Wind Energy Agency BremerhavenBremen

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• Wind Energy Agency Bremerhaven/Bremen

The WAB Industry Network in Northwest-Germany Pro
file and RD-Activities
(Bild Enron Wind)
Jan Rispens
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Outline

• Profile of WAB
• Focus on Offshore Wind
• Outline of Regional RD Strategy
• RD Project Examples
• Conclusions

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Wind Energy Agency Bremerhaven/Bremen

• Association with 140 members from industry,
  services and science from Bremen and surrounding
  coastal region
• Companies from a broad industry spectrum
• Partly funded by the Federal State of Bremen
• Branch office in Bremerhaven

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Members of the WAB
Logistics
Wind sector
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Goals of WAB

• Support regional innovative structures for wind
  energy
• Strengthen wind energy network in
  Northwest-German coastal region
• Initiate and facilitate research, development and
  demonstration project for on- and offshore wind
  energy
• Facilitate cooperation between wind and maritime
  industry - Offshore
• Initiate and coordinate qualification and
  education projects
• Identification of necessary structures and
  ressources for offshore wind

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Wind energy in Bremen/Oldenburg region

• Annual turnover approx. 500 Million
• Employees (direct) approx. 1,000
• Suppliers of
• turbines
• towers/foundations
• rotor blades
• project developers
• specialized services
• maritime offshore services

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Activities of WAB

• Organisation of conferences, seminars
• Facilitation of technical working groups
• Project management
• Representation of company network at trade fairs
• Reports and sector analysis
• Lobby media work

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Presentation outline

• Profile of WAB
• Focus on Offshore Wind
• Outline of Regional RD Strategy
• RD Project Examples
• Conclusions

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Licensed wind farms in the North Sea
WAB members
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Applications for offshore wind farms

• 9 licences have been granted by the federal
  licensing authority BSH in the North Sea
• Max. 80 Turbines per wind farm
• 3.5 5 MW turbines proposed
• 2,000 3,000 MW rated power, depending on
  turbine size
• Value 3 6 Billion

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Offshore Issues

• Prototyping 5 MW class turbines onshore needed
• Development, design and serial production of
  tripod foundations for water depths gt25 meter
• Operation logistics transport due to port
  distance
• Improved reliability

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Presentation outline

• Profile of WAB
• Focus on Offshore Wind
• Outline of Regional RD Strategy
• RD Project Examples
• Conclusions

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Political RD Strategy

• Strategy by the Federal State of Bremen developed
  in 2002
• Focus on offshore needs
• Industry network building
• Wind Energy Agency Bremerhaven/Bremen
• fk-wind additional scientific network
• Infrastructure development for prototyping and
  offshore serial production
• Support program of RD-Projects

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RD program support characteristics

• Supported projects need to be strong business
  driven
• Projects relatively close to market needs and
  realisation
• 50.000 - 200.000 funding per project
• 50 funding limit for businesses
• 75 funding limit for scientific institutes
• Focus on offshore-related projects

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RD supported projects

• 2000-2006 More than 60 projects
• Overall funding approx. XYZ Million
• Main project focus was on offshore (as intended)
• Many developments also suitable for onshore use

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Presentation outline

• Profile of WAB
• Focus on Offshore Wind
• Outline of Regional RD Strategy
• RD Project Examples
• Conclusions

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Example 1 Turbine development

• Multibrid Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

• Multibrid M5000 Turbine
• 5 MW, specially designed for offshore use
• Single stage robust planetary 110 gear
• Special air conditioning system using tower as
  overpressure chimney
• Comparatively low nacelle weight of approx. 300
  tonnes
• Operating since December 2004
• Research on operation, materials, climate
  influences

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Example 2 Tripod-Foundations
WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction
Georgsmarienhütte

• Optimised tripod design
• Weight reduction
• Serial manufacturing
• Cost optimisation
• Combination with concrete elements
• Corrosion protection
• Installation possibilities
• Will be installed onshore with 2nd Multibrid
  M5000 Prototype in 2006

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Example 3 Infrastructure Luneort
BIS, Bremerhaven economic development agency

• Development of industrial harbour site Luneort
  for offshore wind development
• Full logistical analysis of offshore value chain
• Simulation of logistical processes on-site
• Development of a tailor-made concept for area
  development

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Example 4 Output power forecasting
Meteocontrol GmbH / Energy Meteo Systems GmbH

• Optimized offshore wind farm power prediction
  model
• Using physical turbine characteristics
• Forecast of offshore turbine loads for OM
• Improved forecast of power output for grid
  operators
• 15 minutes resolution of forecast

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Example 5 Dynamic foundation loads

• Meteorological mast Amrumbank West
• Built by Hochtief AG and WeserWind GmbH
• 90 meters high,22 meters water depth
• Commissioned by Essent Wind Deutschland GmbH,
  E.ON

• RD project by Windforce GmbH
• WAVEMON dynamic load monitoring system
• Glass fibre fast load analysis
• Installed in foundation to analyse wave loads

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Outline

• Profile of WAB
• Focus on Offshore Wind
• Outline of Regional RD Strategy
• RD Project Examples
• Conclusions

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Conclusion

• Succesfull regional RD programme
• Focus on near-market industry needs is decisive
  in this stage of offshore wind development
• Inclusion of other regional sectors expertise
  (aircraft, material research, maritime) necessary
  to reach critical mass and to create added value
• The RD program created strong links between
  industry and (a distributed) scientific community
• Financial project size fits industry needs well
• Clear view on overall regional business
  innovation developments needed in advance

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WAB Offshore Conference windforce06

• 29th and 30th of June 2006, Bremerhaven
• Compact overview of offshore developments in
  Germany (and Europe)
• Simultaneous translation available

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• Thank you for your attention

Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V.
(WAB) 49-471-39177-0 Schifferstrasse 10-14 27568
Bremerhaven Germany www.windenergie-agentur.de