General Structure
As with any IEA Task, the Operating Agent will be responsible for the management of the Task and is acting as the single point of contact of the task with the IEA Wind Executive Committee (ExCo). In addition, an Advisory Board with key experts from academia and industry will assist the Operating Agent to align the workshop topics to actual needs and to keep the Task useful for the whole community. The workshops will be organized by Workshop Leaders (WL) familiar with the topic and by the Operating Agent.
Operating Agent
The Operating Agent is the executive body on the task level.
Tasks and responsibilities of the Operating Agent are:
- Act as the single point of contact of the task with the IEA.
- Decision for location, time, and content of general meeting.
- Decisions for workshops topics and nomination of workshop leaders.
- Collecting, reviewing and submitting information on the progress of the task, reports and financial statements to the IEA: Compilation of the annual progress and of the contribution to the Annual IEA Wind Report.
- Supervision on dissemination of results: Responsible for newsletter and homepage.
- Organization of the general meetings and Advisory Board meetings, chairing the meetings, preparing the minutes of the Advisory Board meetings.
- Organization of the workshops in collaboration with the workshop leaders.
Stuttgart Wind Energy
University Of Stuttgart
Research in
- testing and measurement
- conceptual design and system simulation
- control, optimization and monitoring
Representative
David Schlipf
SWE - University of Stuttgart
Sector: Academia
Fields of Expertise: Feed Forward Control of Wind Turbines, Control of Floating Wind Turbines
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Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is the supportive body for the decision-making of the task. The Advisory Board consists of experts from academia and industry selected by the Operating Agent with a strong expertise in at least one of the four considered applications.
Tasks and responsibilities of the Advisory Board Members are:
- Advise on decisions for location, time, and content of general meeting.
- Advise on decisions for workshops topics and nomination of workshop leaders.
- Overall progress control against task objectives and recommendations on modifications if deemed necessary.
- Recommendation on integration of new experts to the board.
Julia Gottschall
Fraunhofer IWES
Sector: Academia
Fields of Expertise: Floating lidars
Focus Application: Site Assessment
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Andy Clifton
WindForS
Sector: Academia
Fields of Expertise: Wind resource measurements, lidar R&D
Focus Application: Site Assessment
Nicolai Gayle Nygaard & Ameya Sathe
DONG Energy
Sector: End User
Fields of Expertise: Wind resource measurements, wake measurements, turbulence measurements
Focus Application: Site Assessment & Loads and Control
Detlef Stein & Luke Simmons
DNV GL
Sector: Certification
Fields of Expertise: wind resource measurements, power performance assessment
Focus Application: Site Assessment & Power Performance
Rozenn Wagner
DTU
Sector: Academia
Fields of Expertise: Power curves, standards for power performance assessment
Focus Application: Power Performance
Ioannis Antoniou
Siemens Wind Power
Sector: Turbine Manufacturer
Fields of Expertise: Power curves
Focus Application: Power Performance
Eric Simley
Envision Energy
Sector: Turbine Manufacturer
Fields of Expertise: lidar-assisted control, wind evolution
Focus Application: Loads and Control
Dhiraj Arora
GE Renewable Energy
Sector: Turbine Manufacturer
Fields of Expertise: Wind turbine control
Focus Application: Loads and Control
Davide Trabucchi
Forwind
Sector: Academia
Fields of Expertise: Wake measurements, scanning lidars
Focus Application: Complex Flow
Peter Clive
SgurrEnergy
Sector: Consultant
Fields of Expertise: Scanning lidars, standards for power performance assessments
Focus Application: Complex Flow