Technical Track, New Onshore Wind Technology
Session C2 | Day 1, Tues 25 Oct, 11.30-12.45 | Charter 2, Ground Floor
This session will look to examines what is pushing the boundaries of technological advance. This conference session will seek to explore the latest technical advancement of onshore wind turbine design in support of improved performance, increased efficiencies, and enhanced economics for turbines operating in the onshore environment. This session seeks to share new engineering solutions that are driving forward the onshore sector.
• Chair: Gemma Grimes, RenewableUK
• Vichaar Dimlaye, TWI - Technology Engineering
• Søren Plagborg, Vestas Northern Europe
• Juliette Grambow, REpower Systems SE
• Morten B Vindbjerg, Siemens Wind Power A/S
| Chair: Gemma Grimes, Head of Onshore Renewables, RenewableUK Gemma Grimes is Head of Onshore Renewables for RenewableUK. Gemma has been with RenewableUK since 2007, having previously served as Planning Advisor on onshore wind issues. Gemma has a background in planning and renewable energy policy development. |
| Speaker: Vichaar Dimlaye, Project Leader - LRU, TWI - Technology Engineering Long Term Structural Monitoring of Wind Turbine Towers using low Frequency Ultrasonic Guided Wave Techniques Long term structural monitoring of wind turbine towers using low frequency ultrasonic guided wave techniques. The wind turbine sector is expanding rapidly, both on- and offshore. Operators are becoming concerned about potential problems with time dependent degradation of the support structures as installations get older. The steadily increasing size of the towers and the installed turbines means that the experience gained with smaller, older towers cannot be relied upon to give an accurate prediction of the likelihood of problems with newer installations. This paper describes developments in the TSB-funded INSIGHT project, managed by TWI, which use low frequency ultrasonic guided waves to provide a means of monitoring the whole of the tubular tower structure remotely. Vichaar Dimlaye received a BEng degree in electrical and electronic engineering from London South Bank University, in 2009. He joined the Long Range Ultrasonic (LRU) group in TWI, in 2009 working as a Project Leader. Vichaar Dimlaye has been mainly involved in developing non-destructive testing techniques for monitoring the structural integrity of wind turbine towers. His research interests include permanent transducer attachment to metal surfaces, array design and signal processing. |
| Speaker: Søren Plagborg, Vice President Technology, Vestas Northern Europe V112-3,0MW Bankable New Technology The presentation will reflect on Vestas’ experiences leading up to market introductions of the V112-3,0MW design. The presentation will explain the design philosophy of the complete turbine. Rotor, drivetrain and electrical system. How Vestas has conducted an integrated development process with customers, service staff, construction team, logistics and supply chain. It will reflect the mix between doing brand new technology introductions and sticking to the design concepts that has proven itself to be reliable and bankable in the post financial crisis world. Søren Plagborg, 40 years Vice President Technology, Vestas Northern Europe. He has an Electrical Engineering background. Søren has been working with Vestas Wind Systems for 13 years. He Heads the Technology organization within the Sales Business unit at Vestas Northern Europe. He is responsible for operation support to +4000MW under service contract and responsible for engineering and design of all sales and construction projects throughout Scandinavia, Poland and UK/Ireland. |
| Speaker: Juliette Grambow, Product Management MM-series, REpower Systems SE MM100 – Makes the Most of Low Wind Speeds by Keeping the Proven Reliability of Existing Design The presentation contents a brief portrait of the new REpower low wind speed turbine - the MM100. Furthermore the challenge of designing a new turbine for low wind speed sites by using proven and reliable technologies of an existing turbine will be explained. The two main design criteria for the MM100 development will be highlighted. How REpower reaches even with longer blades a competitive sound power level and a light blade design to keep the loads in a defined limit. It will reflect how testing procedures of the gearbox and the blades are carried out. Juliette graduated as an industrial engineer with the discipline electrical engineering in 2008. Afterwards she started working with the REpower SE. Since 2008 Juliette worked in the product management department. She is in charge of the MM-series, the 2MW onshore turbine portfolio. As Product Manager Juliette takes care of the MM turbines during their lifetime and further developments of the portfolio as well as technical, competitive and detailed market analysis. |
Speaker: Morten B Vindbjerg, Head of Operational Marketing, Siemens Wind Power A/S Morten Vindbjerg currently holds the position as Head of Operational Marketing. This function is a part of the Product Life Cycle (PLM) management group for the Siemens Wind Power Division. Prior to this, Morten has held positions as Product Marketing Manager in Global Sales and Marketing, and Project Manager in Global Sales and Proposals. Before joining Siemens Wind Power in 2008, Morten held the position as Lead Business Developer for an IT startup. Morten has earned an undergraduate degree in business administration and graduate degree in business performance management from the Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark. |