Annual Report 2015
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NOWITECH
Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology
2015 HIGHLIGHTS
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NOWITECH PARTNERS
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NOWITECH INNOVATIONS
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ORGANISATION
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THE BOARD
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RESEARCH PLAN
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CENTRE MANAGEMENT
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COMMITTEE FOR INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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RESEARCH WORK AND RESULTS
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WPA: NUMERICAL TOOLS AND SUBSTRUCTURES
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WPB: OPERATION & MAINTENANCE AND MATERIALS
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WPC: GRID AND WINDFARMS
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RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
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SPIN-OFF PROJECTS
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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RECRUITMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION
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APPENDIX
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PERSONNEL
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Key researchers in NOWITECH in 2015
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Visiting Researchers
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NOWITECH PhD Students
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NOWITECH Postdoctoral Researchers
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Ongoing Postdoctoral Researchers aligned with NOWITECH, externally financed
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Ongoing PhD students aligned with NOWITECH, externally financed
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Master Degrees during 2015 in offshore wind at NTNU
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PUBLICATIONS 2015
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2015
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Copyright:
SINTEF Energi April 2016.
ISBN:
978-82-534-3767-9
Editorial:
John Olav Tande, Hans Christian Bolstad, Anne Steenstrup-Duch and Astrid Benedicte Lundquist
Contributions from the following members of the Centre Management Group:
Roy Stenbro, Jens Kjær Jørgensen, Harald
Svendsen, Karl Merz, Thomas Welte, Ole David Økland, Per Arne Wilson, Trond Kvamsdal, Debbie W. Koreman and Randi Aukan.
Photos and illustrations:
Gry Karin Stimo, NTNU, Statoil, Bjarne Stenberg, Oxygen and SINTEF
NOWITECH
– Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology – is one of eleven Norwegian
Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research
(in Norwegian: FME – Forskningssentre for miljøvennlig
energi).
The Centre is co-funded by the Research Council of Norway, the user partners and the research
partners.
SINTEF Energy Research
is the coordinating institution.
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