Floating Wind training course (online)

Floating wind introduction training course from the global experts

DNV is presenting a half day introduction course about floating offshore wind covering the market, the technology and project phases from design to operation.

The next phase of the energy transition demands committed implementation of new technologies. Floating offshore wind is opening new possibilities for wind power locations and will play a critical role in the transition to a cleaner energy supply, contributing significantly to an increase in offshore wind power. According to DNV, the technology is predicted to grow worldwide, rising from the around 100 MW today to more than 10 GW in 2030 and 260 GW in 2050.

Led by our team of world leading experts in floating offshore wind and augmented by DNV’s 14 years’ experience in this area, this half day course will provide attendees the basic knowledge to succeeded with this new and promising technology.

The training will be “inter-active” meaning that participants are asked to send their questions in advance of the course and have further opportunities during and at the end of the sessions to file questions to the trainers.

On completion, attendees should get a good understanding of the market and how floating wind differs from bottom fixed with regards to the components and the various project phases. For more details, see the agenda further down.

Speakers

Rachel Spiegel, Kimon Argyriadis, Francesc Fàbregas, Alireza Bayat, Niklas Hummel, Oddrun Steinkjer, and  Diane Destrez

Rachel Spiegel is a senior consultant in the Project Engineering & Due Diligence team. Rachel has since 2021 worked in technical due diligence, strategy support, and cost- and risk-assessments of floating wind. She has led several projects for investors, lenders and project developers and has extensive experience both as a project manager and team member, with a special focus on environmental and permitting aspects. Rachel holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Ecology from the Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) and a bachelor’s in Environmental Economics from University of California, Berkeley.

Kimon Argyriadis is floating wind energy director in Renewables Certification. He has a Naval Architect Degree (Dipl. Ing.) from Hamburg University (1990). After a period in marine engineering consultancy, he joined Germanischer Lloyd (GL) wind energy certification business in 1994. There he performed load and site-specific analysis of several offshore wind turbines and wind farms. He has also participated in research projects, international standardization and published several technical papers in his field of expertise. He is member of IEC TC88 MT 3-2 standard maintenance team for floating wind turbines. He has acted as member of the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) committees "Loads“ and "Ocean Wind and Energy Utilization". In 2013 and 2018 he received the IEC 1906 award. After the merger between, DNV and GL in 2013, Kimon served as innovation manager in DNV Renewables Certification, having responsibility for service document development (service specifications, standards and recommended practices) as well as planning and control of internal and collaborative research and development projects.

Francesc Fàbregas is a senior engineer at DNV Bristol. Before joining DNV, Francesc worked as a junior Lecturer in the Fluid Mechanics section in
the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Imperial College London. His research focuses on advanced hydrodynamics and on the dynamics of floating structures. Francesc holds an MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, ETSEIB) and an MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering from Cranfield University. After completing his MSc, he worked as a research engineer in the Ocean Systems Test Laboratory of Cranfield University where he participated in the design and testing of small-scale wind and wave energy converter prototypes. He then moved to the LHEEA laboratory of Ecole Centrale de Nantes where he undertook his PhD on the hydrodynamic interactions in large clusters of wave energy converters. As Senior Control & Loads engineer at DNV, Francesc performs fully coupled analysis of floating systems, including load assessment and performance prediction; drives advancements in numerical modelling capability through collaboration with software development teams; contributes to international R&D projects such as OC7; formulates and implements novel methodologies to carry out levelized cost of energy studies for floating wind systems; delivers external bespoke trainings on numerical modelling of floating wind turbines and advanced hydrodynamics.

Alireza Bayat is a senior consultant in DNV renewables advisory. He primarily provides technical consultancy services to various stakeholders in the global offshore wind industry. Alireza has deep understanding of design and engineering, project economics, interfaces, technology risks and commercial aspects of both bottom-fixed and floating wind development projects. He has performed numerous feasibility, technology and market assessment, technical due diligence, techno-economic analysis, cost analysis and cost of energy assessment, benchmarking and concept selection, design verification and technology qualification projects in the offshore wind industry. He has worked on development and standardization of floating wind technology through development of DNV international Standards in the offshore wind industry. Alireza holds a Master of Science in Applied Mechanics from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked in DNV since 2009.

Niklas Hummel is a mechanical engineer with 10+ years of experience
from project development and technology development for the floating wind market. He got a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering/Naval architecture from KTH in Stockholm has since been working with both vessel design for a Swedish shipyard and with floating offshore wind most recently as CTO for a Swedish developer active in multiple markets. Niklas have been managing a technical team supporting both project development, FOWT foundation technology development and project design. In parallel also managing the company's IP-portfolio, recruitment to the technical team and responding to the technology-related matters in investor dialogues and TDDs.

Oddrun Steinkjer has a Master of Science from NTNU (NTH) and has worked in DNV since 1991. She has her whole working career worked with dynamic slender systems including dynamic power umbilicals and cables in both Oil & Gas and renewable market. She has worked with floating wind since 2008. She is working on behalf of both manufacturers, EPCI contractors and operators providing technical advice, analyses or assessments for safe design, installation and operation of cable systems. She has expertise in global dynamic analyses of floating platform systems including various floating wind concepts. Her main expertise is within the structural and mechanical part of both static and dynamic cable systems; global response and fatigue of dynamic cables, seabed stability, freespan and VIV, protection systems. She has been part of the development team in DNV and has extensive experience with analyses software Helica for complex cross sections with helix elements including fatigue. 

Diane Destrez is a senior engineer and a team leader within the
DNV Nordics Renewable advisory team. She has years of experience in design offices and classification societies. Her main expertise Project Management for Offshore projects, as well as mooring and hydrodynamics engineering (Offshore wind energy and PV floating) She is leading TDD for Onshore and Offshore wind projects as well as geotechnical surveys, mooring redundancy and cost benefit analysis studies for Offshore wind. She is as well providing mooring trainings to several colleagues and clients. She holds a master degree in Marine Engineering since 2010.

For whom?

The target group for this training are professionals working in the wind industry (or wants to become part of it), developers, investors, insurance, OEM’s and regulators – who aims a fast learning of floating wind technology.

Full Q&A-note and presentation materials will be become available after the course.

For more information please contact:
Diane Destrez at Diane.Destrez@dnv.com | +4551755019