110526 energy event - renewable energy technology - wind
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Wind Energy R&D at
the Energy Research Unit
at the STFC Rutherford AppletonLaboratory
Jim Halliday
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Background to the ERU and UK windenergy
Current projects
Wind SUPERGEN
PowerPredict
UKERC
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Introduction to the
Energy Research Unit
(ERU)
Research areas : Long track record of
applied research in renewables (esp. wind,energy storage, solar), hydrogen (systems,production, and Networking), energysustainability
Near market R&D use of outdoor test site- collaboration with industry/HEI partners
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ERU Test Site
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Wind Energy current status
The wind power capacity installed by the end of 2009 will, in a normalwind year, produce 4.8% of the EUs electricity.
In 2009, for the second year running, more wind power was installedthan any other power generating technology, accounting for 39% oftotal new installations.
Over 10 GW of wind power capacity was installed in 2009 - 23% more
than in 2008.
In 2009, 2.8% of Europes total wind power was offshore.
192,000 people in the EU are employed by the wind industry
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Improving the design and layout of wind farms.
Increasing the reliability, accessibility and efficiency ofwind turbines.
Optimising the maintenance, assembly and installation ofoffshore turbines and their substructures.
Demonstrating large wind turbine prototypes and large,interconnected offshore wind farms.
New methods of grid management to allow high levels of
wind power in the system.
Key areas for wind energy research:
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ERUs Recent Research
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Research Industrial
Prof W E Leithead, Strathclyde University
Prof P J Tavner, Durham University
Prof A Brown, Manchester UniversityDr A G Dutton, STFC RutherfordAppleton Laboratory
Dr P Hancock, University of Surrey
Prof P Hogg, University of ManchesterLondon
Mr C Mingham, Manchester MetropolitanUniversity
Dr S Watson, Loughborough University
Prof S Williamson, Manchester University
AMEC Wind Energy
Areva T&D UK Ltd.
Chell InstrumentsEconnect Ltd.
E.ON UK Renewables Ltd.
ESR Network
Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd.
HR Wallingford Ltd.New & Renewable Energy CentreLtd.
ScottishPower Generation Ltd.
Smart Fibres Ltd.
Vestas Blades Ltd
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SUPERGEN WindTheme Leader Structural Loads
and Materials
Supergen Wind objective : To undertake research toimprove the cost-effective reliability & availability of existingand future large-scale wind turbine systems in the UK
Structural Loads and Materials (1 of 4 Themes) Wind turbine component design Aerodynamic estimation for operational control Active load reduction
Engineering large wind turbines
RAL working on blade model, new materials, andsmart blades
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SUPERGEN WindHighlights of Theme (Structural
Loads and Materials)
Control improvements to reduce wind turbine loads Single and array models produced for turbine wakes New composite materials tested to improve blade
strength/lifetime, reduce Radar Cross Section, andimprove lightning performance
Parametric finite
element blade modelfor the assessment ofinnovative materialsand smart blade
performance
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SUPERGEN Wind
Phase 2
2010-2014
The offshore wind farm as a power station:Resource, Reliability, Scaling/Control, Lifetime costs
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Wind power forecasting
EPSRC & EU fundedwork
Used daily in EirGridsDublin Control Room
Further developed insecond EU project
=>Spin-out company
PowerPredict software
=>Real-time trial
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Superconducting Turbines > 5MWLong-Life CryoCooling Critical
Technology gap to be Addressed
Cryogenic Coolers for Superconducting Wind Turbines
Cryox Spinout from MRI-Land
STFC Space Cooler Technology
Fund-Raising for SuperCooler
Planck :Distancefrom Earth:1,4m km
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Links
ERU : www.eru.rl.ac.ukCryox : http://www.cryox.co.uk/PowerPredict : http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/
http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/http://www.cryox.co.uk/http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/http://www.powerpredict.co.uk/http://www.cryox.co.uk/http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/ -
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UK Energy Research Centre
Energy Research Atlas updatedannual Landscape reports, Research
Register, new Roadmaps Energy Research Data Centre point to
existing data sources, curation ofrecent data (Research Council, CarbonTrust smart metering trial
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Links
UKERC Research Atlas : http://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.htmlUKERC Energy Data Centre : http://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.html
http://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.htmlhttp://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.htmlhttp://ukedc.rl.ac.uk/index.htmlhttp://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/ERA001.html