UpWind

THE EC INTEGRATED PROJECT UPWIND

Peter Hjuler Jensen

Programme Manager

Coordinator for UpWind

Risoe National Laboratory

UpWind

Outline

• Background

• Scope and Objective

• Work Package Structure

• Participants

• Organization

• Budget, duration, kick off meeting etc

UpWind

Background

• Wind Energy back in EC 6’th Frame Work Programme

• Great achievement for EWEA and the Wind Energy Community

• Also projects in Wind Energy in a call in December 2005.

• Wind Turbines increases in size which requires new design tools, components and materials

• Competition gets harder in sector and with other sectors which puts pressure on the economic efficiency

• Therefore UpWind is made so the industry in a more efficient way can utilize the European Research capacity in the next generations of wind turbines

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EU – Objective and Challenge

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Project objective

• UpWind will develop and verify substantially improved models of the principle wind turbine components, which the industry needs for the design and manufacture of wind turbines for future very large-scale applications, more cost efficient e.g. offshore wind farms of several hundred MW.

• The wind turbines needed will be very large (>8-10 MW and rotor diameter > 120 m).

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Project goal - efficiency

Wind experience curve for wind turbinessold by Danish manufacturers (1984 – 2000)

Danish wind industry’s cumulative global sales (in MW)

0.2

1

100 1,000 10,000

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st (

DK

K/k

Wh

)

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0.5

0.6

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Technology quantum leap needed= goal of IP

Source: Adapted from Extool, Jan 2003Exchange rate 1 Oct 2004

Wind experience curve for wind turbinessold by Danish manufacturers (1984 – 2000)

Danish wind industry’s cumulative global sales (in MW)

0.2

1

100 1,000 10,000

Co

st (

DK

K/k

Wh

)

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.70.80.9

3.3

16.7

Co

st (

$c/k

Wh

)

5.0

6.7

8.3

10.0

11.713.315.0

Technology quantum leap needed= goal of IP

Source: Adapted from Extool, Jan 2003Exchange rate 1 Oct 2004

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UpWind Work Package Structure

WP n

umber

Work

pac

kage

WP1.x.x >>> Inte

grate

d des

ign a

nd sta

ndards

Met

rolo

gy

Tran

ing &

Educa

tion

Fiber

blade

Tran

smis

sion/c

onvers

ion

Smar

t roto

r bla

des

Upscal

ing

2 Aerodynamics & aero-elastics

3 Rotor structure and materials

4 Foundations & support structures

5 Control systems

6 Remote sensing

7 Conditiong monitoring

8 Flow

9 Electrical grid

10 Management

1A.1 1A.2 1A.3 1B.1 1B.2 1B.3 1B.4

Scientific integration Technology integration

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Participants in the project

• Coordinator: Peter Hjuler Jensen, Risoe

• 40 Participants in the project

• UpWind a European Consortium with most of the important European Actors in the Wind Energy Sector.

• Not all important actors in EU are included and that have to be handled in the project

• Actors outside EU and the consortium have to be considered by the consortium if they apply for a relation

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Participants

Risoe National Laboratory, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Institut fuer Solare Energieversorgungstechnik, Stichting Kenniscenrum Windturbine Materialen en Constructies, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, CENER, Instytut Podstawowych Problemow Techniki PANInstitute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Delft University of Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Aalborg University, National Technical University of Athens, University of Patras,, Universitaet Stuttgart, Werkzeugmaschinenlabor, Aachen University, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, University of Salford, University of Edinburgh, Lulea University of Technology,

Shell, Elsam Engineering A/S,

Garrad Hassan and Partners, Ramboll Danmark A.S, Fundacion Robotiker, SAMTECH S.A,

GE Wind Energy GmbH, Vestas Asia Pacific A/S, FIBERBLADE EÓLICA S.A. Ltd.,, LM Glasfiber A.S, Repower Systems AG,, Ecotècnia S.C.C.L

QinetiQ Ltd, . Smart Fibres Ltd. Lohmann und Stolterfoht GmbH

Germanischer Lloyd WindEnergie GmbH, Det Norske Veritas, Danmark A/S

European Wind Energy Association

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Management structure UpWindExecutive Board (ExBo)(3 members from Industry

3 members from R&D)

Project Management Bureau (PMB)1. Financial management2. Contract management

3. Intell. Property managent4. Technological/Scientific/Co-ordination/

planning/progress control5. Internal Communication

EU(contract manager)

Industrial & ScientificAdvisory Committee

(AC)

IP (Intell. Prop.) RightsAdvisory Group

(IPR Group)

General Assembly(GA)

ExternalCommunication

WP 11 Leader: EWEA.

WP leader:Gamesa

1B.1Fiberblade

WP leader:ECN

1B.2Rotor Structure

& Materials

WP leader:ECN

1B.4Upscaling

WP leader:TUDelft

1B.3Smart Rotor

Technology IntegrationWP leader:

Gamesa

1B.1Fiberblade

WP leader:ECN

1B.2Rotor Structure

& Materials

WP leader:ECN

1B.4Upscaling

WP leader:TUDelft

1B.3Smart Rotor

Technology Integration

WP Leader:Risø

1A.1Integral deign& Standards

WP Leader:ECN

1A.2Metrology

WP Leader:CRES

1A.3Training &Education

Science IntegrationWP Leader:

Risø

1A.1Integral deign& Standards

WP Leader:ECN

1A.2Metrology

WP Leader:CRES

1A.3Training &Education

Science Integration WP Leader:Risø

2AerodynamicsAero-elastics

WP Leader:GarradHassan

5Control

Systems

WP Leader:ECN

3Rotor Structure

& Materials

WP Leader:Risø

7ConditioningMonitoring

WP Leader:Risø

6RemoteSensing

WP Leader:Uni Stuttgart

4Support

Structures

WP Leader:Risø

8Wind farms

Flow

WP Leader:ELSAM

9Electricaj

Grid

Basic Research

WP Leader:Risø

2AerodynamicsAero-elastics

WP Leader:GarradHassan

5Control

Systems

WP Leader:ECN

3Rotor Structure

& Materials

WP Leader:Risø

7ConditioningMonitoring

WP Leader:Risø

6RemoteSensing

WP Leader:Uni Stuttgart

4Support

Structures

WP Leader:Risø

8Wind farms

Flow

WP Leader:ELSAM

9Electricaj

Grid

Basic Research

Advise

Operational

Advise

Operational

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Budget, start and duration

• Budget total 22.34 mill EURO

• EU support 14.3 mill EURO

• Duration 5 Years

• Start 1 March 2006

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Kick off meeting

• Dates 3-4 April 2006

• Place Brussels

• Agenda:

• Annual General meeting

• Presentation of the management and organization of the project

• Work package presentations

• Working groups starts working

• Work shop with cross work package dialog

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Thank you very much for your attention

Questions

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More information

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