COP28: Making offshore wind a pillar of the decarbonised energy system
Developing offshore wind to the level required to meet climate goals will require a concerted research effort by the international community, to help bring down costs and ensure the development is carried out in a sustainable way.
CFD helps us understand how to better harvest and use offshore wind energy
Dissemination and networking in Ericeira, Portugal for SINTEF Ocean’s Marine CFD team
Hopes and Fears for Co-existence in Norwegian Offshore Wind
ffshore wind in Norway has now crossed the starting line with the opening of Equinor’s Hywind Tampen in August this year. The engineering feat of the world’s largest floating wind park, 11 turbines totaling 88 MW of renewable wind power, is now a reality.
How can control engineering save birds in wind farms?
In this blog post, we introduce a new concept that prevents bird collisions with rotating blades of wind turbines using control engineering.
What are floating cities and do we need them?
Written by Vegard Aksnes and Hagbart Skage Alsos. Because of climate change, many parts of the world are being impacted by rising sea…
NorthWind Annual Innovation Forum 2022
Representatives of the NorthWind consortium were assembled in Trondheim today for the Centre’s very first in-person Annual Innovation Forum. This is an occasion…