Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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Review

Watson, Simon¹  Moro, Alberto²  Reis, Vera²  Baniotopoulos, Charalampos³  Barth, Stephan⁴  Bartoli, Gianni⁵  Bauer, Florian⁶  Boelman, Elisa²  Bosse, Dennis⁷  Cherubini, Antonello⁸  Croce, Alessandro⁹  Fagiano, Lorenzo⁹  Fontana, Marco¹⁰  Gambier, Adrian¹¹  Gkoumas, Konstantinos²  Latour, Mikel Iribas¹²  Jamieson, Peter¹³  Kaldellis, John¹⁴  Macdonald, Andrew¹⁵  Murphy, Jimmy¹⁶  Muskulus, Michael¹⁷  Petrini, Francesco¹⁸  Pigolotti, Luca⁵  Rasmussen, Flemming¹⁹  Schild, Philippe²⁰  Schmehl, Roland¹  Stavridou, Nafsika³  Tande, John²¹  Taylor, Nigel²  Telsnig, Thomas²  Wiser, Ryan²² 

[1] Delft Univ Technol, Wind Energy Sect, Fac Aerosp Engn, NL-2629 HS Delft, Netherlands

[2] European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr, Ispra, Italy

[3] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham, W Midlands, England

[4] Ctr Wind Energy Res ForWind, Oldenburg, Germany

[5] Univ Florence, Florence, Italy

[6] Tech Univ Munich, Munich, Germany

[7] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, RWTH, Ctr Wind Power Drives, Aachen, Germany

[8] St Anna Univ Pisa, Dept Civil & Ind Engn, Pisa, Italy

[9] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Sci & Tecnol Aerospaziali, Milan, Italy

[10] Univ Trento, Dept Ind Engn, Trento, Italy

[11] Fraunhofer IWES, Bremerhaven, Germany

[12] Ctr Nacl Energias Renovables CENER, Sarriguren, Spain

[13] Univ Strathclyde, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

[14] Univ West Attica, Aigaleo, Greece

[15] Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

[16] Univ Coll Cork, Cork, Ireland

[17] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Trondheim, Norway

[18] Sapienza Univ Roma, Rome, Italy

[19] Tech Univ Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

[20] European Commiss, DG RTD, Brussels, Belgium

[21] SINTEF Energy Res AS, Trondheim, Norway

[22] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab LBL, Berkeley, CA USA

关键词: Wind power;    Wind energy;    Emerging technology;    Technology readiness level;    Renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2019.109270

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper represents an expert view from Europe of future emerging technologies within the wind energy sector considering their potential, challenges, applications and technology readiness and how they might evolve in the coming years. These technologies were identified as originating primarily from the academic sector, some startup companies and a few larger industrial entities. The following areas were considered: airborne wind energy, offshore floating concepts, smart rotors, wind-induced energy harvesting devices, blade tip-mounted rotors, unconventional power transmission systems, multi-rotor turbines, alternative support structures, modular high voltage direct current generators, innovative blade manufacturing techniques, diffuser-augmented turbines and small turbine technologies. The future role of advanced multiscale modelling and data availability is also considered. This expert review has highlighted that more research will be required to realise many of these emerging technologies. However, there is a need to identify synergies between fundamental and industrial research by correctly targeting public and private funding in these emerging technology areas as industrial development may outpace more fundamental research faster than anticipated.

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