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Offshore wind energy has gone through tremendous developments in recent years. Innovation was a key driver for its success. If offshore wind wants to make a lasting contribution to the energy transition, the sector must continue to innovate. David de Jager of GROW - a consortium with a joint research program in offshore wind - gives you in this podcast series an impression of the key research and innovations that will shape the future of offshore wind.

  1. JAN 24

    17. The world is your oyster

    It's all about a safe tool for repair of rotor blades. Imagine that your wind turbine is installed offshore and provides significant amounts of wind energy. But then, one of the wind turbine's blades requires maintenance, or worse, gets damaged. You cannot simply take your ladder and climb up there to make the repairs like you would at home. So, Jeroen Tol and Wouter Kloppenburg from Ampelmann introduce their bright-blue “Puffer” in their production hall in Rotterdam harbour, a kind of oyster or mussel that folds around a rotor blade where you can safely stand in to do your repairs. Have a look at our web magazine at https://grow-to-go.nl/202501-the-world-is-your-oyster

    24 min

  2. 10/04/2024

    16. Dare to share

    Optimise the usage of space at the North Sea The North Sea seems empty, but nothing could be further from the truth. The sea is divided into parts, and each part has its destination, such as fishing, shipping routes, nature protection, mining, defence, etc. So, since the available space is limited, we need to work together if we want to tap into the vast potential of offshore wind energy. Listen to the podcast with Antonios Emmanouil and Sharon Tatman of Deltares and David de Jager of GROW. They talk about the multi-use of the North Sea in the Atlantic Basin facility at knowledge institute Deltares. https://grow-to-go.nl/202410-dare-to-share

    27 min

  3. 06/04/2024

    15. Get down on it!

    Introducing a revolutionary connection design that is set to transform the monopile installation process – and morePresenting a simple yet revolutionary way to install monopiles, endorsed by industry leaders. Jan van der Tempel, CEO at Delft Offshore Turbine, and Sander Suur, design manager at Van Oord, share their insights on the simplicity and success of the slip joint technology in offshore wind.Have a look at our web magazine at https://grow-to-go.nl/get-down-on-it

    25 min

  4. 12/14/2023

    14. On the rocks

    Rocks barely sound interesting, yet they are essential for the stability of wind turbine foundations. After all, they are used to prevent the erosion of sand around the monopile. Currently, the installation process of the scour protection requires three steps. Therefore, the Optimising Pile Installation through Scour protection (OPIS) project is researching how to improve this process. The research is well underway, and its researchers are nothing but “optimistic”. Listen to the podcast with Ton Peters and Cihan Cengiz of Deltares and David de Jager of GROW. Find out more: https://grow-to-go.nl/202312-opis

    23 min

  5. 08/31/2023

    13. Solid as a rock

    Extreme conditions… in an extremely short timeframe The Tubular Pile Pull-out Testing (TPPT) project impressively manages to mimic the conditions at sea for open tubular piles used for the mooring of floating wind turbines. Jan Kenkhuis explains: “Can we use open tubular piles for anchoring large floating wind turbines to keep the floating wind turbines on location in a harsh environment? That’s what we are testing here. We are actually simulating at this moment a storm condition. A serious storm, because that’s what we design for. Calm weather days are not really a concern.” https://grow-to-go.nl/202308-tppt

    23 min

  6. 04/21/2023

    12. Shaken AND Stirred

    One ring to install monopiles faster, cheaper, and more silently. You’d expect the fabrication of equipment for the installation of large monopiles for offshore wind turbines to occur in or near a harbour close to the North Sea. But, instead, Hein van Opstal, Charlotte van Verseveld and Rob Sprij, all working at GBM Works, can be found at the firm Kersten in Wanssum, Limburg, next to the Maas river. And not just on any day: they are here to see their jet-ring design become a reality today. A jet-ring is welded into a monopile section, which will later be part of a 13,4-meter-long monopile. And two of these monopiles will be extensively tested in an onshore test as part of the SIMOX project. Have a look at our web magazine at Shaken AND Strirred

    20 min

  7. 02/01/2023

    11. Rainspotting

    Developing the ultimate weather atlas for rain and wind in the North Sea A meeting with Iratxe Gonzalez Aparicio and Harald van der Mijle Meijer at the beach near Bergen aan Zee in the Netherlands on a sunny January day in 2023. To talk about rain and wind in the North Sea. Why? Because the PROWESS project is investigating the relationship between rainfall at the North Sea and the observed damage to rotor blades in existing wind farms. Iratxe and Harald know quite well how raindrops can damage the blade if they collide with the blade at high speed, but a complete correlated dataset of rainfall on the one hand and wind speed and direction on the other is not available. In PROWESS, a precipitation atlas will be made for the Dutch part of the North Sea, and this will be compared with erosion data from existing wind farms. https://grow-to-go.nl/202302-prowess

    18 min

  8. 11/17/2022

    10. Getting to the bottom of things

    Testing with piles in water and sand to understand the soil around monopiles. It sounds like a beautiful beach day: playing around with water and sand in an environment that cannot be taunted by rain. But doing so can result in more than just sandcastles. As the size of offshore wind turbines increases, monopiles get bigger as well. New installation technologies are currently being investigated, further developed, and tested in the SIMOX (Sustainable Installation of XXL Monopiles) R&D project. The aim is to enable the installation (and decommissioning) of future XXL monopiles in the North Sea sands. And all of this in a sustainable, cost-effective, societally, and environmentally acceptable manner. https://grow-to-go.nl/202211-Getting-to-the-bottom of things

    23 min
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Offshore wind energy has gone through tremendous developments in recent years. Innovation was a key driver for its success. If offshore wind wants to make a lasting contribution to the energy transition, the sector must continue to innovate. David de Jager of GROW - a consortium with a joint research program in offshore wind - gives you in this podcast series an impression of the key research and innovations that will shape the future of offshore wind.

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    2021 - 2025
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