Conference Programme WINDFORCE 2013
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1 p.m. Registration
1.30 p.m. Opening of Workboats in Water exhibition (vessels used in the offshore wind industry)
4 – 5 p.m. Coffee break, Foyer Conference Center, Atlantic Hotel Sail City
5 – 6 p.m. Opening of conference / Keynote speeches
7.30 – 11 p.m. Cocktail reception
Lectures:
1) Cost Reduction Pathways for Germany | |
Status of the cost reduction study of the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation with operators of wind farms and manufacturers of turbines and components
Company / Unternehmen: Stiftung Offshore Windenergie |
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2) Das Rammen kann die effizienteste Methode der Verankerung sein. | |
Dazu sind weitere Standardisierungen notwendig. Muss im Bereich Windkraft alles neu Erfunden werden? Ein Ausblick in andere Branchen aus Sicht von MENCK
Company: MENCK GmbH |
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3) Reducing costs | |
DONG Energy’s approach to industrialisation
Company: DONG Energy |
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4) Standardizing Offshore Installation Processes | |
Lessons Learned from London Array
Company: Siemens Wind Power |
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5) Lessons learned from the Big 6 | |
As the only installation provider to have worked on all six of the world’s largest offshore wind projects, A2SEA shares insights, sea stories, and best practices developed along the way.
Company: A2Sea |
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6) Offshore Windenergie – Kosten senken und Wert steigern. | |
Herausforderungen bei der Identifizierung und Umsetzung von Optimierungspotentialen aus Sicht eines Betreibers.
Company: Vattenfall Europe Windkraft GmbH BU Offshore Wind Projects |
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Lectures:
1) Service-Konzepte EnBW Baltic 1 und EnBW Baltic 2 und erste Betriebserfahrungen des Offshore-Windparks EnBW Baltic 1 | |
Company: EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH Speaker: Michael Boll Position: Leiter Betrieb Offshore |
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2) Sustainable methods for successful power cable installation | |
From planning and engineering up to the offshore installation works
Company: General Cable |
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3) Anholt Offshore Wind Farm | |
How to build Denmarks largest windfarm
Company: DONG Energy |
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4) Baustand und Projektverlauf vom OWP Riffgat | |
Company: EWE VERTRIEB GmbH Speaker: Wilfried Hube Position: Leiter Assetmanagement Wind Ressort Erneuerbare Energien |
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5) Thornton Bank Phase II and III | |
Experiences in execution of the world’s first offshore Windfarm of the 6MW+ class
Company: REpower Systems SE |
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6) Hochtief for GT1: LessonsLearned/Industrial Tripod installation | |
Foundation Installation for Offshore Wind Farms
Company: HOCHTIEF Solutions AG –
Civil Engineering Marine and Offshore |
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Lectures:
1) Condition Monitoring of Rotor Blades: Approaches, Algorithms, Experiences | |
Company: Bosch Rexroth Monitoring GmbH Speaker: John Reimers |
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2) From laboratory to field measurements for wind turbine condition monitoring | |
Future trends and challenges in the development of methods
Company: Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES) |
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3) CMS-basierte Restlebensdauerschätzung für WEA-Triebstrangkomponenten | |
Company: Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik (IWES) Abteilung Antriebs- und Systemtechnik Speaker: Katharina Fischer Position: Senior Scientist |
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4) Condition und Structural Health Monitoring – Bausteine eines integralen Überwachungskonzeptes für Windenergieanlagen | |
Company: Wölfel Beratende Ingenieure GmbH + Co. KG Speaker: Carsten Ebert |
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5) Asset Condition Monitoring for Offshore Wind Turbines | |
Learning from the offshore oil industry
Company: GMA Group / Mistras |
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6) Foundation Monitoring – An Overview of Methods and Measurement Solutions | |
Company: Airwerk Speaker: Jens Krieger (1), Jörg Bendfeld (2) Position: Technical Director |
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7) Communication Offshore – Online between Sender and Receiver | |
An overview about communication offshore, interdisciplinary as well as technical challenges
Company: DOC Deutsche Offshore Consult |
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Lectures:
1) Life Cycle Cost Reduction through new Thermal Sprayed Coatings | |
Thermal Sprayed Coatings: a new generation of corrosion protection systems for Offhsore Windenergy Structures
Company: International Zinc Association |
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2) Innovative Logistiksysteme zur Reduzierung der Stromentstehungskosten | |
Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten des Bereichs BLG WindEnergy Logistics der BLG Logistics Group
Company: BLG Logistics Solutions GmbH & Co KG |
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3) Challenging the elements of nature for OWF construction | |
OWF construction
Company: GeoSea |
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4) Serial Production of Lattice Structures for Foundation of Offshore Wind Turbines | |
Company: WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction Georgsmarienhütte Speaker: Dr. Sigurd Weise Position: Manager R&D |
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5) Der Einfluss des Marine Warranty Surveyors auf den Baufortschritt | |
Praktische Erfahrungen im Zusammenhang mit Anforderungen der Versicherer an Überwachung einerseits und eines effizienten Projektmanagements und zügigen Baufortschritts andererseits
Company: Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG |
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Lectures:
1) Installing the first Haliade 6MW-150 offshore in the North sea winter | |
Testing new tools and installation procedures to reduce cost of electricity
Company: Alstom |
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2) Investing in innovation for offshore wind turbines – Challenges and opportunities | |
Company: AREVA Wind Speaker: Jean Huby Position: CEO |
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3) Siemens 6.0-MW, the new standard for offshore | |
Producing more cost efficient energy
Company: Siemens Wind Power A/S |
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4) Two-bladed, yaw controlled wind turbines – lowering the offshore cost of energy. | |
Company: Condor Wind Energy Speaker: Martin Jakubowski |
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Lectures:
1) Offshore Foundation Drilling – OFD® | |
Gründung von Offshore WEA-Fundamenten mit neuer Bohrtechnik
Company: Herrenknecht AG |
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2) Environmental Impact Assessment for Conversation Interests in Offshore Wind Farms | |
Planning with current methods and improvements through automation of procedures
Company: IMARE – Institut für Marine Ressourcen GmbH / Institute for Marine Resources GmbH |
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3) Mitigation of offshore piling noise | |
Offshore application of Hydro Sound Dampers (HSD)
Company: TU Braunschweig, Institut für Grundbau und Bodenmechanik |
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4) Kolk | |
Company: DOTI Speaker: Position: |
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Location: REpower Systems SE, Fischereihafen Bremerhaven
Lectures:
1) SWASH@A&R – yet another innovative vessel by Abeking & Rasmussen | |
A unique vessel design meeting todays and tommorows demand for safe and high-productive crew transfer vessels.
Company: Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft Aktiengesellschaft |
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2) Operational Performance of the Twin Axe 2610 | |
Design review
Company: Damen Shipyards Group |
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3) Windfarm Installation Vessel propelled by Innovative Propulsion Units | |
Experience with A2SEA’s latest new building and outlook on future installation concepts
Company: A2SEA Germany |
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4) Newbuilding experience from a classification perspective | |
Sharing first hand experience to facilitate future vessel projects
Company: Germanischer Lloyd GL |
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5) Fr. Fassmer Innovative Solutions based on proven experience | |
From Offshore Vessels to Smart Access Systems
Company: FR. FASSMER Speaker 1: Thomas Boekholt Speaker 2: Thomas Sass |
Lectures:
1) Netzanbindung von Offshore-Windparks – Aktueller Stand | |
Company: Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie Speaker: Jörg Kuhbier Position: Vorstand |
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2) Haftungsregelung und Systemwechsel für den Anschluss von Offshorewindparks | |
Wie viel Beschleunigung bringt das neue Gesetz?
Company: TenneT Offshore GmbH |
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3) Dynamic braking systems for offshore HVDC transmission | |
Options and challenges
Company: Alstom Grid – Power Electronics Activity |
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4) An Integrated Approach to Assessing Emergency Anchoring Risks to Subsea Power Cables | |
De-risking offshore wind
Company: Intertek |
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5) Converting power into revenue | |
Using your legal leverage
Company: DONG Energy |
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6) Subsea Cable Design | |
Comparison between copper and aluminium conductors for medium and high voltage subsea cables for offshore windfarm projects
Company: RWE Innogy GmbH |
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Lectures:
1) Offshore Windpark Exploration and Surveying – Innovations and Trends | |
Innovationen und Trends in der Offshore Windpark Erkundung und Vermessung
Company: Fi. Geo-Engineering, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences University Bremen |
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2) Seismische Baugrunderkundung für Offshore Windparks in Nord- und Ostsee | |
Vorstellung eines speziell für diesen Anwendungsfall neuentwickelten mehrkanalseismischen Messystem
Company: Fraunhofer IWES |
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3) Time saving innovation – Vibro hammer PVE 300M used as Lifting accessory and piling tool | |
Technical point of view towards product certification process – TÜV SÜD, Department Offshore Wind Energy certified the complex hammer machine as Lifting Accessory
Company: TÜV SÜD IS – Department of Offshore Wind Energy |
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4) Innovative Offshore HVDC Converter Platform Concept | |
How to manufacture and lift topsides with over 15,000 tons?
Company: IMPaC OFFSHORE ENGINEERING GmbH |
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5) Experimentelle und numerische Ergebnisse zum Seegangsverhalten und zum Dynamischen Positionieren (DP) von Schiffen mit Voith Schneider Propellern (VSP) | |
Technische Lösungen zur Vergrößerung des Einsatzfensters von Schiffen in Offshore Windparks
Company: Voith Turbo |
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6) momac Offshore Access System MOTS 500 | |
Erste Erfahrungen aus dem Langzeitest im EnBW OWP Baltic 1
Company: momac |
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Panel discussion at two vessels:
The market for Crew Transfer Vessel for the offshore wind industry is growing fast and moving further offshore. Is there a need for internationally harmonized safety regulations?
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Lectures:
1) Erste Offshore-Serienschaden-Versicherung schließt brisante Deckungslücke | |
Munich Re sichert Garantien von Repower ab
Company: Munich Re |
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2) The “Real” Capital Expenditures | |
How Various Risk Events Will Change Your Project Costs
Company: GL Garrad Hassan |
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3) Butendiek Projekt Finanzierung | |
Company: wpd offshore Speaker: Achim Berge Position: Geschäftsführer |
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4) The new „Energiewirtschaftsgesetz“ – how to explain? | |
Key Factors for a successful realization
Company: Marsh GmbH |
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Lectures:
1) Erfolgreiche Offshore Installations-Kampagnen | |
Die Session wird die wesentlichen Treiber und Erfolgsfaktoren für Offshore Wind Installationsprojekte beleuchten. Schwerpunkt ist die Beschreibung der technisch-kommerziell optimalen Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Offshore Installations-Kampagnen. Dabei werden Vergleiche gezogen mit der Öl- und Gasindustrie sowie interessante Einblicke gegeben in die Rolle des GL als unabhängiger Dienstleister in diesem Bereich.
Company: GL Noble Denton Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH |
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2) Far shore versus near shore | |
Comparison of a German far shore and near shore wind farm
Company: Siemens Wind Power A/S |
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3) Der Zugang zur Offshore-Plattform als Schlüsselfaktor innerhalb der Prozesskette Betrieb eines Offshore Windparks | |
Ergebnisse aus den Expertenfachgruppen des WAB Arbeitskreises Service & Betrieb.
Company: WAB Arbeitskreis Service und Betrieb |
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Company: Deutsche WindGuard Speaker: |
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Lectures:
1) The monopile is dead – Long live the monopile! | |
Latest developments for large diameter turbines in the North Sea
Company: REpower Systems SE |
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2) Erfahrungen beim Bau eines Kolkschutzes für einen Offshore Windpark aus Sicht eines Bauunternehmens | |
Der Vortrag zeigt die verschiedene Phasen eines „Design and Build“ Vertrages von der Präqualifikation über die Vergabe bis hin zur Realisierung eines Kolkschutzes mit Natursteinen, aus Sicht des Bauunternehmens.
Company: Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau GmbH |
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3) An optimized support structure for the 10 MW NOWITECH reference turbine | |
Company: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Speaker: Michael Muskulus Position: Vice-Chair NOWITECH Scientific Committee Vice-President European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) |
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Seeing offshore wind energy LIVE – ship excursion to wind farms in the North Sea
Departure: 6 a.m. from Hamburg, 9 a.m. from Cuxhaven
Arrival: approximately 6.30 p.m. in Cuxhaven, approximately 9 p.m. in Hamburg
Shuttle bus: Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven
Shuttle bus: Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Bremen