Systems Engineering Workshop 2024
The 2024 Systems Engineering Workshop brought together experts and researchers to discuss advancements in wind energy systems engineering.
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) hosted the seventh Systems Engineering Workshop Dec. 3–4, 2024, followed on Dec. 5 by optional tours and code tutorials. The workshop was held at the Risø Campus located near the town of Roskilde. Researchers at NREL co-hosted and attended the in-person event, which saw a total of 75 participants traveling from all over the world.
Key sessions included:
- Political, social, and environmental considerations
- Upscaling perspectives across the full system, supply chain
- Innovation in turbine design, new concepts
- Floating wind
- Wind-based hybrid power plants
- Machine-learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital twins, digitalization.
See details from past Systems Engineering Workshops.
Meeting Agenda
View the full program agenda.
Dec. 3, 2024
Grand Challenges and Wind Energy Systems Engineering Beyond LCOE,
Katherine Dykes, Aegir Insights
Led by Thanasis Barlas
1.1 Combined Economic-Environmental Design of Offshore Wind Farms, Samuel Kainz, TUM
1.2 The Implications of Non-Price Criteria in Offshore Wind:
Carbon Footprint and Circularity, Aje Rihel Esgian
Led by Garrett Barter
2.1 Trade-Offs in Turbine Upsizing and Their Impact On Wind
Energy’s Commercial Future, Philipp Beiter, NREL
2.2 Wind Turbine Growth: Perspectives and De-Risk Strategies For Developers, Matteo Capaldo, Total Energies
2.3 Scaling New Heights: The Certification Perspective On Wind Turbine Growth, Johan Olaison, DNV
2.4 Wind Turbine Upscaling Perspectives and Floating Wind
Innovations, Kong Long, Ming Yang
Led by Kenneth Lønbæk
3.1 Beyond Power and Loads: Modeling the Impacts of Active Load Control and Wake Steering on CAPEX, OPEX, and LCOE, Todd Griffith, UT Dallas
3.2 Wind Turbine Flap Technology Development—From Laboratory To Full Scale Testing, Helge Aagaard Madsen, DTU
3.3 Beyond 15 MW for Generator Technology, Garrett Barter, NREL
3.4 The Hybrid-Lambda Rotor Design and Control Methodology-Enabling Low-Specific-Rating Offshore Wind Energy, Daniel Ribnitzky, U Oldenburg
Led by Frederik Zahle
4.1 The Future of Bladed, An Aero-Elastic Tool Designed For Automation and Use At Scale—How To Meet the Needs of the Modern Digital World Simulation, Diogo Samora Cerqueira, DNV
4.2 Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Under Uncertainty Using Graph-Based Modeling, John Hwang, University of California San Diego
Led by Frederik Zahle
5.1 Status of New International Energy Agency Task 55 Reference Wind Plant made of 22 MW Wind Turbines, Julian Quick, DTU, Samuel Kainz, TUM
5.2 WindIO Panel Discussion, Julian Quick, Kenneth Lønbæk, DTU
5.3 International Energy Agency Wind Task 57: Wind Energy Joint Assessment of Models (Wind JAM), Niels Troldborg, DTU
Dec. 4, 2024
Welcome, Frederik Zahle, DTU
System Integration—A Solution To Renewable Energy, José Blasques, Vattenfall
Led by Julian Quick
6.1 TWAIN: Advancing Wind Farm Control Through AI-Driven Multidisciplinary Process Modelling and Data Integration, Tuhfe Göçmen, DTU
6.2 Innovative Winds: Digital Twins and ML at Siemens Energy, Jeppe Funk Kirkegaard, SGRE
6.3 Generation of Synthetic SCADA Signals Using cGANs For Enhanced Wind Turbine Fault Detection and Prognosis, Ali Eftekhani Milani, TU Delft
6.4 U.S. Department of Energy Priorities For Investment in AI and Systems Engineering, Shreyas Ananthan, U.S. Department of Energy
Led by Thanasis Barlas
7.1 Holistic Design Experiences in Floating Wind Turbine, Michael Borg, Stiesdal
7.2 Optimizing Floating Wind Turbine Design: The Role of Tower Eigenfrequency in Dynamic Loads, Rafael Madureira, Principle Power
7.3 Optimization of FOWT Designs: QBlade in the WEIS, Robert Behrens de Luna, TU-Berlin
7.4 Validating Floating Wind O&M Numerical Models vs Real Data: Status, Approach and Outlook, Paul Watissee, PeakWind
Led by Garrett Barter
8.1 Plant Design System Engineering, Ewan Machefaux, Vestas
8.2 How We Engineer the System at Shell, Sebastian Sanchez, Shell
8.3 Floating Wind Array Ontology and Modeling Framework, Leah Sirkis, NREL
8.4 Towards Wind Farm Design Accounting For Uncertainties, Pierre Elouan Rethoré, DTU
Led by Julian Quick
9.1 Dispatchable Power From Wind: The Case of Baseload Hybrid Power Plants, Jenna Lori, TU Delft
9.2 HyDesign and Applications, Juan Pablo Murcia, DTU
9.3 Wind Turbine Design For Hydrogen Production, Jared Thomas, NREL
9.4 Designing Hybrid Power Plants, Michiel Goderie, Vattenfall
Led by Frederik Zahle
10.1 WEIS and FAST.Farm: Advancements Beyond Wind Turbine Aero-Elasticity, Jason Jonkman, NREL
10.2 From PyWake to Dynamiks, Mads Mølgaard, DTU
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Last Updated Feb. 25, 2025