Charting the Future: Offshore Wind 2024
Where Innovation Meets Profit!
26 - 28 August, 2024
| Dorint City-Hotel Bremen, Germany
1st Conference Day, Tuesday 27 August 2024
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Who is Who | Discover who else is participating in the conference.
The picture wall will help you identify who you want to meet at the conference.
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Who is Who
Have your photo with your business card pinned to our popular 'Who’s Who' wall and find out who is already onsite
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Ricardo Rocha -
Offshore Wind Technical Director,
BayWa r.e. AG
Update on the offshore wind landscape – how to ease up regulatory hurdles for future projects, bid designs and supply chain uncertainties
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Regulatory Frameworks in Europe’s Offshore Wind Markets
Antonia Munz -
Portfolio Development Offshore Wind - Project Lead Regulatory,
EnBW
• Ambitious offshore wind targets in European North and Baltic Sea
• Germany’s preinvestigated and non-preinvestigated sites and their auction regimes
• Net Zero Industry Act: qualitative vs. quantitative criteria
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Offshore Wind Supply Chain - Interactive Panel Discussion
Antonia Munz -
Portfolio Development Offshore Wind - Project Lead Regulatory,
EnBW
Jakub Seehafer - Senior Commercial Manager, Titan Wind Energy
Denis Matha - Global Head of Floating Wind, Ramboll
Sudden withdrawals and project cancellations create uncertainties in the offshore
wind market. Capacities range from shortage to overcapacities.
• How to secure the supply chain?
• How are developers looking on their wind farm portfolio?
• Impacts on project development and FID
• Do suppliers become more or less innovative to secure their market share? What
should engineers be focusing on?
Share your experiences concerning foundations or OSS, comment, ask and debate with our expert speakers and your peers within the audience.
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Offshore Wind to H2: Decentralised vs. Centralized Hydrogen Production – Interactive Panel Discussion
Edwin van Drunen -
Managing Consultant,
H2SEA
Anders Bach Andersen - Senior Product Market Specialist, Offshore Product Market Strategy, Global Commercial Operations, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Wouter van de Graaf - Process / Concept Engineer, Gasunie
Alexander Zaczek - Lead Offshore Wind System Integration, EnBW
• Decentralised production and main impact on foundation / OSS platform design
• Costs and risks for centralized offshore production
• Resulting infrastructural needs
• Turbine manufacturer’s view and potential impact on powertrain
Anders Bach Andersen
Senior Product Market Specialist, Offshore Product Market Strategy, Global Commercial OperationsVestas Wind Systems A/S
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
11:15 am - 11:45 am Influence of Site Investigation Strategy on the Foundation Design and Installation - Lesson learned from a global portfolio Pooyan Ghasemi - Lead Expert Geotechnical / Foundation Engineer, RWE• Recent Changes in Geotechnical Design Methodology
• Overview of the latest advancements and updates in geotechnical design practices
and methodologies.
• Newly Identified Risks in Design and Construction
• Identification and analysis of emerging risks that affect the design and construction
phases of geotechnical projects.
• Requirements for Data Collection in Geotechnical Design
• Discussion on the necessary data acquisition processes, including soil sampling,
laboratory tests, and in-situ testing methods, and how they are integrated into
contemporary design methodologies.
• Costs of Advanced Geotechnical Methods and Parameters
• Evaluation of the costs associated with implementing advanced geotechnical techniques
and parameters, including a comparison of their financial impact and potential savings.
• Impact of Key Data on Project Cost and Risk
• Examination of how critical data points can influence the overall cost and risk profile of
geotechnical projects, including potential economic implications.
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Updates Flange Design Guidance in IEC 61400-6 AMD1 Marc Seidel - Senior Key Expert - Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy• Update on IEC 61400-6 AMD1 and Ed. 2
• New design methodology included in IEC 61400-6 AMD1 for L- and T-Flanges
• Consequences demonstrated on practical examples
Marc Seidel
Senior Key Expert - Support Structures for Offshore Wind TurbinesSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm A perfect storm of uncertainty - How the wave-induced response under extreme storm conditions impacts the risk profile of low-frequency support structures for FLS and ULS design Michiel van der Meulen - Computational engineer wave-structure interaction, Siemens Gamesa
Stream B - Offshore Substations
11:15 am - 11:45 am Energizing Europe: The status and prospects of TenneT’s 2GW Standard Marien Ruppert - Lead Project Development Offshore & DC, TenneT• Developments of the 2GW design.
• Global production rollout
• Innovations for the next generation beyond 2032
Stream B - Offshore Substations
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Planning OSS Without Diesel Generators Alexey Vinogradov - Electrical engineering offshore substation platforms, EnBW• Under which conditions could the omission of stationary diesel generator(s)
be a feasible option within the planning of an offshore wind park?
• In which cases they can be still required?
• Legal requirements (UK, Germany)
• Technical and organisational aspects
• Experience from previous projects
Stream B - Offshore Substations
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Substation Types - Interactive Panel discussion Alexey Vinogradov - Electrical engineering offshore substation platforms, EnBWMarien Ruppert - Lead Project Development Offshore & DC, TenneT
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Networking Lunch
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Fully Automated HFMI to Improve Monopile Design and Fabrication Prof. Dr.-Ing. Imke Engelhardt - Head of the Laboratory for Steel and Lightweight Structures, Munich University of Applied Sciences• Life time extension by manual and automated HFMI
• Applicability of automated HFMI application
• HFMI design and application guidelines
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Imke Engelhardt
Head of the Laboratory for Steel and Lightweight StructuresMunich University of Applied Sciences
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Design of Secondary Steel – An overview of concepts and considerations What do secondary steel components encounter during their full lifecycle Stefan Erents - Senior Project Manager, Enersea• Considerations for the design-phase – why do they all look different….-> requirements from WTG OEM vs Employer vs HSE vs O&M
• Design for fabrication – constraints/possibilities/challenges
• Design for offshore installation – installation methods & tools
• Design for in-place use – design requirements vs real usage / and O&M considerations
• Design for removal/decommissioning
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Reducing Co2 Emissions Through Decarbonisation of Heavy Steel Plates Dr. Tobias Lehnert - Marketing & Technical Support, Dillinger Hüttenwerke• Decarbonization from steel supplier’s view
• Dimensions and time lines
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Moving towards a circular future: Decommissioning of monopiles for further re-use and recycling Michel Kurstjens - Product Strategy Director, Sif Netherlands bv• Converting old monopiles into green steel plates
• Repurposing of steel from decommissioned wind farms
• Economical impact and seabed protection
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Life Time Extension – Quo Vadis? Marcus Klose - Head of Section Steel Structures, DNV• LTE, Upscaling or New Building - What are the operators planning?
• Orphan wind turbines
• Asset Management- same as O&G or different?
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm Design for installation - modeling driveability of monopiles and pile tip buckling and fabrication aspects Victor Albrecht - Senior Expert Structural Engineering, JBO - Jörss Blunck Ordemann GmbH• Why should Pile Tip Buckling be an issue?
• Verification: What and How?
• Challenges
Stream B - Offshore Substations
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm OSS Development Lessons Learnt - Open DiscussionShare your experiences, ideas, questions and thoughts with your peers. What have we
learned regarding OSS development?
• Weight optimization ideas
• Certification
• Harmonization/ standardization vs. tailor-made designs: Design philosphies and
impacts on operational costs
• Development Quality Improvement: processes and structures bottlenecks
• Project Designers handling: interfaces between Contractors
Stream B - Offshore Substations
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Round Table SessionChoose one of the following topics:
Table A - 2GW HVDC
Table B - Subsea Substations
Table C - Harmonization/ standardization vs. tailor-made designs: Design philosphies and
impacts on operational costs
After a thirty-minute discussion within the groups, the main topics will be briefly summarized by the moderator in the plenary session for everyone else and opened up for discussion again.
Stream B - Offshore Substations
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Powering a Sustainable Future: Interface Design and Offshore Substation Integration for Optimized Offshore Wind Projects Hero Orfanou - Owner, Hero Engineering• Case Studies from French Offshore Wind projects
• Innovations in Offshore Wind Sustainability
Stream B - Offshore Substations
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Cable and Pipe Penetrations for HVDC Converter Matthias Brück - Global Segment Manager Wind, Roxtec International AB• Firetest for Export cable for HVDC Converter
• A0 Pipe Penetration solution for Gas Insulated Busbars / Aluminum Pipes
• Fire penetration Documentation on HVDC Converter
Stream B - Offshore Substations
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of Stream B
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Refreshment & Networking
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
5:45 pm - 6:15 pm Recent findings for 3D impact driving assessment, including: Ömer Can Kücükylidiz - Lead Engineer, Wood Thilsted Partners• Method for screening for critical pile driving position
• Benchmark and comparison of WEAP vs. 3D FE impact driving assessment
• Foundation design implications for using increasingly larger hammers for pile driving
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
6:15 pm - 6:45 pm Lessons Learned from Fabrication Experience of OSS Jackets Stefan Koralewski - Senior Offshore O&M Structural Engineer, RWE
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm Developments in vibratory and impact driving technologies – influence on foundation design and installation requirements Jan Fischer - Senior Chief Consultant, Team Lead Offshore Geotechnics, Ramboll• Drivability
• Dependency between frequency and vibratory driving induced fatigue
• Effect of noise reduction units in hydraulic hammers on drivability and fatigue
• Influence of vibratory driving on geotechnical design
Stream A – Offshore Foundations
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference day 1 Ricardo Rocha - Offshore Wind Technical Director, BayWa r.e. AG
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Evening Get-Together
Join us for an informal evening get together at Emma am See where some refreshing drinks and a nice barbecue buffet will be waiting for you!
You are not only visiting an architecturally award-winning monument, but meeting your peers in a relaxed atmosphere, exchanging business cards and reviewing the first conference day.
