NOWITECH Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

NOWITECH

Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology

Other Norwegian members are

• Tor Anders Nygaard, IFE

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen, Statoil/UiB

• Jørgen Ranum Krokstad, Statkraft/

NTNU

• Paul Sclavounos, MIT, USA

Support to external parties in developing new business ideas

NOWITECH assists also external parties in developing ideas This may be through CIC or through

management outreach orWP activities A strong link to relevant SMEs ismade throughNOWITECH’s close

cooperation with Windcluster Norway, and a number of innovators and SMEs

have been assisted in validation of ideas and linking with relevant partners and

public bodies for further development Since start of NOWITECH these include

WindFlip (offshore wind installation system), Limsim (computing technology),

SubHydro (subsea energy storage), Norsk Automatisering AS (remote presence)

and Simis AS (developing ASHES design and analysis software for onshore and

offshore wind turbines) Interlinking through the National Centre of Expertise on

Instrumentation, NOWITECH was important for Kongsberg Maritime’s decision

to establish its activity on wind farm management and operation

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee (SC) has developed a top quality PhD and Post Doc programme in collaboration

with CMG This includes an active recruitment strategy, invitation of international experts for giving

lectures, arrangements of scientific colloquia and seminars, and exposing scholars to industry and

leading international research groups through NOWITECHs mobility programme

The scientific leadership is carried out by the Centre Director and CMG in close collaboration with the

Scientific Committee. Decisions as regards scientific directions, contents and prioritisation are executed

by the CMG The SC has the responsibility for the educational part and provides strategic advice on

scientific focus and priorities.

The Scientific Committee consists of a core group with relevant NTNU professors and the Centre Director,

and an extended group consisting of other Norwegian members and representatives of the associated

international research partners The SC members as per end 2014 are listed below:

Trond Kvamsdal

NTNU,ChairSC

Michael Muskulus

NTNU,Vice-chair

SC core group members:

• Trond Kvamsdal, NTNU (Chairman)

• Michael Muskulus, NTNU (Vice chairman)

• Olav Bjarte Fosso, NTNU

• Torgeir Moan, NTNU

• Marta Molinas, NTNU

• Jan Onarheim, NTNU

• Lars Sætran, NTNU

• Tore Undeland, NTNU

• Debbie Koreman, NTNU (secretary)

• John Tande, Centre Director

NOWITECH was

important for

Kongsberg Maritime’s

decision to establish

its activity on wind

farm management and

operation.