Description of work
In the initial stage, the prediction requirements are defined in collaboration with end-users
(utilities, transmission system operators, a.o). The project aims to develop advanced prediction
models based on both a physical and statistical approaches. Research on physical models gives
emphasis to techniques for use in complex terrain and the development of prediction tools based
on CFD techniques, model output statistics or high-resolution meteorological information.
Statistical models (for example based on artificial intelligence) are developed for downscaling,
power curve representation, and upscaling for prediction at regional or national level. Methods to
estimate on-line the uncertainty of wind forecasts are developed. The performance of purely
meteorological forecasts, but also long-term wind predictability up to 7 days ahead, are evaluated
in detail. Appropriate physical and statistical prediction models are also developed for offshore
wind farms taking into account advances in marine meteorology such as interaction between
wind and waves and coastal effects. Finally, a next generation forecasting software, ANEMOS, is
developed to integrate the various models.
The project develops a prediction platform that will integrate the advanced models developed by
the partners. The ANEMOS software is enhanced by advanced Information & Communication
Technology functionality and can operate both in stand alone or remote mode, or be interfaced
with standard Energy Management Systems. The software will be installed for on-line operation
at onshore and offshore wind farms by the end-users participating in the project and the benefits
from wind prediction will be evaluated at national, regional or at single wind farm level. The
ANEMOS Consortium is committed for the exploitation of the developed software and models.
Advanced prediction models have been developed as well as models for on-line uncertainty
assessment. A benchmarking process was set up, which permitted to evaluate in detail the
performance of the developed models and to compare them with existing ones using a number of
representative case studies. The main modules of the ANEMOS prediction software were
developed and their integration to the common platform is on going. More information in
http://anemos.cma.fr
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CONTRACT N : ENK5 CT 2002 - 00606

PROJECT ACRONYM : HONEYMOON
TITLE : High Resolution Numerical Wind Energy Model For On and Offshore Forecasting
Using Ensemble Predictions
Dr. Jess Joergensen
University College Cork
College Road
Cork IRL
Tel. +353 21 4903817
EMAIL: [email protected]
PARTNERS :
EHF (Institute of Energy- and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg - DE)

DMI (Danish Meteorological Institute - DK)
INM (Meteorological National Institute - ES)
EPT (E.ON UK - Power Technology - UK)
EED (Espace Eolien Dveloppement - FR)
RTE (Rseau de Transport dElectricit - FR)
EDL (E.ON UK Renewables - UK)
EWE (EWE AG - DE)
Date of issue: 25 August 2004
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CONTRACT No :ENK5 - CT - 2002 - 00606

PROJECT ACRONYM : HONEYMOON
TITLE : A High resOlutioN wind EnergY Model for On and Offshore forecastiNg using
ensemble predictions
PROJECT SUMMARY
The experience with most real time wind power prediction systems is that the ultra short term predictions (< 6h) for
larger groups of wind farms are often of good quality. Serious forecast errors mostly and frequently occur for
prediction horizons greater than the ultra short range. These experiences suggest that the major source of the wind
power prediction errors can be found in the prediction of basic weather parameters that are used to calculate the wind
power, rather than the calculation of the wind power itself. The project is designed to identify these errors and, if
possible, reduce them.
Description of work
The work is split into four work packages:
WP1 contains the central Honeymoon prediction system, which is linked to meteorological
centres, where the required input data are retrieved. WP2 contains the NWP ensemble prediction
system and utilities that are required to use the ensemble forecasts. For wind power predictions
the utilities convert the ensemble predictions into a probability distribution function for a
particular location or area. WP3 contains the power curve analysis tool and an improved wind
power parameterisation. In WP4 the Honeymoon model system is validated with end-user data.
The combination of realtime data and an online historical forecast archive for efficient generation
of power curves will allow new end-users fast and easy access to high quality forecasts. The enduser will not need to deal with many subtasks such as the wind to power conversion utility, the
maintenance of it, the required input data from a meteorological center, etc. The Hooneymoon
system is a self-contained system, which additionally provides an uncertainty estimate of the
forecasts to the end-user.
The first 18 months of the project have been used to develop and setup the Honeymoon system
and test it in offline mode. The offline simulations have been running since the 2nd half of year
2003. They have been used for monitoring the Honeymoon system and to create a forecast
archive for the generation of power curves.
The work on the model system has been spread over three areas. The surface stress
parameterisation and the air sea interaction in the model system have been improved and an
uncertainty estimate of the wind power predictions developed.
The consortium has agreed upon and designed the model system such that the central
Honeymoon system will deliver forecasts of wind power in real time and wind power relevant
atmospheric variables such as wind speed and direction in different heights in offline mode. The
demonstration phase will start in the autumn 2004.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : WEMSAR
TITLE : Wind Energy Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Dr. OLA M. JOHANNESSEN
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Thormhlensgate 47
N-5006 Bergen, NORWAY
Tel: +47 55205800
Fax: +47 55205801
PARTNERS :
ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE (IT)

RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY (DK)
NEG Micon Project Development A/S (DK)
TERRA ORBIT AS (UK)
FINISHED
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CONTRACT No : ERK6-CT-1999-00017 PROJECT ACRONYM : WEMSAR

TITLE : Wind Energy Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
PROJECT SUMMARY
Objective:
The overall objective was to develop, validate, and demonstrate the potential of satellite-based
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), scatterometer and altimeter to map wind energy in offshore and
near-coastal regions for potential wind turbine siting.
Background:
An important aspect of wind turbine siting is including the potential for offshore wind turbine
parks. Several parks are already constructed, and many are in the planning phase. Many countries
lack suitable land-based wind turbine sites, and moving the wind-turbines off shore is therefore
more appropriate. Just as important is the fact that wind speeds are often higher offshore than
onshore, differences of 20% within a small area on/offshore are not uncommon. An important
aspect in mapping coastal wind-energy areas from satellite is the advantage of combining the
continuous spatial coverage with equally spatial continuous data sets of ocean bathymetry, i.e.
ocean depth. Obviously offshore wind installations will need to be located in relatively shallow
areas to keep the construction costs as low as possible.
The project consisted of the following work packages;
Implementation of existing algorithms for wind data retrieval from satellite radars, based on a
literature search.
Satellite data from SAR, altimeter and scatterometer will be obtained, processed and
analysed, and wind information obtained. Validation of SAR wind energy retrieval.
The micro-siting model will be tuned for optimal integration in the WEMSAR tool.
Development of an integrated WEMSAR tool for optimum data synergy for maximum site
selection efficiency.
WEMSAR validation.
Production of a marketing plan including a cost/benefit assessment for identifying potential
customers, where the customers operate and the time frame of their projects. This task
includes planning and initiation of product exploitation.
Achievements:
The main result from the project is a prototype satellite SAR wind retrieval and statistical
analysis tool, called WEMSAR tool. The tool is an add-on tool to the widely used Wind Analysis
and Application Programme (WAsP) for wind turbine siting. After a literature review it was
decided to use the commonly accepted and validated C-band algorithms. SAR images from the
test sites in Norway, Denmark and Italy was analysed to derive wind speed using, whenever
possible, SAR retrieved wind direction and new model simulations of the wind fields in the test
sites was carried out. Based on the work with comparison of the model, satellite and in situ
observations, the WEMSAR tool was defined and developed.
The methods developed in the WEMSAR project can prove valuable for mapping coastal wind
energy potential on a global scale. A cost-efficient method for mapping this valuable renewable
energy source has the potential to be adopted by international organizations, foreign governments
as well as private companies.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : CLEVERFARM
TITLE : Advanced Management And Surveillance of Wind Farms
Dr. LARS LANDBERG
DK- 4000 Roskilde
Tel: + (45) 46775024
Fax: + (45) 46775970
PARTNERS :
DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (DK)

Institut fr Solare Energieversorgungstechnik e.V. (DE)
Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (UK)
SEAS Distribution AmbA (DK)
Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Faculty of Physics (DE)
Projekt Projektierungsgesellschaft fuer regenerative Energiesysteme mbH (DE)
FINISHED
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PROJECT SUMMARY
The idea behind this project is to take the by now many very advanced techniques developed for
optimising and enhancing the performance of wind farms, integrate them into one system and
implement the system at a number of wind farms. The techniques include remote measuring of
the status and production of the wind farm, short-term prediction of the expected power output
from the wind farm, models for wake calculations, remote control of wind farm production and
so on. By combining these techniques we will make the wind farm seem intelligent to an outside
viewer. For example, the wind farm will send immediate warnings to the maintenance crew if
something goes wrong. It will also send e-mail to the electrical utility (and power brokers)
containing its expected production over the next two days, it will suggest optimal periods for
preventive maintenance, it will reduce its production if it experiences an extreme weather
condition or if the power quality drops, it will give the wind farm operator real time images from
the wind farm and so on.
The main work to be carried out in the project will be to identify and streamline the existing
techniques (hardware and software), to develop the "intelligence" of the system and to implement
and test the developed system at one to three wind farms, one of which will be off-shore. The
group participating in this proposal is a unique combination of industry (wind turbine
manufacturers and electric utilities), wind farm operators, consultancy and research making it
possible for the first time to carry out such a project successfully. The group consists of expertise
in implementation of power prediction systems, remotely controlled sensor systems, wind turbine
control, maintenance, and wind farm operation.
Expected Results and Exploitation Plans:
The output of the project will be a system, which will be sold by a consortium formed by the
project partners. The system consists of hardware (servers, sensors, cameras, cabling
infrastructure) and software. We do not expect to develop a 100% bullet-proof system, which is
why the user interface to the wind farm operator will be given much thought and emphasis, to
make sure that the operator can intervene based on the best available information about the status
of the wind farm. To make the system work it will be necessary to have a subscription to on-line
weather predictions from the local meteorological service. The system will be platform
independent because it is based on open standards as HTML (and XML) and Java, making it
extremely easy to implement in almost any environment. It is not foreseen, however, that the
system can be sold as a software package, it will be sold as a licence to a software system and it
will be installed by members of the consortium at the wind farm. The system is anticipated to be
used in potentially any wind farm, with a special emphasis on off-shore and remote on-shore
wind farms.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : ENDOW
TITLE : Efficient Development Of Offshore Windfarms
Dr. REBECCA BARTHELMIE
DK- 4000 Roskilde
Tel: + (45)46775020
Fax: + (45)46775970
PARTNERS :
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY (SE)

GARRAD HASSAN AND PARTNERS LTD (UK)
THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY (UK)
Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg,Faculty of Physics (DE)
Energi E2 (DK)
ELSAMPROJEKT A/S (DK)
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (NL)
DURATION: 36 MONTHS
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CONTRACT No : ERK6-CT-1999-00001 PROJECT ACRONYM : ENDOW

TITLE : Efficient Development Of Offshore Windfarms
PROJECT SUMMARY
Europe has large offshore wind energy potential that is poised for exploitation to make a
significant contribution to the objective of providing a clean, renewable and secure energy
supply. Using experience gained through the demonstration projects currently operating offshore,
this project aims to reduce uncertainties in estimating power production introduced due to wake
effects in large offshore wind farms particularly those operating in areas affected by the coastal
discontinuity where the atmosphere is not at equilibrium with the surface. The major objectives
are to evaluate wake models in offshore environments and to develop and enhance existing wake
and boundary-layer models accounting for complex stability variations to produce a design tool
to assist planners and developers in optimising offshore wind farms.
The proposed work was divided into five areas:
1. Evaluation of current wake models and production of standardised databases of observations
from offshore wind farms to be used in their initialisation. These case studies were used as the
basis for evaluation of six different wake models varying in complexity from engineering
solutions to complex computational fluid dynamics codes;
2. Development and enhancement of wake and boundary layer models for use in offshore areas
and construction of a model interface to link these models. The performance of the models under
different atmospheric conditions was utilised to develop consistent model evaluation
specifications and define criteria for model improvement;
3. The performance of the coupled models was evaluated based on simulations for existing
databases and also results from an offshore wind farm experiment designed to offer direct
measurements of the wake influence on downstream profiles of meteorological parameters and
power output. During this experiment, SODAR measurements provided additional vertical
resolution;
4. Based on the experience gained, a design tool was developed for use in offshore wind farm
planning. This is based on enhancements to existing commercial software currently used by the
wind energy industry and is modular;
5.Demonstration of the design tool in different environments offshore. The demonstration
projects represent offshore areas of Europe including different wind speed and stability regimes
and different water depths.
The project focuses on maximizing industry input to enhance existing wind farm design tools.
The design tool allows wake impacts on power output from large offshore wind farms to be
minimised. A module for minimising grid connections was also incorporated to provide selection
criteria for optimal wind farm design. These tools were rigorously evaluated for both
scientific/technological and computing performance prior to their demonstration in the design of
three planned offshore wind farms. Significant improvements in the state of art of wake and
marine boundary-layer models and a thorough evaluation of wake models were achieved. The
design tool will ensure that both turbine and wind farm developers have the capability to more
accurately design and predict power output from large offshore wind farms.
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CONTRACT N :
ENK5-CT-2002-00659
PROJECT ACRONYM : CONMOW

TITLE :
CONDITION MONITORING FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS
Ir. L.W.M.M. (Luc) Rademakers
Energy Research Center of the Netherlands ECN
Wind Energy
P.O. Box 1
1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)224 564943
Fax +31 (0)224 568214
e-mail: [email protected]
PARTNERS :
ECN Wind Energy - NL
Siemens Nederland N.V. - NL
Loughborough University - UK
Ris National Laboratory - DK
Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd. - UK
Pall Corporation - E
Gram&Juhl APS - DK
Prueftechnik CM GmbH D
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PROJECT ACRONYM : CONMOW
TITLE : Condition monitoring for offshore wind farms
PROJECT SUMMARY
This project aims at developing techniques for diagnostics and condition monitoring of wind turbines (and
farms) at remote areas and selecting and demonstrating a suitable set of techniques. The objectives in fact
are fourfold.
1. Development of new algorithms for data processing by a case study of a turbine with variable
speed and pitch control.
2. Improvement of currently available condition monitoring techniques and SCADA systems to
the specific wind turbine needs and to make sure that they will meet the newly developed
wind turbine communication standards as being developed for instance in IEC TC88 WG 25.
3. Investigating and demonstrating the benefits of condition monitoring techniques and generic
SCADA systems in a wind farm and assessing the added value in the operation of large wind
farms at remote (offshore) locations.
4. Implementing the selected procedures and techniques for condition monitoring into the O&M
plan for the offshore wind farm with the aim to change from preventive and corrective
maintenance to condition based maintenance.
Description of work
The project is separated into two main phases.
In the first phase, one single turbine will be instrumented extensively, not only with condition
monitoring systems but also with the traditional measurement systems like load measurements
in the blade root, torque of main shaft, , pitch system parameters, rotor speed, etc. An extensive
measurement campaign on this turbine under normal and faulted conditions will be carried out.
Inter-relationships will be determined between various turbine parameters and condition
monitoring results. The condition monitoring techniques will be assessed on their added value for
wind farm operation. If desired, the most suitable techniques will be improved.
In the second phase, the selected and improved methods will be applied on a larger scale (4 to 6
turbines) in a wind farm. The systems will be tested over a longer period of time. A generic
SCADA system will be used to collect and store the data and to make the data accessible for the
various users. In this testing phase, the condition monitoring techniques as well as the SCADA
system will be improved continuously. Experiments will be done with automated surveillance.
The main result of this project is a set of condition monitoring techniques with recommended
practices for use in offshore wind farms of which the added value is demonstrated for a group of
wind turbines with variable speed and pitch control. Furthermore new algorithms and adjusted
hardware and software for early failure detection and an improved generic SCADA system,
implemented at a wind farm will become available.
The single turbine has been instrumented and the traditional measurements are ongoing since
mid 2002. The configuration of the vibrations monitoring systems and the installation of oil
monitoring systems are nearly completed. Furthermore the processing of the data has been
started.
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PROJECT ACRONYM: WIND ENERGY NETWORK

PROJECT TITLE: Wind Energy Network
Hugo Chandler
European Wind Energy Association
26, Rue du Trne
B-1000 Brussels Belgium
Tel. +32 2 546 1940
Fax. +32 2 546 1944
Email : [email protected]
www.wind-energy-network.org
PARTNERS :
NEG-Micon (DK) (representing turbine manufacturers)

Pauwels (BE) (representing component manufacturers)
Investitionsbank Schleswig Holstein (DE) (representing financiers and insurers)
ECN (NL) (representing R&D, Testing and certification Centres)
Ris (DK) (representing R&D, Testing and certification Centres)
BWE (DE) (representing end-users: turbine Owners)
RES (UK) (representing end-users: developers)
Elsam (DK) (representing utilities and end users other than developers and owners)
PROJECT START DATE: 1/12/2001 DURATION: 48 MONTHS
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CONTRACT N: ENK6-CT-2001-20401 PROJECT ACRONYM: WIND ENERGY

NETWORK
PROJECT TITLE: Wind Energy Thematic Network
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Description of Work and Objectives
The Wind Energy Thematic Networks overall aim is to ensure that EU funded wind energy
R&D meets the needs of the European wind industry - to maintain and increase its
competitiveness in EU and external markets; and to develop to meet European Commission and
national targets for renewable energy use and greenhouse gas reductions from energy generation,
amongst other policy objectives of the union.
Previously, the wind industry has not had a coherent R&D strategy. With a view to further R&D
under the FP7 technology platforms, such a strategy is increasingly important. The network
provides the opportunity for the wind energy sector to contribute fully to the European Research
Area: through better coordination of EC-funded and Member State R&D; the promotion of a
common industry view on R&D needs; coordination of industry inputs to R&D and policy
discussions; and providing the European Commission with rapid access to this information.
Activities are organised around key themes for the industry. Examples include socio-economic,
policy and market issues, environmental impact, design issues, standardisation and certification,
integration into Energy Systems, O&M issues, unconventional sites, offshore developments and
Multi-MW turbines.
Network objectives include the following:
Establish industry discussion groups to promote information exchange and networking within
the industry, including networking between different sectors in the industry.
Promote discussion of indicators to track wind technology development to feed into policy.
Evaluate R&D requirements to maintain EU leadership of the wind energy sector.
Undertake a structured, regularly reviewed programme of strategy development, responding

to new external influences, resulting in a final strategy for future EU R&D, divided between
public and private sectors.
Establish and review existing support to wind energy R&D in EU member states.
Achievements to Date
An active network of over three hundred participants has been established, 200 of which are
registered users of the project website.
To date, five strategy workshops have been held, yielding detailed R&D requirements, which
have been woven into the Strategy. The sixth (and final) workshop will be held in Brussels in the
spring of 2005 before finalisation of the Strategy.
Alongside these strategy workshops, five updates of the strategy have been developed, and five
updates of national support for wind energy R&D. January of 2004 saw the successful public
launch of the strategy.
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PROJECT ACRONYM : FIRMWIND
TITLE : Towards High Penetration And Firm Power From Wind Energy
Dr. RAYMOND HUNTER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS LTD
11 ELMBANK STREET
UK- G2 4PB GLASGOW UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + (44-141)2212467
Fax: + (44-141)2212470
PARTNERS :
DEUTSCHES WINDENERGIE - INSTITUT GMBH (DE)

SINTEF Energy Research (NO)
Proven Engineering Products Ltd (UK)
Bremen Institute of Production Technology and Applied Work Science (DE)
Econnect Ltd (UK)
FINISHED
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectif :
Due to variability, Wind Energy within an Electrical Distribution System has a limited Capacity
Credit. This limits exploitation, particularly in remote, weak grids, in island grids and in rural
electrification schemes. 'FIRMWIND' will investigate innovative measures to increase Wind
Energy's realisable capacity Credit. The project proposes holistic, energy management control of
the distribution system including generation plant, consumer loads, storage devices and the
import/export link. The project will select and analyse real situations in Europe and in export
markets. The analysis will combine analysis methods used by utilities with design techniques
used for autonomous 'wind-diesel' systems. The optimum solutions will be found by technoeconomic assessment. The feasibility of the solutions will be investigated in the context of
deregulated market mechanisms.
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CONTRACT N : ERK5-CT-1999-00019
PROJECT ACRONYM: MORE CARE
TITLE : More advanced control advice for secure operation of isolated power systems with
Prof. Nicholas HATZIARGYRIOU
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS
42, Patission Street
GR-10682 ATHENS
GREECE
Phone: +(30-210) 7723661
Fax: +(30-210) 7723659
PARTNERS :
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD (IRL)

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES
METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS (FR)
PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION(GR)
EMPRESA DE ELECTRICIDADE DA MADEIRA(PO)
INESC PORTO - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E
COMPUTADORES DO PORTO(PO)
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI(GR)
COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH
COUNCILS (UK)
PROJECT START DATE : 2000-03-01
FINISHED: 2003-02-28
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CONTRACT N : ERK5-CT-1999-00019 PROJECT ACRONYM: MORE CARE

TITLE : More advanced control advice for secure operation of isolated power systems with
PROJECT SUMMARY
Isolated and weakly interconnected power systems are presently affecting and limiting the
economic development of more than 12 millions of European citizens, not taking into account
Great Britain and Ireland. Penetration of renewable energy sources in such situations can
substantially increase their quality of life, if advanced control tools are available to the operators
of these systems. The main objective is the development of an advanced control software system
aimed at optimising the overall performance of isolated and weakly interconnected systems in
liberalised market environments. This will allow increasing the share of wind energy and other
renewable forms. The main features of the control system comprise advanced software modules
for load and wind power forecasting, unit commitment and economic dispatch of the
conventional and renewable units and on-line security assessment capabilities integrated in a
friendly man-machine environment.
Description of the work:
The proposed work comprises collection and analysis of renewable, electrical and operating data
and identification of the needs for the following developments of on-line control functions:
Improved wind power forecasting modules for a short-term (0-8 hour) and medium time
horizon (4-48 hours).
Hydropower forecasting functions.
Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch modules that take into account the availability of
hydro-storage, liberalised market conditions and increased security conditions.
On-line security modules to provide both preventive and corrective advice in case of
predetermined disturbances.
Installation of the enhanced and new forecasting, operational planning and security modules
on three selected EU sites. The aim of these pilot installations is to test the system functions
under the new operating conditions with very high wind power penetration.
A number of alternative technologies have been applied for the update and development of new
software modules providing flexibility for their adaptation in island systems with increased
renewable penetration.
MORE CARE advanced control functions developed and installed on the islands of Crete,
Ireland and Madeira with the active co-operation of the local Utilities. Socio-economic impacts
will be then assessed. Results should demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and
provide valuable feedback for the dissemination of MORE CARE in other EU and developing
countries.
Achievements to date:
The MORE CARE software system with advanced forecasting, operational planning and security
modules has been installed in Crete and Madeira, in order to face effectively new operating
conditions characterised by high wind penetration. Advanced wind power forecasting modules
have been installed in Ireland. Evaluation during the first months of operation on Crete has
shown clear economic gains from improved operational planning and timely warnings about
potentially insecure operating conditions. Further installations are under negotiation.
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PROJECT ACRONYM: WILMAR
TITLE : Wind Power Integration in a Liberalised Electricity Market
Dr. Peter Meibom
Phone: +45 46775119
Fax: +45 46775199
Web: www.risoe.dk
PARTNERS :
Elsam A/S
SINTEF Energiforskning A/S (NO)
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan (SE)
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DK)
Elkraft System a.m.b.a. (DK)
Universitaet Stuttgart (DE)
Nord Pool Consulting AS (NO)
Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
Date of issue: 2004-09-03
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PROJECT ACRONYM : WILMAR
TITLE : Wind Power Integration in a Liberalised Electricity Market
PROJECT SUMMARY
Objectives and Problems to be Solved
A fast introduction of large amounts of intermitting renewable power production as wind power
can cause technical and economic problems for the power systems. These problems might arise
due to the unpredictability of wind power or due to unbalance between local power demand and
intermittent power produced causing grid instabilities. The main objective of this project is to
investigate these problems and to develop a modelling tool, which can be used to simulate
alternative solutions providing a firm basis for decision-making by system operators, power
producers and energy authorities. Both the possibilities for integrating fluctuating power
production by optimising the interaction of the existing units in a given electricity system, the
possibilities lying in power exchange between regions, and the performance of dedicated
integration technologies such as electricity storages are evaluated.
Description of Work
The modelling and simulation efforts can be divided into two parts. One part consists of an
investigation of the issue of system stability, i.e., the wind integration aspects connected to the
fast (below 10 minutes) fluctuations in the wind power production. Secondly, the wind
integration ability of large electricity systems with substantial amounts of power trade in power
pools is investigated. With the starting point in existing models, a planning tool is developed, and
this modelling tool is used to investigate the technical and cost issues of integrating large
amounts of wind power into the electricity system. The model will cover the two power pools:
Nord Pool and European Power Exchange, i.e., Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and
Finland.
Expected Results and Exploitation Plans
The final Planning tool will be made publicly available such that organisations outside the
project consortium can benefit from the work. Analysis based on the tools developed in the
project will be used to provide an estimate of the costs connected to the integration of wind
power, and to provide recommendations about the usefulness and performance of different types
of integration measures.
Achievements to Date
The development of the Planning tool has shown good progress. A linear, stochastic,
optimisation model with hourly time-resolution and covering several regions interconnected with
transmission lines has been developed. One crucial input to this modelling tool is wind power
production forecasts for each region in the model. A wind speed forecast model has been
developed, which incorporates the correlations between wind speed forecast from one time step
to the next and the correlations between wind speed forecasts in different regions. A stepwise
power flow model used to study frequency changes from minute to minute in a Nordic power
system as a function of changes in load and available production capacity as well as the
availability of regulating power in the system has been developed. This model provides a suitable
level of modelling in order to study basic problems related to primary and secondary control and
provision of reserves.
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PROJECT ACRONYM: RES2H2
TITLE : Cluster Pilot Project For The Integration Of Res Into European Energy Sectors
Using Hydrogen
Mrs Africa CASTRO ROSENDE
Instalaciones Inabensa S,A,
Manuel Veslasco Pando 7
ES- 41007 Sevilla SPAIN
Phone: +34 95 493 7180
Fax: +34 95 493 7008
PARTNERS :
CASALE CHEMICALS (CH)

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROSPACIAL(ES)
PLANET - PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK GBR (DE)
SOLANTIS ENERGY AG (DE)
LABTECH LTD (BG)
Etaing (DE)
FREDERICK INSTLTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CY)
OWK UMWELTTECHNIK UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH (DE)
ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OF CYPRUS (CY)
CIA TRANSPORTISTA DE GAS CANARIAS S.A. (ES)
INTEGRAL DRIVE SYSTEMS AG (CH)
UNIN ELECTRICA DE CANARIA-II SAU (ES)
CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (GR)
INSTITUTO TECNOLGICO DE CANARIAS , S .A (ES)
C. ROKAS S.A. (GR)
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA (ES)
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Objective :
The main objective of the proposed project is the integration of RES, hydrogen production and
utilisation into energy sectors. This will be done by designing, constructing and evaluating selfsufficient energy systems driven by wind energy, capable of generating hydrogen, electricity and
water making use of the features of hydrogen as an energy vector.
Systems of this kind could be implemented in the near future in any area with high renewable
(wind) energy potential for both pure hydrogen production and commercialisation as well as
electricity and water demand coverage (renewable energy and water independent grids).
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PROJECT ACRONYM: RO-SWEET
TITLE :
SOLAR AND WIND TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE, KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
AND TWINNING ACTIONS ROMANIAN CENTRE
Dr. Dan Ilie TEODOREANU
ICPE - New Energy Sources Laboratory
Splaiul Unirii 313, Sector 3
RO - 030138 Bucharest ROMANIA
Tel: + 40213467236, gsm : +40 745 122863
Fax: + 40213467236
DURATION: 36 MONTHS
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CONTRACT No: ENK5-CT-2002-80667

PROJECT ACRONYM : RO-SWEET
TITLE : Solar and wind technology excellence, knowledge exchange and twinning actions
Romanian centre
PROJECT SUMMARY:
The overall aim of the Project Solar and Wind Technology Excellence, Knowledge Exchange
and Twinning Actions Romanian Center RO-SWEET is to increase the liaisons between the
Romanian Center and similar organizations from European Union, to stimulate the knowledge
exchange, the twinning common research activities and to correlate the Romanian methods and
research strategies with other research organizations from EU. The target is to enhance the level
of Romanian research in the field of solar and wind technology and to integrate Romanian efforts
into a common European Research Area.
Increase the linkage with EU research area in the field of photovoltaic, solar-thermal and
wind systems
Develop common actions together with partnership organizations to improve the existing
design methods for isolated solar systems
To enhance the level of knowledge of the Centre staff in the field of grid-connected
photovoltaic applications
To provide technical solutions for photovoltaic grid-connected applications for Romanian
conditions
To promote the applications developed by the Centre
Description of the work:
The work was organized in a set of five work packages aimed to different yet correlated tasks:
1. Reinforcing the research capabilities of the Center in the field of photovoltaic, solarthermal and wind;
2. Enhancement of knowledge level of the Center in the field of building integration of solar
(PV and thermal) systems;
3. Increase of the technological and knowledge level of the Center in the field of stand-alone
hybrid (PV and wind) systems and micro-grids for rural electrification and tourism;
4. Organization of an annual Technical Conference (at European level) in the field of
photovoltaic and wind energy;
5. Dissemination of the results and identification of new research opportunities.
Achievements to date:
R&D and Innovative research for new components and systems:
1,5 kW wind generator;
1 kW charge controller for stand-alone PV systems;
2,5 kW charge controller for combined PV and wind systems
PV system for marine and fluvial beacons
Wind rotor and blades
Mobile 500 WP PV generator
Standard stand-alone PV systems for remote households
Study visits/training activities:
Fellow visits of partnership researchers (two persons) from EU to the Centre;
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Common research in building integration of photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems.

Two types of PV/hybrid systems have been identified as suitable for stand-alone and rural
electrification:
first, in the power range of 300-500 Wp, for small households and social centres in
remote areas, only for lighting, radio-TV and other small consumers;
second, in the installed power range of 12 kW, for large households, mountain huts,
monasteries and big social centres.
Organisation of a technical Workshop on the topic: New technologies for cost reduction of
stand-alone PV and wind systems for rural remote households and social objectives
The annual Conference SWIC 2003, Solar & Wind International Conference and
Workhop, was organized at ICPE - Agigea Test Site Facility, on the Black Sea coast,
between 15-24 September 2003. The Conference was structured on four sessions:
Session 1: Stand-alone PV systems for rural electrification
Session 2: Mini-grid PV, hybrid and combined systems
Session 3: Building integration of solar systems
Session 4: EU and Romanian legislation for RES
RO-SWEET members are taking part in several research projects in the frame of the National
Research, Development and Innovation Program (PNCDI):
New Innovative Technologies and Systems for Electricity Supply from Renewable
Energies
Hybrid Systems for Electricity Supply for Isolated Consumers in Remote Places
R&D of Architectonic Structures with Building Integrated Active and Passive Solar
Elements
Solar Systems for Residential Applications in Remote Places
R&D Activities to Identify the Most Adequate Places and Technologies for Wind
Turbine Applications in Romania
Development of an Ecological Building with Incorporated Elements of Artificial
Intelligence
PV Stand-Alone System for Supply an Air Pollution Monitoring Remote Station.
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B Blades and rotors

Project Acronym Total Budget

C Wind resources forecasting and mapping

better forecasting of power production (increasing reliability of supply)

preventive action to protect wind turbines from excessive wind loads

E Integration of wind power

European Commission Contact:

HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL N.V . (BE)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2001 DURATION: 42 MONTHS

PROJECT START DATE: 1/1/2001

CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (GR)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2001 DURATION: 44 MONTHS

PROJECT START : 1/1/2003

PROJECT ACRONYM : EXPLOREWIND

PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2000 DURATION 48 MONTHS

CONTRACT No :ENK6-CT2000-00320 PROJECT ACRONYM : DAMPBLADE

PROJECT START DATE : 1/12/2001

Date of issue : 19-12-2003

CONTRACT No: ENK6-CT-2001-00503

TITLE: WIND TURBINE BLADE AERODYNAMICS AND AEROELASTICITY:

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR (NL)

PROJECT START DATE :

Date of issue: January 2004

At present (January 2004), the status of the project is as follows:

Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN.WE, (NL, financial co-ordinator)

PROJECT START DATE: 1/1/2002

CONTRACT No : ENK6-CT-2001-00552 PROJECT ACRONYM : OPTIMAT BLADES

CONTRACT No. ENK5-CT-2002-00702

PROJECT START DATE: 1/1/2003

DURATION :36 MONTHS

Date of issue: February 2004

The Energy Research Centre of The Netherlands ECN (NL)

PROJECT START DATE : 01/11/2002

Date of issue: 31/12/2003

MADE TECNOLOGIAS RENOVABLES SA (ES)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/3/2000

PROJECT START DATE: 1/10/2002

CONTRACT N : ENK5 CT 2002 - 00606

EHF (Institute of Energy- and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg - DE)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/1/2003

Date of issue: 25 August 2004

CONTRACT No :ENK5 - CT - 2002 - 00606

ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE (IT)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/3/2000

CONTRACT No : ERK6-CT-1999-00017 PROJECT ACRONYM : WEMSAR

DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (DK)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/3/2000

UPPSALA UNIVERSITY (SE)

PROJECT START DATE : 1/3/2000

CONTRACT No : ERK6-CT-1999-00001 PROJECT ACRONYM : ENDOW

PROJECT ACRONYM : CONMOW

CONDITION MONITORING FOR OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

PROJECT START DATE : 01/11/2002

PROJECT ACRONYM: WIND ENERGY NETWORK

NEG-Micon (DK) (representing turbine manufacturers)

PROJECT START DATE: 1/12/2001 DURATION: 48 MONTHS

CONTRACT N: ENK6-CT-2001-20401 PROJECT ACRONYM: WIND ENERGY

Evaluate R&D requirements to maintain EU leadership of the wind energy sector.