Description du projet
Un avenir durable pour les fermes éoliennes flottantes
Dans le cadre de la constante recherche d’énergies renouvelables, l’énergie éolienne offshore est confrontée à des défis, notamment à celui du déploiement d’éoliennes flottantes (EF) à grande échelle. Des composants encombrants, une recyclabilité limitée et l’impact sur l’environnement entravent les progrès. Dans cette optique, le projet MADE4WIND, financé par l’UE, se propose de développer et de tester des composants innovants pour une EF de 15 MW. Plus précisément, le projet proposera de nouvelles conceptions et techniques de fabrication. Il s’agira notamment de percées dans le domaine des matériaux légers, de la recyclabilité et d’outils logiciels avancés qui promettent un avenir durable à l’énergie éolienne en mer. En collaboration avec des experts du monde universitaire, de sociétés de conseil et de l’industrie, MADE4WIND entend initier le déploiement massif de parcs éoliens flottants de plus de 15 MW à l’échelle mondiale, inaugurant un avenir durable.
Objectif
MADE4WIND aims to develop and test innovative components' concepts for a 15MW offshore Floating Wind Turbine (FWT) consisting of new designs and manufacturing techniques for blades, substructure, and drivetrain.
The main results obtained in the project will be:
- Novel FWT component design (and validation at reduced-scale): Lighter and recyclable WT blades; Improved TLP substructure (including lightweight floater concept, smaller gravity anchor and lighter tendons); and Improved drivetrain design (by a Compact generator with less rare-earths, and more reliable converter).
- New material applications: new blade toughening material; new concrete; and Aluminum rebars for floating substructure.
- New manufacturing processes: Preform for manufacturing blades.
- Recyclability/Reuse of composites from Blades, concrete from substructure, and Aluminum rebars.
- New software tools: Novel maintenance strategy and remote control systems; Improved modelling tool for LCoE analysis; Virtual model of 15MW FWT.
- Guidelines: Integrated sustainability assessment; Biodiversity protection strategy; Training pathways for offshore wind local industry; Position paper with Offshore Wind stakeholders.
These innovations will jointly allow future FWT to include new circular lightweight materials, minimize the impact of sea habitats, increase operational availability, reduce maintenance needs and minimize LCoE; thus, unlocking the massive deployment of >15MW floating WFs in Europe and worldwide.
Partners' expertise will be key for project success, as they cover different expertise along the offshore wind value chain: Academia (SINTEF, AAU, NTNU, IFEU), consultancy (ZABALA), material suppliers (Norsk Hydro, Fibertex), WT components manufacturers (Acciona, Ingeteam, Indar) and WT manufacturer (Siemens-Gamesa). Moreover, in addition to partners' research skills, MADE4WIND proposes a strong dissemination plan, clustering with relevant Offshore Wind stakeholders, to maximise future impacts.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
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