Wind Energy Costs: Toward a Zero-Subsidy Era?

We are a team of professional researchers, engineers, economists, environmentalists, PhD and master students working on technologies to help exploit one of the most economical and technologically mature renewable sources of electricity generation: wind.

Our research focuses on the following themes:

• wind power project developmentn and management optimization.
• lean and knowledge sharing in wind power investments.
• industrial interent of things in wind power investments.
• operation and maintenance advancements.
• wind power forecasting systems development and applications.
• the wind resource in coastal and offshore areas under fluctuating atmospheric stability conditions and extreme wind speed phenomena.
• wind energy storage technologies as integrator for wind power within the electrical grid. with particular emphasis on smart grid systems.
• modelling wind power plants combined with solar power systems to establish technical and financial feasibility, environmental compatibility and grid integration;
• multi-agent distributed control of renewables in smart grids.
• advanced control - condition monitoring of wind energy conversion systems to mitigate the O&M costs and ensure ecosystem biodiversity.

The Group aims to:

• provide a forum for networking among independent researchers so that they can share ideas, experiences and problems
• provide opportunities for collaboration and shared workload when required
• facilitate professional development through information exchange, discussion and education about market and social research issues, latest techniques and skills
• keep members abreast of business issues affecting the industry and industry guidelines
• address issues specific to independent researchers
• promote the value of independent researchers to research buyers
• provide a resource for larger research in wind energy development and the NATURA 2000 network.