SUPERGEN Wind Wind Energy Technology

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1 SUPERGEN Wind Wind Energy Technology SUPERGEN: Wind Hub Bill Leithead University of Strathclyde 20 March 2014

2 Supergen Wind Hub EPSRC funded 3.0M M Described research programme 1.2M Flexible funding 0.6M Networking Initial collaboration of 6 research groups

3 Academic Partners University of Strathclyde Bill Leithead Turbine Technology & Control Peter McGregor Energy Economic Modelling University of Durham Simon Hogg Reliability & CM Loughborough University Simon Watson Resource Assessment & CM University of Manchester Sandy Smith Generators & CM Mike Barnes Grid Integration STFC-RAL Geoff Dutton Blade Technology University of Cranfield Feargal Brennan Offshore Structures 3 of 14

4 Academic Partners Partners selected on basis of having on-going research programmes in Wind Energy with independent funding Knowledge of challenges and priorities of the sector Complementary expertise The defined research funding to be used to bring together the individual members research into a strong collaborative effort 4 of 14

5 Industry Support GL/GH NAREC Gamesa ORE Catapult Dong Westmill Wind Farm Cooperative Romax TNEI GEPower Renewable Energy Dept CEPRI Energy Generation and Supply KTN 5 of 14

6 Management Structure 6 of 14

7 Management Structure PI and Management Chair Bill Leithead University of Strathclyde Executive Board Meets every 3 months Bill Leithead University of Strathclyde Simon Hogg University of Durham Simon Watson Loughborough University GL/GH Research NAREC Networking Hub Management Committee Meets every 6 months All academic members of the Hub GL/GH & NAREC Work Package Coordinators The 6 work packages have a coordinator 7 of 14

8 Research Scope Overall objective Address the medium term challenges of scaling up to multiple wind farms Consider how to better build, operate and maintain multi-gw arrays of wind turbines Provide a reliable source of electricity whose characteristics can be effectively integrated into a modern power system such as that in the UK. 8 of 14

9 Defined Reseach Programme WP0: Enabling Facilities (STFC) Maintain Supergen Offshore Wind Energy GIS Set up new data base for wind farm SCADA data WP1: The Operational Environment (Loughborough) Better understand the wind environment Wake effects on large offshore wind farms and inter-farm interactions Impact on output and operation Impact of farm layout on radar WP2: Grid Integration (Manchester) Better Understand impact of whole wind farms on AC networks Integration of new technology with onshore legacy systems U K and European scale Assessment of UK economic impact WP3: Holistic Wind Farm Control (Strathclyde) To enable wind farms to provide power systems services To optimise utilisation of offshore assets 9 of 14

10 Defined Research Programme WP4: Operations and Maintenance (Durham) Develop advanced condition monitoring techniques Fault detection using SCADA data Develop reliability evaluation tools for fleet-level optimisation Predictive maintenance based on probabilistic reliability metrics WP5: Turbine Technology (STFC-RAL) Innovative design of very large blades Active and passive devices for novel load control Novels composite options WP6: Wind Foundation Systems (Cranfield) Advanced fabrication Risk based structural designs Optimisation codes and standards 10 of 14

11 Defined Research Programme Short term resource and time series Long term resource Wake losses energy yield Power control and loading Radar scattering Loading and materials O & M Connection Output Metrics Cost of energy Availability Etc 11 of 14

12 Networking Interconnectedness 12 of 14

13 Networking Associate Partners General Assemblies every 6 months Direct communication by website of events and opportunities Industry Through direct links to companies General Assemblies every 12 months Industrial Advisory Board Energy Generation and Supply KTN International European Wind Energy Academy EERA Joint Programme Wind 13 of 14

14 Flexible Research Element Administered by Executive Board Additivity will be an important element Enlarge scope of Hub Links to new initiatives Bringing in new members Other funding sources Support research projects up to 120,000 Anyone can apply 14 of 14

15 Flexible Research Element EPSRC style proposals Peer reviewed Research priorities and scope of projects subject to oversight by IAB Awarding mechanism Initial decision by Executive Board Ratified by Hub Management Committee Subject to oversight by IAB 15 of 14

16 Grand Challenges Funding 3M Call 2014/2015 PIs of successful bids become full members of Hub Research priorities and scope of projects subject to oversight by IAB Scope to be determined

17 Relationship to DTCs Close collaboration between Supergen Wind and DTC in Wind Energy Systems and its successor Common IAB Studentships from DTC will be used to complement RAs on Supergen

18 Thank you! Consortium