R&D ACTIVITIES ON WIND ENERGY IN SPAIN

Ignacio CruzRenewable Energy DivisionCIEMATignacio.cruz@ciemat.es

www.ciemat.esUFRJ Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)September 30th and October 1st 2013

ContentsR&D Capacities

R&D Facilities

R&D Activities

Technology

Wind Integration

Contents

R&D CapacitiesR&D Facilities

R&D Activities

Technology

Wind Integration

R&D CapacitiesWTG

manufacturing processes &

operation

Wind energy integration

Environment & Deployment

Offshore deployment

Wind conditions

Seven cooperation areas around wind energy.

Formation and training

Small and Mid Size Wind Turbines

R&D Capacities: Wind R&D Spanish Institutions

Demo -> FOAK -> Market

TRL0-TRL1-TRL2-TRL3 TRL4-TRL5-TRL6 TRL7-TRL8-TRL9Basic & Applied Research Prototyping

Universities

R&D Centres

WEC Manufacturers and suppliersDevelopers

Utilities

TRL Technology Readiness Level

• Universidad Politécnica Madrid (Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Wind resources, Power Electronics, Grid integration, Generators, Control, Automation, Offshore Wind, Floating platforms).

• Universidad Carlos III –Madrid (Grid Integration, Power electronics, Control).• Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Wind Resources).• Universidad Castilla la Mancha (WEC Simulation, Grid integration).• Universidad Pública de Navarra (Wind resources, Power electronics, Grid Integration).• Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Power electronics, Generators, Control), Remotte Sensing. Resources assessment• Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Power electronics, Control)• Universidad de Málaga (Power electronics).• Universidad de Zaragoza (wind resources, Power electronics, Grid Integration, Fluid dynamics).• Universidad de Sevilla (Power electronics)• Universidad de Cadiz (small wind VAWT)• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Power electronics, Control), Small Wind, VAWT• Universidad del País Vasco (Wind Resources, Power electronics, Control), Small wind)• Universidad de Cantabria (Wind Resources, Offshore Wind, • Universidad de La Laguna (Wind resources).• Univesridad de las Palmas (Control, Power electronics, Hybrid systems)• Universidad de Valladolid (Power electronics, Generators), Small Wind• Universidad de Vigo (Power electronics, Grid integration, WEC simulation)• Universidad Nacional a Distancia (Hybrid systems, Operation and Maintenance)• Universidad de Burgos (Structural analysis, • Universidad de Logroño: Small wind• Universidad de Gerona

Wind R&D Spanish Institutions: Universities

Wind R&D Spanish Institutions: Most representative R&D Centers:• CENER Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables www.cener.com

Over 80 researchers on wind technology• CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

www.ciemat.es16 researchers on wind technology CIEMAT-CEDER www.ceder.es• CIRCE Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos. www.fcirce.es15

researchers on wind technology• TECNALIA Technological Corporation www.tecnalia.es• IK4 Aliance www.ik4.es• IREC Instituto de Investigación en Energía de Cataluña www.irec.cat• CTC Centro Tecnológico de Componentes www.ctccomponentes.es• IC3 Instituto Catalan de Ciencias del Clima www.ic3.cat• ITC Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias www.itccanarias.org• CARTIF Foundation Technological Center www.cartif.com• CIDAUT Foundation www.cidaut.es• CENIFER Training Center www.cenifer.com

CENER Centro Nacional de Energías RenovablesThe National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER) is a technology centre specialized inapplied research, .Over 80 persons belong to the Wind Energy Department. CENER has a cutting-edge technological infrastructure, with the most modern laboratories and facilities in Europe. The Wind Turbine Test Laboratory, located in Sangüesa (Navarra), is a unique facility in the world both for its size and facilities (power train test bench for complete nacelles up to 5 MW and structural test for blades up to 70 m). In addition to the test services offered at the LEA, CENER has an experimental wind farm to install prototypes and it is suitable for certification tests in complex terrain conditions and with high wind levels

Technological Areas:• Wind turbine analysis and design.• Aerodynanic design. CENER Aerfoil family• Aerodynamic consultancy• Structural design• Wind turbine control• Offshore applications• Composite materials laboratory• Wind resource assessment and prediction (EPR)• Marine Wind energy• Wind turbine test laboratory

CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y TecnológicasCIEMAT is a Spanish Public Research Institution under the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). Since its founding in 1951, it has developed and led R&D projects in the fields of Energy, Environment and Technology, placing the institution at the forefront of science and technology. As a technological research centre, CIEMAT fosters links between academia and industry. With 1342 employees, 55,66% graduated, CIEMAT has a wide presence in both national and international scientific and technical forums. Most of its facilities are unique in Europe. Its main activities include promoting the introduction and improving the competitiveness of renewable energies on the energy market.

Experience/Capacities: Small Wind• SWT modelling. computational modelling and experimental (CEDER)• SWT test: Power performance (IEC 61400-12-1, Duration test and operation and safety (IEC 61400-2), Acoustic noise emissions (IEC 61400-11)

• Components test: Static and dynamic test of blades (IEC 61400-23), Generators, power converters, tower• Hybrid Systems and Minigrids: Computational simulation (HOMER) and experimental (CEDER) Systems Sizing

Wind Resources• High ResolutionMesoescalar Modelling (WRF)• Coupling WRF+ROMS+SWAN for offshore wind farms applications• Advanced Statistic Downscaling• Short-term wind forecasting (NWP)

CIRCE Foundation (Centre of Research for Energy Resources and Consumption) was established in 1993 as an independent Research Centre. In year 2001, CIRCE was recognised as National Centre of Innovation and Technology. CIRCE s main activities are related to R&D&i and technical training for postgraduates and professionals in the energy sector, focusing in energy efficiency, sustainability of energy resources, and renewable energy. CIRCE has a staff of over 190 full time people with multidisciplinary profiles including researchers and collaborating professors. Since 1993, CIRCE has conducted more than 1,500 projects proving its self-financing capacity. CIRCE maintains a national leadership position in the field of energy efficiency, being the 3rd national research centre getting more projects in competitive calls during period 2004-2007 in Spain.

CIRCE Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos.

TECNALIA Technological Corporation

TECNALIA Research & Innovations was set up in 2010 and incorporated within it 8 different research centers which previously were specialized in different fields. It is the leading private R+D+i entity in Spain and the fifth largest in Europe, with around 1500 employees and 120 M€turnover.TECNALIA is also Spain’s leading private entity in terms of FP7 participation. Tecnalia is organised in 7 Business Divisions dedicated to Energy and Environment, Industry and Transport, Sustainable Construction, Health, ICT-European Software Institute, Innovation Strategies and Technological Services. The Energy and Environment Division, the one involved in this proposal, with a staff of 230 people, is deeply devoted to Renewable Energies.

IREC Instituto de Investigación en Energía de Cataluña The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) was created on July 2008, andbegan its activities in January 2009. Its mission is to become a centre of excellenceand an international benchmark organization in the energy sector, through research,technology development and innovation. The ultimate goal of its research activity isto contribute to the sustainable development of society and greater corporatecompetitiveness. The Institute has organized this knowledge into the research areas(Advanced Materials and Bioenergy and Biofuels) and into the technology areas (Off-Shore Wind and Energy Efficiency for Communities and Buildings, with a special focus in the activities related with Electrical Engineering for integration of renewable energy resources). The Institute has two centers, one in Barcelona (in the municipality of Sant Adrià del Besòs) and another in Tarragona. The Tarragona centre has Offshore Wind Energy as one of the main activities.The activities in wind power are directed to improve the capacity, the efficiency and the power quality of wind generation, as well as the reliability of wind turbines, wind farm facilities, connections to the grid, storage technologies and transmission systems for both on-shore and off-shore wind farms.

CTC Centro Tecnológico de Componentes

The Technological Centre of Components (CTC) was created in 2000 as a private non-profit foundation to serve the society and industry fabric. Its main objective is to contribute toward economic and social development by helping companies assess the technological feasibility of their ideas, as well as technically run their projects in research, development and innovation, as part of the science-technology-industry system.

The Centre is divided into four business units: aerospace, nuclear energy, renewableenergies and automotive. The available technologies are targeted mainly to those areas; however they could also be applied to other similar sectors. In addition an advanced materials research group is also available. Among the different renewable energy sources, the CTC is mainly directed to those of marine origin. CTC focuses its activityinto two different sources: waves (wave energy) and wind (offshore wind).

IK4 Alliance

IK4 is a private and independent technological Alliance, a benchmark in the Basque System of Innovation as well as in the European technological context, made up of the following technology centres AZTERLAN, CEIT, CIDETEC, GAIKER, IDEKO, IKERLAN, LORTEK, TEKNIKER and VICOMTech.Since our creation in 2005, we have become an Alliance of superlative technical centres, brought together with the objective of bringing value to society and of reaching a critical mass in tune with research which is applied to and aimed at the industrial framework, in the interests of contributing towards providing that framework with the tools which will allow it to increase its competitiveness.This Alliance seeks the generation, uptake and transfer of know-how concerning technology, in those technological disciplines which are most in demand in business and in society. Our eight technological and scientific units bring together the entire R+D+i resources of the members: biotechnology, micro- and nano- technologies, environmental technology and recycling, energy, industrial management and production, mechatronics, materials and processes, and information and communications technologies.

IC3 Instituto Catalan de Ciencias del Clima

The Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3) is an independent, non-profit research center located in Barcelona and promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalonia's Autonomous Government, within the CERCA network, a program of excellence in research that currently brings together more than 30 research institutions in one of the larger, if not the largest, scientific clusters in Southern Europe. IC3 is particularly unique in geographical terms because is the first large-scope climate research center created in the Mediterranean Basin.

As an independently managed, public non-profit institution, IC3 was created to efficiently undertake top level research in the field of climate sciences, with a special geographical focus on the Mediterranean region, Latin America and Africa. Our vision is to be a unique institution by fully integrating biospheric processes in the next generation of climate information models and in doing so, becoming an international benchmark within our thematic area. Our main objective is to contribute to generating and advancing knowledge about the climate by bridging the gap between the physics of the climate system and the complexity of the biosphere.

ContentsR&D Capacities

R&D FacilitiesR&D activities

Technology

Wind Integration

TEST FACILITIES

Large wind turbine test facilities:National Renewable Energy Center CENER (Sanguesa-Navarra)

Small wind turbine test facilities: Center for the Development of Renewable Energy CEDER (Soria-Castilla y León)

Offshore wind turbine test facilities:ZEFIR Test Station. IREC TarragonaBIMEP Biscay Marine Energy PlatformPLOCAN Oceanic Platform of Canary Islands

Experimental Wind Farms:SOTAVENTO, ITEC, ITER, FHA

ZEFIR

CEDERCENERITC ITERSOTAVENTO

CIEMAT

FHABIMEP PLOCAN

BLADE TEST FACILITY

MATERIAL´S LAB.

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT.

WIND TUNNEL.

DRIVE TRAIN TEST PLANT

Wind turbine test laboratory

Experimental onshore wind farm (Alaiz)• Operated by CENER• Location: Aoiz (Navarra)• Sites: six calibrated positions to install prototypes of machines up to 5MW each (separation 280 m), and 5 additional meteorological towers, 120 metres high. • Topography: Complex terrain• Activity: to perform complex field tests on prototypes and certify wind turbines. Facilities: The farm has been equipped with continuous operation

measurement instrumentation, offices for clients and meetings rooms, and it has been carefully studied, characterised and analysed to offer the best conditions for prototypes.

CEDER Soria

Small wind test Hybrid Systems test

Blades Test Facility

PMG Test Facility

SOTAVENTOExperimental wind farm

Shareholders

Hydrogen & Wind Project

ITC Instituto Tecnológico de CanariasCanary Islands Technological Institute

• Research on wind farms weak grids connected• Sea water desalination driven by wind energy• Wind energy management based on hydrogen• Grid Isolated wind systems• Small wind

Wind – Hydrogen facility

ITER Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables

Renewable Energies and Technological Institute• Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables S.A.,

ITER, was founded by the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the island's administrative authority. It was aimed to cover the need of starting a new research field in the islands to reduce the exterior energy supplying dependence and allow a cleaner and sustainable development.

Wind Tunnel

Sea waterdesalination

Wind farms

Two phases:Phase 1: A total of 4 bottom-fixedturbines will be installed with a maximum total capacity of 20MW, 3 km off the coast and at 40 meters water depth. Construction is planned for Q4 2012. Phase 2: A total of 8 wind turbines will be installed using floating technology with a maximum total capacity of 50MW, 30 km off the coast and at 110 meters water depth. Construction is planned for Q4 2012.

ZÈFIR Location

Offshore ZEFIR Test Station

Leader: IREC

FP7-2010—Energy-1HIPRWIND

Project

FloatMet

Biscay Marine Energy Platform -BIMEP

1.5 MW FLOATING WIND TURBINE PROTOTYPE

MARINA ORECCA Vertiwind Hywind..

EOLIA Cenit

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Floater project

Float SOLUTIONS

WETSITE

Final Demonstrator

FP7 Funds

National Funds

Regional Funds

Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands PLOCANPLOCAN is a non-profit consortium located in Gran Canaria island dedicated to science and technology in the marine and maritime sector. Its mission is the cost-effective combination of services such as observatories, test beds, underwater vehicles support, information technology, training and innovation hub.

PLOCAN will contain a set of experimental facilities and laboratories on the ground, an offshore platform located on the edge/shore of the continental shelf and deep observation sites, some of them connected by cable.

PLOCAN combines test bed services together with ocean observation facilities to improve, accelerate and reduce costs related to the development of new oceanic technologies and marine experiments. The developed tests and experiments are designed avoiding any interaction with other marine spatial uses, respecting and offering the maximum environmental protection guarantees. This test bed has a marine surface area of 8 km2 which comprises the necessary infrastructures for the development of different experiments. One of this test bed's main research topics is related to renewable marine energies, in particular wind and wave energy.

ContentsR&D Capacities

R&D Facilities

R&D ActivitiesTechnology

Wind Integration

• Study of the effect of grid voltage sags on the operation of wind turbines. Leader: Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

• Wind farm with synchronous wind turbines connected in unity generation. Leader: University of Malaga

• Stabilization of wind farms by the implementation of biomass plants. Modeling, simulation and analysis of the techno-economic viability of this kind of hybrid systems. Leader: Polytechnic university of Valencia.

• Development of advanced control techniques in order to improve the integration of the wind energy converters into the electrical distribution networks. University of Alcala de Henares. Madrid

• Maximization of the wind energy penetration in the electrical systems by the participation of the auxiliary services of the grid and the contribution to the dynamic stability. Leader: University Carlos III of Madrid

• Improving of the stability of the electrical grid by the application of FACTS based on wind energy generators. Leader: Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

• Development of distributed measuring solutions for industrial monitoring based on the used of smart sensors networks. Leader: University of Valencia

Wind: Examples of Basic Research Projects

– R&D Project on a n innovative foundations solution for deep sea offshore wind turbines (From 30 to 60 m depth). Leader: Construcciones Especiales y Dragados S.A.

– Development of a pitch rotor control based on hydrostatic transmission. Leader: Hydra-Power S.L.

– R&D on the capacity to use tall buildings as wind energy production sites. Leader: Vallehermoso Promocion

– Application of nanotechnology to improve the efficiency of wind farms. Leader: Maeco Eólica S.L:

– GAVEGE Project. R&D on a new improved and flexible mechanical system for different sizes and types of wind technology components. Leader: Etxe-Tar S.A

– Development of a new automatic process for manufacturing flanges for the wind sector. Leader: Industrial Barraquesa S.A.

– New line of machines for high precision manufacturing of large diameter cylindrical components for use in aeronautical, wind, naval and energy generation sectors. Leader: Danobat Scoop

Wind: Examples of Innovation Projects

Three working areas are differentiated by targets:

First Area: Product DevelopmentThis area is focused on the support to the manufacturers in the development of their new products. Each line is leaded byone manufacturer which will be helped by technological research centres and private companies. New designs will coverthe needs of the market in the power range between 20kW and 100kW.

Second Area: Technical DevelopmentBreaking technological barriers and propitiate the technological development in key areas for SWT sector are the mainobjectives of this area. Those activities must be lead by technological R&D Centres and only in some cases by privatecompanies. Technology research for medium-term application is attended in this area.

Third Area: Activation of the SWT sector and support infrastructure developmentThe objective of this area is the promotion, dissemination, sensitization and info collection for the SWT sector. Also inorder to promote and adequate development of new products and business associated, a new infrastructures are needed,services has to be established (f. i. certification test facilities). A new called “minieolica sector” is pursuable.

Organization of MINIEÓLICA Project:

MINIEOLICA ProjectOBJECTIVE: Promotion of small wind technologyDuration: 2007 - 2011

Small Wind Turbines

MINIEOLICA Project Structure

SMALL WIND SECTOR TAKE OFF

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PSE-MINIEÓLICA Project

INDESMEDIA EOL S.A.

Universidad de Murcia

Del Valle Aguayo

LEIA

Small Wind Turbines

TEEV Project

• Experimental development project of a new concept of a vertical axis wind turbine adapted to urban environmental.

• The aim of this project is the development of a low cost small wind turbine without major maintenance requirements. although with less efficiency than those installed in large wind farms, it will be capable of exploiting the available wind resources in populated areas, even though with not very favourable conditions because the complexity of the sites.

• The partnership includes the following entities: PROEMISA S.L:, INGEVAL and Universidad Politécnica of Valencia

Small Wind Turbines

Large Wind Turbines

Windlider 2015, was an industrial research project led by Spanish turbine

manufacturers GAMESA and ALSTON. Its objective is to keep Spain at the cutting edge of wind power technology. Specifically, the project involves the design of new high-power machinery.

The project’s objectives are the following:• To perfect design process of future turbines, reducing “time to market” and increasing maturity of the first series, considered vital to leading the market as of 2012• To boost Spanish-owned enabling technologies• To create a holistic simulation model that reproduces as faithfully as possible the behavior of future turbines and determine the effect of new configurations, new enabling technologies and other factor on turbine performances • To deploy several mid-sized technological-scientific infrastructures in Spain that permit experimentation in scales up to 5 MW with complete turbine prototypes and critical components (generators, gearboxes, converter, chasis yaw, etc.).

WINDLIDER Project

MONOPALA Project• Design and development of a new 2 MW single-blade wind turbine with balanced

torque. The scientific and technological objective of the project is the design and development of a 2 MW rated power wind turbine with compensated torque.

• Partnership: ADES and AITIIP Technological Center• Duration: 2011-2014.

ROTORES MONOPALA Project• The main objective is the development and manufacturing of a high speed single

bladed rotor for wind turbine applications. This rotor will have better characteristics of weight and level of finish than previous designs for similar configurations, also in terms of power rating, loads , stability and acoustic noise emissions.

• Partnership: ADES and AITIIP Technological Center and Composites Aragon S.L The duration of this project is three years (From 2011 to 2013).

Large Wind Turbines

SUPERTURBINES Project• The main objective of the SUPERTURBINES Project is the

development and demonstration of a new superconductor wind turbine of 10 MW, in order to increase the power machine of future wind farms on land and sea.

• The content and activities are the following: – Definition of the specification and requirements of the superconductive

generator,– Design of the new wind turbine concept and detailed design of the

demonstrator.– Development and validation of the demonstrator and testing and final

conclusions.– The duration of the project is 3 years (From July 2011 to December 2014)

• The total budget is € 1.5 Million and the participants are: ACCIONA Energy, ACCIONA Wind Power and TECNALIA

Large Wind Turbines

OBJECTIVE. Development of all technologies to permit the installations offshore in deep water ( more than 40 m.).

- Several research activities are included in the project:- Energy field ( wind energy and electricity)- Sea technologies ( aquaculture, desalination)- Civil works- Ship technologies

- Duration of the project 2007-2011. - More than 16 companies and 25 Research centers- Project leader: ACCIONA

Offshore WindEOLIA Project

RESEARH ACTIVITIES

1. General specifications and objectives2. Foundations for deep water3. Electrical connection4. New concepts for floating structures5. Equipments for Offshore installations6. New concepts in Offshore Wind energy

converter7. Wind resources for Offshore 8. Operation and Maintenance9. Aquaculture10. Desalination in offshore installations

EMERGE ProjectLeader: IBERDROLA RENOVABLESThe main objective of this project is the development of useful technology to extend the capacity to build offshore wind farms in deep waters, including floating platforms and HVDC connectionsConsortium:Private companies: IBERDROLA, ALSTON WIND, ACCIONA ENERGIA and KV ConsltoresR&D centers TECNALIA COPR (ROBOTIKER, IREC, CENER, CANTABRIAN INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC - ICHUniversities: University of Basque Country-UPV and Cadiz University-UCA,

Offshore Wind

FLOTTEK Project• New source of energy: deep waters offshore wind• Budget: 4.4 M€ (Grant: 1,37 M€)• Duration: 2010-2012• Leader: GAMESA• Other partners: Iberdrola Ingeniería y

Construcción, Lemona Industrial, VicinayCadenas, Ormazabal, ECN, Itsaskorda

Offshore Wind

WETSITE Project

• The main objectives of the WETSITE Project is to develop methodologies, tools and guidelines for use in deep water offshore wind, obtaining the renewable energy resources available in Spanish waters and that will also apply to those demanding operating environments where current technology can not respond to the challenges posed by the generation in marine waters.

• This project brings a multidisciplinary consortium, led by ACCIONA Energía S.A: involving both companies and research centers established with experience on wind and marine power.

• The consortium is composed by ACCIONA WindPower Inc, Tecnoambiente and Technology centers as TECNALIA Foundation for Research and Innovation, AZTI and CENER. The funding reach € 2.45 Million

Offshore Wind

FLOAT SOLUTIONS Project

• The main objective of the project FLOAT SOLUTIONS is the development and validation of innovative solutions for very high wind turbines for future offshore wind developments. The project plan is based on four activities:

• Activity 1: Aeroelastic/hydrodynamic tank testing definition (CEHPAR Model) in order to improve the testing methodology of scaled models of floating wind turbines. One of the main objectives will be to improve the system to introduce the aerodynamic load in the scaled wind turbine during the tests.

• Activity 2: New logistic processes development, studies and simulation of operations. This activity comprises the analysis of different manufacturing and logistic processes installation of offshore platforms under certain boundary conditions. Different scenario and analysis conditions for the implementation of proper land, port and maritime conditions. It also includes establishing of procedure to install the mooring lines of the wind turbine as simple convenient, safe and low custom possible.

Offshore Wind

FLOAT SOLUTIONS Project (Cont)

• Activity 3: New manufacturing processes. Optimized production of structures. The objective of the activity is to optimize the wind turbine support structure by the adoption of new manufacturing processes or optimizing the structures with a more precise knowledge of the load in order to reduce cost.

• Activity 4. Dynamic design of the cable. This activity includes the development of a cable with some technical features in order to withstan the stress, motion and energy transport, generated in futures platformes, located in the marine environment. This activity seeks to design the cable, set its properties, define thesimulation paramettres, stablish cable qualification tests and analyze the interactionof the cable with the floating structure.

• The duration of the project is one year (From April/2011 to December 2012) and the budget is € 2.3 Million The partnership is composed by ACCIONA Energía, ACCIONA Windpower, TECNALIA, General Cable, CENER, Vincinay Cadenas and Engineea.

Offshore Wind

AZIMUT Project: Offshore Wind Energy 2020MAIN OBJECTIVE: Knowledge generation to achieve new large wind turbines for offshore applications (15 MW) overcoming the present challenges like efficiency, availability, cost of energy and capital cost

Leader: GAMESAEligible Total budget:

25.1 M€Grant: approved

11 M€ (43.71%)1/06/2010-31-12-2013

Offshore Wind

• R&D lines of ALSTOM Wind for the development oflarge offshore wind turbines:

• Development of new airfoils for blades and wind tunnel tests.• Control optimized for large blades.• Simulation and optimization of substructures for very large floating wind turbines.• Design, electromagnetic simulation and analysismulti-megawatt thermal power generator with conventional technology.

• Design and simulation of multi-megawatt generatorsuperconducting technology.• Study of new concepts, major requirements andcomparative solutions powertrain for a 15 MW offshore wind turbine

AZIMUT Project: Offshore Wind Energy 2020

Offshore Wind

Industrial Consortium:Includes the main players of the Spanish wind industry (wind turbine manufacturers (GAMESA, ACCIONA WINDPOWER, ALSTON WIND), wind farms owners, (Utilities (IBERDROLA) and Individual Industrial Developers (ACCIONA ENERGÍA)) and industrial suppliers (INGETEAM, INGECIBER, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, IMATIA, DIGSILENT, TECNITEST

• Research Centres:CENER, TECNALIA (INASMET, ROBOTIKER), IKERLAN, IREC, CSIC-ICMAB, AIMPLAS, CIRCE, EUPLA,CATEC,CEHPAR, IMDEA, IIT

• Universities: Universitiy of Coruña, University of Cantaberia, Politechnical University of Madrid..University of Valencia,…

AZIMUT Project: Offshore Wind Energy 2020Offshore Wind

OCEAN LIDER ProjectOBJECTIVE: Research in order to generate knowledge for

the development of breakthrough technologies necessary for the implementation of integrated facilities for the use of renewable ocean energy (wave, currents and hybrid systems: wave/wind and currents/wind).

LEADER: IBERDROLAPROJECT DURATION: 9/2009 – 12/2012ELIGIBLE BUDGET: 29.75 M€GRANT APPROUVED: 14.68 M€

Offshore Wind

Partnership:• IBERDROLA Ingenieria y coosntrucción SAU• ACCIONA Energía S.A.• AREVA• IGEOTEST• GMV Sistemas• IBAIA• IBERDROLA RENOVABLES• IDESA• INGETEAM• NORVENTO S.L.• NEM Solutions• OCEANTEC• PRAESENTIS S.L:• PROES• Prysmian Cables• SEAPLACE• SENER SISTEMAS

TECNOAMBIENTE• TAF• Vincinay Marine Innovations

OCEAN LIDER ProjectOffshore Wind

Project: MARINA Platform (Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform)

• The objective is to develop deepwater structures that can exploit the energy from wind, wave, tidal and ocean current energy sources.

• Budget: 12.8 M€ (Grant 8.7 M€)• Leader: Acciona Energy• Duration: Feb 2010- Dec 2014• Industrial Partners: DONG Energy (Denmark) and Statoil (Norway),

Technip (France), Progeco (Italy), Corrosion & Water Control (Netherlands), Bureau Veritas Nederland (Netherlands) and 1-Tech (Belgium).

• Technological centers: Tecnalia (Spain), Riso DTU (Denmark), and Fraunhofer IWES (Germany).

• Academia: NTNU (Norway), the University of Edinburgh (UnitedKingdom), University College Cork (Ireland), the École Central de Nantes (France), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), and the University do Algarve (Portugal).

Offshore Wind

HiPRWind project• Project with the objective to develop specific

elements to support floating structures for offshore turbines installed in high wind power platforms, constitutes a research umbrella that comprises the FP7 European Union funding for the HiPRWind project by itself, and also co-funding by the Spanish government through the project titled “FLOATING WINDTURBINE STRUCTURE: Specific elements that allow a floating Wind Turbine”.

• This project gives additional support for some validation tests, mainly basin tests and also some research and development in areas not contemplated or funded by the FP7 HiPRWind project

Offshore Wind

FLOATGEN Project• Demonstration of three floating wind turbine systems for

power generation in Mediterranean deep waters. • Budget: 36.5 M€ (grant 18,6 M€ UE)• Duration: 2012-2015• Leader: GAMESA• Other partners: Alstom Wind, Acciona Windpower,

,Navantia, Blue H Technologies, University of Stuttgart, OlavOlsen, Fraunhofer-IWES, RskEnvironment, Greenovate!Europe

Offshore Wind

INFLOW Project

• INdustrialization setup of a Floating Offshore Wind turbine

• Leader : Technip (France)• Partners: DTU, Frauhofer-IWES,

Alston Wind, Vincinay Cadenas, • Deployment of a novel design commercial

size floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) in the Mediterranean Sea near Marseille.

OFFSHOREVAWT?

Offshore Wind

NEPTUNE Project (INNOENERGY)

• Development of a buoy with LIDAR for measure wind speed and direction up to 200 m height, waves and currents at different depths, in order to replace a met mast.

• Development of software for prediction of wind, waves and currents, combining existing meteorological and oceanographical models.

• The leader is IREC (Catalonia Institut for Energy Research) Partners are Gas Natural-Fenosa, Politechnical University of Catalonia, University of Stuttgart , Ciemat, LIN.

Wind Resources

Project• EERA-DTOC Design Tools for

Offshore Wind Farm Cluster”, January 2012 - June 2015

• The concept of the EERA-DTOC project is to combine gained expertise in a common integrated software tool for the optimised design of offshore wind farms and wind farm clusters acting as wind power plants.

The EERA-DTOC consortium is composed as follows:Technical University of Denmark (coordinator) - DTU Wind Energy, Denmark European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Belgium Fraunhofer - Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V - Fraunhofer, Germany Fundacion CENER-CIEMAT - CENER, Spain Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands - ECN, the Netherlands SINTEF Energi AS - SINTEF, Norway Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg - ForWind OL, Germany Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving - CRES, Greece Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Technologicas - CIEMAT, Spain Universidade de Porto - UPORTO, Portugal University of Strathclyde - Strath, United Kingdom The Trustees of Indiana University - IU, United States Collecte Localisation Satellites SA- CLS, France Statkraft Development AS - Statkraft, Norway Iberdrola SA- Iberdrola, Spain Statoil Petroleum AS - Statoil, Norway Overspeed GmbH & Co. KG- Overspeed, Germany Bard Engineering GmbH - BARD, Germany HEXICON AB- HEXICON, Sweden The Carbon Trust - Carbon Trust, United Kingdom E.ON Sverige AB- E. ON, Sweden Renewable Energy Systems Limited - RES, United Kingdom

Wind Resources

Offshore wind turbine

• Offshore prototype• Gamesa G-128 - 5 MW• Hub heigh: 154 m• Blades length and weight: 62.5 m / 15 T• Objective: Test for certification against the IEC 61400-3 Standard• Site: Aguinaga Port dock. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria island.• Commisioned in July 2013

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GAMESA• Mainstream 2/2.5 MW

• G97 and G114• Multi-MW 5/5.5 MW (on- and offshore)

• PMG and 2 stages planetary gear.• G132 and G144

• New G16X platform 7-8 MW being developed according to market needs

ACCIONA WINDPOWER• AW 116/ 3000 (IEC Class IIa)• AW 125/ 3000 (IEC Class III)

• For moderate winds• Steel/Concrete tower

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ALSTON WIND (Former ECOTECNIA)

• Haliade 150 - 6 MW(More than 100 M€ investment)• Direct Drive• Pure torque• PMG• Under test in Saint

Nazarie (France)

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Technology Small and Medium Wind

TURBEC 100NED 100 Dyna Flow K100

Garbí 200/28

Windspot 3.5 kW(SONKYO Energy)

ROBLE R6S370(BAIWIND)

Geo 4K(KLIUX Energies)

TechnoWIND

• Upwind three blade rotor• 100 kW rated power• 22 m rotor diameter• Direct Drive• Class III design (IEC 61400-1)• Pitch regulated• Variable speed (full converter)• Active yaw system• Hub height: 37 m

TechnologyMid Size WindNORVENTO - NED 100

TURBEC 100• Upwind three blade rotor• 100 kW at 10.5 m/s• 22.5 m rotor diameter• Class III design (IEC 61400-1)• Electrical Pitch regulated • Variable speed (full converter)• Active yaw system• Hub height: 36 m

TechnologyMid Size Wind

ADES 250• Downwind swinging one

blade rotor• 250 kW at 10.6 m/s• 34 m rotor diameter• Pitch regulated• Pendular drive train• Self oriented nacelle• Gearbox ratio: 15.67• Nacelle weight: 3.25 T

TechnologyMid Size Wind

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CECRETSO: COORDINATION CENTRE OF

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

• CECRE: REE Control Centre of Special Regime

• CC: Control Centre.

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A coordinated operation is important to guarantee wind energy integration

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CECRE: OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS

q Main function: To achieve a greater level of integration for renewable energy sources without compromising the system•s security.

m Improves security and effectiveness in the system•s operation.

m Allows substitution of permanent preventive criteria for real time production control.

m Real time risk assessment due to voltage dip wind generation losses.

m Calculation of Wind production limitations

m To filter limits for stable solutions in accordance with legislation.

GEMAS

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New more grid code operative procedureis on going (P12.2). Now under testin the Canary Islands grid.

Undesired situation: wind power curtailment after CECRE order (February, 22nd 2010 From 2:00 to 6:00 AM 2000 MW)

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Potential Collaborations

Bilateral agreements: (ERANETs, IBEROEKA..)• Spain:

– Spanish National R&D Plan

• UE: – New Frame Program: Horizont 2020– ALCUENET

• CYTED

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