To generate electricity, wind turbines extract kinetic energy from the wind and convert it into electrical energy. This creates a wake flow. This effect can also be seen in sailing: the leading boat interacts directly with the undisturbed wind field,…

Precise knowledge of the seabed is crucial for a successful expansion of offshore wind energy. At Fraunhofer IWES, we rely on high-resolution seismic methods that provide detailed insights into the upper 100 meters of the subsurface.

Embark on the H2Mare game “Offshore” adventure! Around a year and a half after its release, the video game is becoming a floating exhibit and sails through Germany on the MS Wissenschaft for an entire summer.

When it comes to dismantling and recycling wind turbines, the discussion revolves around one component in particular: the rotor blade. The aim of the research at Fraunhofer IWES is to ensure high-quality recycling.

Since the beginning of the energy transition in the electrical power system in Germany, development has shifted toward decentralization. Contrary to the legacy power system with big central power plants, power systems with a high share of renewables have a decentralized topology with distributed power generation.

Author: Torben Laue At Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES, we work with a wide range of measurement data from various research areas at our nine sites on a daily basis. It includes data from wind measurements and operating…

Authors: Dr. Anna Wegner, Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard Stoevesandt, Dr. Julia Gottschall, Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Thomas, Matthias Huhn und Dipl. Ing. Karin Eustorgi As the dimensions of wind turbines continue to increase in size, so do the mechanical loads acting on their components. The incoming wind field…

Safe and reliable operation and a long service life of offshore wind turbines are key targets on the road to achieving climate neutrality, and the implementation of a predictive maintenance strategy is particularly relevant when it comes to reducing the…

The Fraunhofer IWES has presented a series of proofs of the quality and reliability of its FLS wind measurements. By achieving maturity level 3, the Fraunhofer IWES ZX wind lidar buoy joins the short list of stringently validated FLS types…

Authors: Telsche Nielsen, Viktor Deleski At Fraunhofer IWES, we are actively committed to renewable energies. Day in, day out, we support and further the development of technologies in the fields of wind energy and hydrogen. As an institute for applied…