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WIND ENERGY DENMARK 2017 unites research and industry
Putting research and the continued reduction of wind energy costs first, WIND ENERGY DENMARK 2017, aims to make the wind industry even more competitive and innovative by pinpointing four central areas that are in urgent need for development in the coming years: Industrialization & Standardization, Next Generation Technologies, Grids & Infrastructure and Operation & Maintenance.
- Wind energy onshore and offshore has taken massive leaps forwards over the years, and yet we are now standing right before the next big leap for wind energy – wind turbines with more than 10 MW capacity. This has a huge impact across the wind industry and overcoming the technological challenges will require a close inter-industry collaboration and input from the research institutions, says Jan Hylleberg, CEO of the Danish Wind Industry Association.
The Danish Wind Industry Association is organizing WED together with the Danish Research Consortium for Wind Energy to ensure that the conference sessions focus on the latest knowledge.
- Denmark is special when it comes to wind, we have a unique research community that has specialized in wind energy over several decades and add to that a world leading wind industry supply chain. On that background WED will focus on bringing the newest findings into play for the whole sector to benefit from. Innovation is key to a strong Danish wind industry and therefore WED is one of the most important events of 2017 for the players in the wind sector in Denmark and beyond, says Jan Hylleberg.
Strategic approach to conference topics
The WED conference program is divided into four tracks 1) Industrialization & Standardization, 2) Next Generation Technologies, 3) Grids & Infrastructure and 4) Operation & Maintenance, and each track is based on the strategic prioritizations that has been made by Megavind (a cross industry strategic partnership).
By taking a strategic approach to the current and most urgent themes, WED will have discussions about e.g. datacenters impact on the energy system, the potential of O&M drones, the change digitalization will bring to the industry and blockchain technology on the electricity markets.
- The ambition of the WED conference is to articulate the challenges in the wind industry as the technology gets constantly more complex. So not only do we bring forward the latest knowledge and findings, we also focus on discussing the implications of these findings for the wind industry from the sub suppliers to the end customers, says Anders Mika Dalegaard, Head of Events at the Danish Wind Industry Association.
WED takes place October 2-3 2017 in MCH Messecenter Herning, and besides the conference, WED will also have a Research & Science zone with ongoing presentations from PhD’s and Master students, demonstration zone with technology demonstrations and an exhibition with approx. 40 exhibitors.
You can find more information about the conference and sign up here.