Technology and innovation for the high-potential wind energy market
DAY 1
Introduction
- Facts and figures.
- How wind turbines work.
- Basic concepts.
- Exercises and group work.
Wind turbine design
- Introduction to wind turbine desgin and standarts.
- Electrical concepts and examples.
- Composites and blade design.
Wind farm design
- Introduction to wind farm desgin and standarts.
- Monitoring of wind farms.
DAY 2
Technological challenges and solutions
- State-of-the-art wind energy technology.
- Technological trends: challenges and solutions.
- Group work.
Innovation insights from the wind energy community
- Wind energy asset management.
- Wind farm planning.
- Wind project financing.
- The future of wind energy in Brazil.
- Trends in the global wind energy.
Lecturers
- Dr. Sarah Barber, Programme Leader Wind Energy, IET/OST
- Dr. Imad Abdallah, Senior Scientist, Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring, ETH Zurich
- Dr. Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Senior Scientist, EPFL
- Guest speakers from the Swiss and global wind energy industry
Information
Daily Programme
08:00 - 08:30 Arrival and coffee
08:30 - 12:00 Seminar (with coffee break)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 16:30 Seminar (with coffee break)
Target audience
This seminar is suitable for all people and organisations who are active in the Swiss and global wind energy industry or want to get involved in the high-potential wind energy market. Costs CHF 1‘300 (CHF 650 for students).
Location
Zurich
Costs
CHF 1‘300 (CHF 650 for students)