To conduct a Feasibility Study Windrad Engineering GmbH receives financial support from the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD) from the Structural Funds of the European Union. The feasibility study entitled “Neuartiges Assemblierungskonzept für mittelgroße Windenergieanlagen mit elektrischem Speicher” explores market potential as well as technical challenges for a novel assembly concept of medium sized wind energy turbines including electrical storage.
The distinction “Innovative through research 2016/2017” of the German Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft (Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany) has been again (after 2014/2015) awarded to Windrad Engineering GmbH. The award recognizes outstanding R&D activities. Besides normal business activities Windrad Engineering conducts smaller and larger research projects.
The Association is one of the biggest private promoters of science and humanities in Germany. The Stifterverband is a business community initiative advocating long-term improvement of the German education and research landscape. In order to achieve this goal, the Stifterverband provides funding for universities and research institutes, supports talents, analyses the higher education system, and devises recommendations for policymakers and business.
The WALiD project aims for the development of materials, designs and manufacturing processes for a light-weight offshore blade by the use of thermoplastic materials.
Every six month a general assembly meeting between all project partners is held. This time the meeting was hosted by the company NORNER AS in Stathelle, Norway.
At these meetings all partners have the opportunity to present recent activities as well as planning and coordinating upcoming tasks for the advance of the project.
Windrad Engineering is responsible for the blade design within the WALiD project. This process is strongly connected to and influenced by the work and development of any other project partner.
More information can be found on the WALiD homepage under http://www.eu-walid.com/
During the Next Generation Wind & Maritime Conference 2015 Windrad Engineering will deliver an overview on “Optimization of support structures for wind energy convertors”. The talk takes place May 6th at 14:30h in Forum D of the conference covering topics on “Innovative Products and processes for the wind energy”.
From May 6th to 7th the 4th Next Generation Wind & Maritim Conference which is the only conference in north-eastern Germany that connects wind energy with maritime industry will once again bring together national and international industry participants in Rostock. It offers a compact overview on market and technology trends related to wind energy, maritime industry, and marine technology. More information here.
Meet us at Halle 27, Stand K31 at the Hannover Messe 2015 vom 13 – 17 April 2015.
“Wind power is one of the fastest-growing segments of the energy industry. The leading trade fair Wind presents the complete spectrum of plant, components and services for industrial applications.”
Hannover Messe – Leading Trade Fair for Wind Generation Technology
New R&D project on power electronics approved by BMWi
„Manufacturer independent retro fitting and evaluation of life time consumption for power electronics of wind energy converters with doubly fed induction generators” (WEA-Retrofit) is the approximate translation of a project’s title that will be conducted by Windrad Engineering together with ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research at the University of Bremen and other industrial partners.
The objective of this project is to increase life time power electronics utilized in wind energy converters and improve on damage prediction of power electronic components. This way a predictive maintenance schedule could be realized. In addition, methods will be developed to implement new ancillary services systems on “older” (>10 years) wind energy converters. Since Dec. 2014 this joint project is supported by a grant of the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie).
Science meets Business. The topic of the 33rd Technology Night was “New trends in wind energy” and has been hosted by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Rostock and the University of Rostock. Windrad Engineering was presented by its owner Professor Ritschel who gave a key note on “Trends of large wind turbines – onshore and offshore”.
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During technology night representatives of business, science, politics, and regional administration of Mecklenburg Vorpommern met to support strategic partnership between science and business. The objective of this events is to further networking between business and research activities as well as focus on existing technology strength in the region.
The distiction “Innovative through research 2014/2015” of the German Stifterverbandes für die deutsche Wissenschaft (Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany) has been awarded to Windrad Engineering GmbH. The award recognizes outstanding R&D activities. Besides normal business activities Windrad Engineering conducts smaller and larger research projects.
Innovativ durch Forschung – Pressemitteilung 2014-08
The Association is one of the biggest private promotor of science and humanities in Germany. The Stifterverband is a business community initiative advocating long-term improvement of the German education and research landscape. In order to achieve this goal, the Stifterverband provides funding for universities and research institutes, supports talents, analyses the higher education system, and devises recommendations for policymakers and business.
Certification of the latest development of RRB Energy, the Pawan Shakti (PS)-1800 kW, is practically completed. After completion of the measurement project for certification by GL GH as well as analysis, load assessment, and check of turbine behaviour by DNV GL the last steps towards certification are taken. Official papers are expected August 2014.
Visit our talks hall B7 stand 206
Dr. Michael Beyer, Mittwoch, 24.09.2014, 11 h:
Cost efficient tower design with complete analysis of steal support structures
Dr. Marcel Krüger Donnerstag, 25.09.2014, 14 h:
SiWEC: A powerful simulation tool for modern load simulation