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The project partners are developing innovative methods and business models for the recycling of rotor blades. Horizon Europe, 01/2023 – 12/2026
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The project partners are developing an economically feasible disposal strategy allowing as high a recycling quota as possible and thereby enabling a sustainable circular economy. BMBF, 10/2021 - 06/2022
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The main focus of the joint "Smart Blades" project is developing intelligent rotor blades for future turbine generations. Smart-Blade technologies cause researchers to expect a considerable reduction in the loads, which affect rotor blades. This enables an aerodynamically optimized and lighter design of wind energy turbines so that less material will be used for turbine construction. Through design changes cost savings for material and logistics can be achieved and the turbine’s service life increased. BMWi, 12/2012 - 02/2016
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OneWind models and software from Fraunhofer IWES Northwest are combined with the tools and models of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which are already established in aeronautics, in a multi-disciplinary simulation environment. BMWi, 01/2014 - 03/2017
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The research activities in this project are aimed at developing in-situ techniques for aiding vibration piling technology. Installation of large, so-called XL monopiles using vibration techniques can accelerate installation work, considerably reduce noise emissions, and minimize the pile damage caused by installation work. However, only very little is known at present about the effects of vibrations on soil properties, soil structure, and the final pile bearing capacity. Hence, the focus of this project is on investigating and clarifying these effects by means of site investigation prior pile installation and pile monitoring campaigns. BMWi, 10/2015 – 09/2018
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The project is supposed to improve installation methods for offshore wind turbines and to stimulate the use of noise-reduced vibration for pile driving. The focus is on the physical causes of the set-up effect observed at both - rammed and vibration-driven piles. BMWK, 11/2017 – 11/2021
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The project partners are investigating possibilities for reducing large-scale wake effects of offshore wind farms and developing recommendations for action for authorities and industry. BMWK, 05/2023 – 04/2026
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Rotor blades are still made almost completely by hand. In the “BladeMaker“ project, Fraunhofer IWES scientists, industrial and research partners are searching for automation solutions in order to make the manufacture of rotor blades more cost effective, quicker and with a higher quality. BMWi, 10/2012 - 03/2018
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The project partners improve the model-based assessment of the remaining lifetime of wind turbines using a machine learning based correction in the simulation algorithm. BMBF, 11/2022 – 10/2025
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Within the project, we will extend a reference architecture for digital twins in such a way that it can represent modularity and take into account modifications incorporated into the system. The developed procedures are applied by estimating the residual service life of components and put to the test on the Adwen AD 8-180 research turbine. VGB-Forschungsstiftung, 07/2021 - 06/2022
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