Research Collaboration

Siemens Gamesa led this project to generate the knowledge necessary to develop a 15 MW offshore wind turbine with 100% Spanish technology. Our aim was to overcome technical and economic barriers to implementing offshore wind energy.

The budget of €30.3 million was approved by the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) of the Ministry of Economy in the CENIT Program's framework. This initiative, which ended in 2013, strengthened Spanish leadership in developing offshore technology.

At the same time, it supported European countries in meeting the target of 27% of energy consumption in renewable energies set by the European Commission for 2030.

Siemens Gamesa has partnered with Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE), one of Germany’s most prestigious research institutes, to develop a method of measuring turbulent wind conditions that will optimize wind turbines for complex sites.

This three-year project, part funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and started in 2018, will test and advance Multi-LiDAR methods for determining wind conditions. These measurements can then be used to select wind turbines for specific sites and determine the layout of a wind park in complex terrain.

This project has been developed during 2015. The objective was to design solutions for wind turbines to improve their behaviour under operational loads, and thus increase their life and minimize failures. Additionally, active and passive anti-icing and de-icing solutions to reduce shutdowns of wind turbines were developed helping protect them in conditions of extreme low temperature, thus increasing availability The project was co-funded by CDTI.

This project aims to transform the maintenance of wind turbine generators, moving to a proactive model that will optimize work scheduling. Our research has led to the development of an advanced information system modernizing the centralized control of wind turbines. This renewable energy research project has been co-funded by CDTI.

This project aims to develop new composite materials from resins modified with nanoparticles. They will be used to make components for the wind, aeronautical and automotive sectors which are ice and erosion resistant in extreme environments.

Siemens Gamesa is involved as an end user, providing its knowledge and experience in materials for wind blades development and maintenance. The project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 685842.

The main objective of this project is the development of lightweight composite materials with improved properties and highly erosion resistant materials to be applied in wind turbine blades. EOLO+ is co-funded by the Economy and Competitiveness Ministry in the call Retos-Colaboración 2016 and counts on the European Union ERDF funds. The project, lead by Siemens Gamesa, joining with AIMPLAS, ICT-UJI, and CLAM DESARROLLO, will investigate the use of elastomeric materials and 3D structured fabrics.

Siemens Gamesa is one of five partners in a scheme using the latest research insights to lower the cost of renewable energy offshore. The UK Government has co-invested in existing business and university partnerships to see how deployment rates can be increased at minimal subsidy.

As part of this project, Siemens Gamesa is researching low Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for large-scale wind generator manufacture, examining the power train, foundations, blade design and inspection methodologies. Our aim is to create the next generation of intelligent offshore wind technology, eventually accelerating breakthroughs into commercialization.

The consortium is made up of Siemens Gamesa and the University of Sheffield, our key university partner in the UK, as well as Oersted, the University of Durham and the University of Hull.

This project is examining how innovation actions can be integrated to enhance the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products. Siemens Gamesa is involved as an end user with waste blades in the second use-case of the project, providing knowledge and expertise in the recycling of wind turbine blades, and helping to develop new reuse options. This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730323.

This project is demonstrating new technologies on reduced scale prototypes in conditions that replicate an offshore environment. The technologies are geared toward the design of low-weight rotors and electro-mechanic conversion systems for a wind turbine between 10 MW and 20 MW.

Siemens Gamesa is developing a new generation of multi-megawatt wind power gearboxes for 2.5 MW, 3.0 MW and 5.0 MW wind turbines. These have distinguishing technological features, compared to current market standards.

The design criteria are being applied to achieve compact gearboxes to improve product competitiveness. Modular design facilitates assembly and maintenance, with flexible and versatile solution architectures that allow for different wind turbine configurations. The project is co-funded by CDTI in the first EEA Grants call.

The main objective of the project is to develop new technologies for electric generators with application to both the renewable energy sector (wind and hydroelectric) and the industrial sector. Thanks to the development of this project, it will be possible to optimize and develop slip ring and brush technology to improve DFIG machines. In addition, it will increase the competitiveness of the industrial product in the hydroelectric sector with a positive impact on the cost of energy produced with this renewable energy source.

This project has received funding from the European Regional Development Fund by the Operational Program FEDER 2014-2020 of Cantabria through the INNOVA 2019 grant.

This project is supporting the research, development and demonstration of wind turbine blade innovations, including aerodynamic and structural enhancements, blade monitoring systems and blade erosion protection solutions.

These products are developed for and tested at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult's Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine with a capacity of 7 MW in Scotland. The innovations can eventually be deployed to existing or new offshore turbines. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691732.

ROMEO Project, launched on 2017, is seeking to reduce offshore O&M costs through the development of advanced monitoring systems and strategies.

This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 745625 (16.4 million Euros).

ROMEO is an industry based consortium made up of 12 recognized and experienced key players from the offshore wind industry among which are 2 companies of the Siemens Gamesa Group.

The innovations developed within the R&D work packages will be tested in tree pilot test scenarios: Teesside (United Kingdom), Wikinger (Germany) y East Anglia One (United Kingdom).

Link to ROMEO Project website: https://www.romeoproject.eu/

"Development of an integrated system for the monitoring of the structural status of wind turbine blades by distributed fiber optic sensors"

The main objective of this project is to develop an integral system for monitoring the structural condition of wind turbine blades, based on the use of distributed fiber optic sensorization, in order to reduce wind turbine maintenance costs and thus increase penetration of wind energy in the market. The project is coordinated by Siemens Gamesa, in collaboration with Uptech Sensing and the Public University of Navarra, it is co-funded by the Science, Innovation and Universities Ministry in the call Retos-Colaboración 2017, and counts on the European Union ERDF funds.

To increase the integration of wind energy in the energy mix, the project will develop and validate new solutions based on supplementary control systems for doubly fed wind turbines (DFIG) connected to weak grids. Research will be carried out to improve the algorithm to comply with new network codes, and to guarantee the correct operation of wind turbines in situations of unstable grids.

The project is coordinated by Siemens Gamesa, in collaboration with Gamesa Electric, IIT Comillas and the University of Alcalá, it is co-funded by the Science, Innovation and Universities Ministry in the call Retos-Colaboración 2017, and counts on the European Union ERDF funds.

Siemens Gamesa is leading the project to create a new era of generators and auxiliary equipment based on superconductors for wind power. It is designing, developing and validating a powertrain prototype. The project is co-funded by the Economy and Competitiveness Ministry within the call Retos-Colaboración 2014.

Windtrust is a continuation of the Reliawind project, which explored reliability in wind turbine design, operation and maintenance to increase efficiency and lower maintenance costs.

Windtrust is using the resulting technologies to increase wind turbine reliability on a real scale onshore prototype (2 MW). These have been applied to the rotor, wind turbine control and power electronics.

The objective of this project is to support the development of technology and the implementation of industry 4.0 in the Euskadi wind sector. The deployment of Wind 4.0 will allow Siemens Gamesa to advance in the digitalization of products and processes, and in the technological development of both the company and its suppliers, which will result in a boost in performance, efficiency and competitiveness. The consortium will invest a total of 6.4 million euros in this project, which will mark the future of the company and its Basque suppliers.

The project "Flexible nacelle production for wind turbines of the future in Cuxhaven" (FLECX) develops the fundamentals for digitally supported assembly processes for future offshore wind turbines that are adapted to component properties.

At present, wind turbine construction is primarily characterized by manual handling of components. Furthermore, the assembly processes are largely adapted to the current turbine generation and can only be used to a limited extent for future, considerably larger components.

These problems are to be solved in the FLECX project by developing and researching novel assembly concepts. Measurement and automation processes are to be developed, designed and partially validated in a test environment at the Cuxhaven plant for the investigated components.

Thus FLECX presents a concept for the digitalized assembly of future nacelles for offshore wind turbines, which will contribute to securing the future of the Cuxhaven production site.

The general objective of this project is to develop new capabilities, electrical models, algorithms, concepts and specific technology in areas such as power electronics, interoperability and connectivity of weather forecast equipment and systems, which facilitate their integration and operational management. All of this must be integrated into a system that effectively manages the flexibility and robustness of new technologies, avoiding demand peaks and allowing the complete integration of new generation, network and demand technologies for a future 100% Spanish energy system. renewable and completely decarbonized.

Sponsored by CDTI.