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Wind Energy R&D at

the Energy Research Unit

at the STFC Rutherford AppletonLaboratory

Jim Halliday

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Background to the ERU and UK windenergy

Current projects

Wind SUPERGEN

PowerPredict

UKERC

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Introduction to the

Energy Research Unit

(ERU)

Research areas : Long track record of

applied research in renewables (esp. wind,energy storage, solar), hydrogen (systems,production, and Networking), energysustainability

Near market R&D use of outdoor test site- collaboration with industry/HEI partners

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ERU Test Site

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Wind Energy current status

The wind power capacity installed by the end of 2009 will, in a normalwind year, produce 4.8% of the EUs electricity.

In 2009, for the second year running, more wind power was installedthan any other power generating technology, accounting for 39% oftotal new installations.

Over 10 GW of wind power capacity was installed in 2009 - 23% more

than in 2008.

In 2009, 2.8% of Europes total wind power was offshore.

192,000 people in the EU are employed by the wind industry

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Improving the design and layout of wind farms.

Increasing the reliability, accessibility and efficiency ofwind turbines.

Optimising the maintenance, assembly and installation ofoffshore turbines and their substructures.

Demonstrating large wind turbine prototypes and large,interconnected offshore wind farms.

New methods of grid management to allow high levels of

wind power in the system.

Key areas for wind energy research:

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ERUs Recent Research

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Research Industrial

Prof W E Leithead, Strathclyde University

Prof P J Tavner, Durham University

Prof A Brown, Manchester UniversityDr A G Dutton, STFC RutherfordAppleton Laboratory

Dr P Hancock, University of Surrey

Prof P Hogg, University of ManchesterLondon

Mr C Mingham, Manchester MetropolitanUniversity

Dr S Watson, Loughborough University

Prof S Williamson, Manchester University

AMEC Wind Energy

Areva T&D UK Ltd.

Chell InstrumentsEconnect Ltd.

E.ON UK Renewables Ltd.

ESR Network

Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd.

HR Wallingford Ltd.New & Renewable Energy CentreLtd.

ScottishPower Generation Ltd.

Smart Fibres Ltd.

Vestas Blades Ltd

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SUPERGEN WindTheme Leader Structural Loads

and Materials

Supergen Wind objective : To undertake research toimprove the cost-effective reliability & availability of existingand future large-scale wind turbine systems in the UK

Structural Loads and Materials (1 of 4 Themes) Wind turbine component design Aerodynamic estimation for operational control Active load reduction

Engineering large wind turbines

RAL working on blade model, new materials, andsmart blades

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SUPERGEN WindHighlights of Theme (Structural

Loads and Materials)

Control improvements to reduce wind turbine loads Single and array models produced for turbine wakes New composite materials tested to improve blade

strength/lifetime, reduce Radar Cross Section, andimprove lightning performance

Parametric finite

element blade modelfor the assessment ofinnovative materialsand smart blade

performance

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SUPERGEN Wind

Phase 2

2010-2014

The offshore wind farm as a power station:Resource, Reliability, Scaling/Control, Lifetime costs

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Wind power forecasting

EPSRC & EU fundedwork

Used daily in EirGridsDublin Control Room

Further developed insecond EU project

=>Spin-out company

PowerPredict software

=>Real-time trial

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Superconducting Turbines > 5MWLong-Life CryoCooling Critical

Technology gap to be Addressed

Cryogenic Coolers for Superconducting Wind Turbines

Cryox Spinout from MRI-Land

STFC Space Cooler Technology

Fund-Raising for SuperCooler

Planck :Distancefrom Earth:1,4m km

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Links

ERU : www.eru.rl.ac.ukCryox : http://www.cryox.co.uk/PowerPredict : http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/

http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/http://www.cryox.co.uk/http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/http://www.cryox.co.uk/http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/

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UK Energy Research Centre

Energy Research Atlas updatedannual Landscape reports, Research

Register, new Roadmaps Energy Research Data Centre point to

existing data sources, curation ofrecent data (Research Council, CarbonTrust smart metering trial

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Links

UKERC Research Atlas : http://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.htmlUKERC Energy Data Centre : http://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.html

http://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.htmlhttp://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.htmlhttp://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.htmlhttp://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.html