NOWITECH Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

NOWITECH

Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology

• Senu Sirnivas, NREL, USA

• Peter Hauge Madsen / Thomas Buhl

(stand-in), DTU Wind Energy, Denmark

• Hans-Gerd Busmann, Fraunhofer IWES,

Germany

• William E. Leithead / Olimpo Anaya-Lara

(stand-in), Strathclyde University, UK

Finn Gunnar Nielsen participates in NOWITECH SC also to represent NORCOWE, and in the same manner

Trond Kvamsdal represents NOWITECH in NORCOWE’s SC. This secures communication and alignment

of the scientific and educational activities between the two Centres.

During 2014 the Scientific Committee core group met more or less on a monthly basis. They handled

day-to-day operations regarding PhD and post doc programme, recruitment, educational issues, etc. and

applicants for the mobility programme. In 2014 the programme supported intermediate-term research

visits, SC meeting at DTU Risø and an extension of a post doc study to assist the SC operation.

• Gerard J.W. van Bussel, TU Delft – Aerospace

Engineering Wind Energy (DUWIND), The

Netherlands

• Seri Lee, Nanyang Technological University

(NTU), Singapore

• Bruce Mork, Michigan Tech; USA

The associated research partners are represented by:

Figure 7: NOWITECH SC’s meeting at DTU in Roskilde (Denmark) 17 June 2014 was very fruitful with review of research

activities on grids, O&M and novel concepts, and with discussions on reference wind turbines and reference wind farms.

The hospitality by the host Thomas Buhl (DTU) is greatly appreciated. From left: Tor Anders Nygaard, Thomas Buhl, Jørgen

Krokstad, Harald Svendsen, Trond Kvamsdal, Karl Merz, Gerard van Bussel, Thomas Welte, Olimpo Anaya-Lara, Hans-Gerd

Busman, Finn Gunnar Nielsen.