Launch of the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab - Sirris.

1. #OWI_lab
your host today
the collective centre of the Belgian technological industry

2. Welcome wind energy industry !
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3. Programme for today
• 17h00-17h20 Introduction by Sirris: Herman Derache, Director at Sirris
• 17h25-17h55 Presentation industry: Dr. Jan Declercq, Chief Business
Development Officer, CG Holdings Belgium and President of the
Renewable Energy Club (powered by Agoria)
• 18h00-18h30 Presentation Haven Antwerpen: Marc Van Peel, Antwerp’s
Alderman for the Port and Albert Pegg, Senior Advisor for the Antwerp
Port Authority
• 18h30-19h00 Presentation ‘Offshore wind energy research and
development’: Norbert Giese - Senior Vice President Business Unit
Offshore of REpower Systems AG
• 19h00-21h00 Networking / walking dinner
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4. Sirris, the collective centre of
the technology industry, since 1949
To help companies implement
technological innovations
Federation Collective centre
for the technology industry of the technology industry
• Nonprofit organisation
• Industry owned
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5. Sirris mission statement in practice,
helping companies:
1. Making the right technological choices
for sustainable economical growth
2. Translating new technologies in
tangible products
value innovation
Taking into account the business through
& technology strategy of the company technology
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6. Sirris, Facts & figures in 2011
> 130 technology experts spread over 6 sites in the 3 regions
Leuven
Mechatronics
Technology Coaching
Ghent Sirris Leuven Composites Application Lab
Materials Engineering
Brussels Hasselt
Software Engineering & ICT
Materials Engineering
Technology Coaching
Production Technology
Charleroi Smart Coating Application Lab
Additive
Manufacturing
Liège 5000 interventions per year
Additive Manufacturing in 1840 different companies
Materials Engineering
Sirris Microfabrication Application Lab
Of which 75% for SME’s
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7. Sirris, Facts & figures in 2012
> 130 technology experts spread over 8 sites in the 3 regions
Offshore Antwerp
Wind turbine monitoring Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab
Dedicated Measurement campaigns
Leuven
Mechatronics
Technology Coaching
Ghent Sirris Leuven Composites Application Lab
Materials Engineering
Brussels Hasselt
Software Engineering & ICT
Materials Engineering
Technology Coaching
Production Technology
Charleroi Smart Coating Application Lab
Additive
Manufacturing
Liège
Additive Manufacturing
Materials Engineering
Sirris Microfabrication Application Lab
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8. What does Sirris mean to you?
from individual innovation services
to cooperative research programs
Large partnernetwork – Optimized projectfinancing (public&private)
Intellectual property owned by the client company
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9. 6 domains of competence &
4 industrial application labs
•Materials Engineering •Additive Manufacturing
•Production Technology •Software Engineering & ICT
•Mechatronics •Technology Coaching
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10. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application Lab
Introduction
Aiming for efficient and reliable
offshore wind energy
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11. But… first some history !
First wind turbine
‘industrial’ power First OFFSHORE
Global wind turbine wind farm (DE)
generator (Dane La Cour) market sets off (oil crisis)
4000 BC 1891 1970 1991
First ‘wind turbine’
- Pumping water
- Grinding grain
-…
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12. And history from BELGIUM !
Project with
First wind farm Turbowinds:
Selection materials
Start-up HMZ in Belgium
(1986 - Zeebrugge)
for low tempratures OWI-Lab
WindMaster Flemish high tech Launch
(Sint-truiden)
1978 1979 1980 1985 1986 1995 2001 2005 2008 2009 2010 2012
Test center
VUB HMZ:
(Jette) World market Start-up
Leader WTG’s Project with OWI-Lab
Turbowinds: Proposal
Measurement OWI submitted
Pitchable blades
system tor
as innovative deformation of
to Flemish
technology windturbine blade government
Interest in
wind turbine
market
Turbowinds
Takes over HMZ
(Genk)
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13. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application lab
 OWI-Project initiated by Generaties
 Budget: €5,5M (€4,8M flemish gov funded)
 Partners:
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14. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application lab
OBJECTIVES/SCOPE:
1. Invest in state-of-the-art test, and monitoring hardware &
software (=start up R&D infrastructure)
(Local companies lack access to test infrastructure and datasets to support and accelerate
their innovation process)
2. Cluster academic wind energy research projects
(Maximize the potential covered by local academia)
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15. Offshore Wind Infrastructure
Application lab
OBJECTIVES/SCOPE:
3. Cluster local wind energy players (whole value chain)
(Promoting & unlocking the clustering potential of local players  need of a ecosystem)
4. Start-up new innovation projects: FP7, SBO, O&O, Commercial,…
(comprising the whole value chain)
(to meet the challenges of the industry: reliability & cost effectiveness)
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16. 4 action lines
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20. Large cold climate chamber
 Unique test infrastructure in EU !
 Focus: accelerated lifetime testing /cold starts
 Max dimensions test object : 10m x 8m x 7m
 Max weight test object: 150 tons
 Temperature range: -60°C  +60°C
 Integrated 1,4 MW drive & high power supply
 Location: Port of Antwerp (Churchill dock: breakbulk terminal)
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21. Automotive sector  role model for wind energy sector
We invite you to the opening
of the climate chamber
in September 2012
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23. At this moment Belwind already cooperates with OWI for a
structural health monitoring measurement campaign, with very
interesting results. It is inspiring to see how all involved partners
can benefit from such knowledge build-up: Belwind and their
suppliers to learn about the behavior and performance of their wind
turbines, OWI in the fact that they get access to a real offshore wind
farm environment.
Frank Coenen, CEO Belwind
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25. OWI-Lab offering
 Access to test and monitoring infrastructure
available to local and European companies.
 Set-up and enable R&D projects
 Dedicated innovation projects
 Shared R&D
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26. Need for more information?
Pieter Jan Jordaens Website:
Project Leader Sustainability http://www.owi-lab.be/
Mobile: +32/491 345382
pieterjan.jordaens@sirris.be @OWI_lab
Group: Offshore Wind
Infrastructure
Application Lab
(OWI-Lab)
Stefan Milis
Coordinator Sustainability department Sirris
Mobile : +32/498 919383
stefan.milis@sirris.be
Christof Devriendt
Scientific research coordinator
Mobile: +32/477 412049
christof.devriendt@vub.ac.be
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27. Programme for today
• 17h00-17h20 Introduction by Sirris: Herman Derache, Director at Sirris
• 17h25- 17h55 Presentation industry: Dr. Jan Declercq, Chief Business
Development Officer, CG Holdings Belgium and President of the
Renewable Energy Club (powered by Agoria)
• 18h00-18h30 Presentation Haven Antwerpen: Marc Van Peel, Antwerp’s
Alderman for the Port and Albert Pegg, Senior Advisor for the Antwerp
Port Authority
• 18h30-19h00 Presentation ‘Offshore wind energy research and
development’: Norbert Giese - Senior Vice President Business Unit
Offshore of REpower Systems AG
• 19h00-21h00 Networking / walking dinner

28. Thank you!
Aiming for efficient and reliable
offshore wind energy
#OWI_lab