The Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) is a biennial conference taking place every odd year, started in 2017. The purpose of the conference is to gather leading scientists and researchers in the field of wind energy to present their latest findings in oral presentations and several parallel sessions, covering all scientific topics in the area of wind energy. WESC 2023 will be held in The university of Strathclyde, in the city of Glasgow, 23-26 May 2023.
Dr. Abdollah Malekjafarian of University College Dublin, Dr. Cian Desmond of Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions and Prof. Athanasios Kolios of Technical University of Denmark, kindly invite you to submit your contributions to a Mini Symposia: Recent progress on lifetime extension, decommissioning, Repowering and Repurposing of onshore and offshore wind turbines, organised under Theme 6 : Reliability, monitoring and sensing, O&M.
Abstract: Wind turbines have life expectancy of about 20 to 25 years. Currently, about 28% of the European wind power are currently older than 15 years which means that they will soon reach the end of their designed service life. This clearly shows a significant increase in the capacity reaching its end of lifetime within next 15 years in onshore sector. Therefore, the wind industry needs to prepare for a significant upcoming challenge where an appropriate decision needs to be made about aging wind assets. When a turbine is approaching the end of its lifetime, there are three options available: (1) Lifetime extension, (2) Decommissioning and (3) Repowering. This mini symposia is aimed at bringing together experts from both academia and industry to present their latest developments in novel solutions for decision support tools for end-of-life wind turbines. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following aspects: Novel structural health monitoring techniques improve the lifetime and reliability of wind turbines.Novel techniques to enhance the recyclability and sustainability wind turbines (including foundations and substructures). Emerging solutions for overall sustainability of wind energy systems. Innovative solutions for recycling and/or re-purposing of wind turbine components.
Abstract Submission:
Please submit your abstracts for your Mini Symposia in the Abstract Submission Portal, by choosing our Title will under the Themes section for authors to select. The deadline for submissions is 23rd January 2023.