The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) in the UK has teamed up with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in a research partnership aimed at developing new offshore wind technologies
The partnership initially consists of three PhD projects, each focusing on a different aspect of offshore wind development, including the simulation of floating offshore wind turbine systems, design optimisation of these systems, and environmental concerns.
The three projects include:
Each project will run for 42 months. The results will inform approaches to offshore wind development and maintenance that have the potential to bring real improvements to current processes as well as cost savings to industry.
Each PhD project is valued at £84,000 (US$106,000) and is co-funded by ORE Catapult, NDC and the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Marcin Kapitaniak and Professor Richard Neilson from the University of Aberdeen are co-ordinating the projects at the NDC in Newburgh.
The Offshore Wind Journal Conference will be held 14 June 2022. Details and tickets can be found here
