Offshore Wind Energy

Opleidingsverstrekker: Universiteit Gent
Registratienummer: ODB-1002607
Geregistreerd: op: 10 februari 2023

Deze opleiding komt in aanmerking voor

Opleidingscheques
Vlaams opleidingsverlof

Aantal uren: 93 uur

Eindbeoordeling voorzien: nee

Blended leren: nee

Mentoropleiding: nee

Doelgroep

This course is targeted towards people working in (or with the ambition to be working in) or researching the offshore wind, power or maritime sector. A bachelor level (or equivalent through minimal 2 year relevant working experience) is obligatory.

A master level in science, engineering, economics or law is recommended (or equivalent through minimal 2 year relevant working experience) and obligatory for module 3.

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Modules

This module provides the terminology, phases and processes of offshore wind energy, and allows the students to get acquainted with the correct terminology. After the qualitative description of the components, the project life cycle (from tendering to decommissioning) is outlined. The procedures and terminology in offshore wind installation are described. Lastly, the in-service terminology (during the Operations & Maintenance) is provided.

*Introduction to offshore wind packages: WTG & substructures
*Introduction to offshore wind packages: Cables & OHVS
*Introduction to electrical power systems - grid transmission
*Project installation: offshore wind installation (terminology & procedures)
*ABC of offshore wind financing (project financing perspective)
*Technical development: design basis – basic design – detailed design cycle
*Tendering & basic engineering
*Corporate & contractual set-up
*O&M terminology

Concepts introduced in module 1 will be used in the other modules.
This module describes the wind power production and conversions up to the grid connection and integration, i.e. “from wind to wire”. Herein the components (turbine blades, generators, offshore grid, etc.) are discussed in detail.

*WTG Package: Aerodynamics introduction & FSI (blades)
*Blades: blade build-up, design, modelling
*LEE & evolutions in blades
*Intro to offshore grids
*WTG Package: Generator systems in offshore wind
*WTG package: park owners' perspective
*Reliability of Gearboxes in wind turbines
*Drivetrain developments: servitization, modularization, torque density
*Wind Turbine drivetrain design from a loads perspective
*Electrical Package: transmission & conversion: OHVS, HVDC vs AC, transmission
*Electrical Package: Network concepts: OHVS equipment & lay-out, grid connection, SMD infrastructure, grid code)
*Offshore wind integration: TSO perspective
*Offshore adequacy
*Energy markets & ancillary services, role of PPA
This module focuses on structural aspects and offshore foundations in particular, e.g. wave-structure interactions, geotechnical and material aspects, floating structures, etc.

*Hydrodynamics: wave theory and wave structure interaction
*Hydrodynamics: wave structure interaction : load impact
*Geophysical & Geotechnical survey
*Offshore geotechnics: soil-structure interaction & offshore site characterisation
*Possibilities and challenges of floating offshore wind installations
*BOP package: floating offshore wind turbine foundations
*Behaviours of floating structures w.r.t. multi-use applications
*Bottom impact and semi-floating phase of a wind installation jack-up / floating installation
*Floating vessel Installation
*BOP Package: Introduction into offshore foundations, load cases and their design
*Foundations: Design assumptions
*Substructures design in practice
*Metals: damage & lifetime
*Design for manufacturability, logistics, O&M & decom
In this module, some electrical components such as transformers are discussed in more detail. Other topics include wind farm monitoring, testing and validation of components, weather prediction and resource assessment.

*Wind farm performance monitoring
*Introduction to O&M: Data Driven strategies & implementation for O&M
*Challenges for offshore wind components : dynamics on transformers & case study
*Introduction to monitoring: Offshore wind ICT integration
*Resource assesment, AEP, Wake, lidar
*Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in offshore wind context: legal context & applications
*Weather prediction for wind energy applications
*Importance of testing & validation during wind turbine development and construction
The project development requires a wide range of activities preceding the installation, such as project financing, tendering and consenting, environmental impact assessment and mitigation strategies, etc.
Furthermore offshore wind energy is developed in a context of international and federal marine spatial planning, energy law (like the grid code) and the wholesale market mechanisms.

*Introduction & Maritime Law
*Introduction into (offshore) energy legislation and cross boundary transmission aspects
*Project financing & development (legal counsil perspective)
*Project financing & development (lenders perspective)
*Operational & functional safety (perspective from an asset operator)
*Belgian offshore wind policy: beyond the horizon
*Offshore wind farm environmental impacts: promoting the good and mitigating the bad
*Environmental permit & impact assessment
This module looks beyond the horizon of offshore wind, including (future) policy, technological solutions on the component level, industrial scaling, R&D and innovation at different companies and future grid coupling.

*Belgian offshore wind policy: beyond the horizon
*Innovation in the offshore wind sector
*Offshore innovation at Jan De Nul
*Innovation in marine construction operations at DEME
*Offshore innovation at Tractebel
*Belgian Offshore cluster & Innovation at e-BO enterprises
*Technology - R&D&I at Parkwind
*Transition from Belgian Offshore towards upcoming worldwide Floating market
*R&D & Innovation at Otary
*R&D & Innovation at C-Power
*Future grid coupling: MOG2 / Energy Island