MS#05.3 Innovative circular materials and design methods for future offshore wind farms

A. NEJAD¹, S. PRIMI², B. PANJWANI³
¹ NTNU|² Acciona (Madrid)|³ SINTEF Industry

Structures, structural integrity, materials

The road towards innovation for the future floating offshore wind farms  and a sustainable future in offshore wind energy is facing  challenges linked to the  platform design which need to accommodate larger and larger wind turbines, the reduction of Levelized Cost of Energy, optimization of raw material usage, the circularity by design, just to mention few.  The present symposium is calling for contribution from academia, research, and industry to bring forward their contributions of new design and manufacturing techniques for substructures, drivetrain, and blades. Constant efforts towards pioneering designs  and  manufacturing techniques are highly encouraged. Lightweighted, circular and long-lasting solutions, optimized designs and new materials for floating wind tower structures, compact and more reliable WT drivetrain, lightweight, recyclable and easy to manufacture wind turbine blades, development of intelligent predictive computational modeling tools, are all among the topics which are called up in this symposium.