Gino Frielinghaus (M.Sc. Geoscience, 2017, University of Bremen, Germany) is Head of Business Unit Offshore Wind Energy at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES in Bremen, Germany. After graduating in geoscience with a focus on high-resolution seismic imaging, seismic oceanography, hydroacoustics, geophysics and geotechnical engineering, he started his career as a geophysicist, focusing on the acquisition of marine geophysical data (seismic, multibeam, sediment echo sounder, SBP, side-scan sonar and magnetics/UXO). This work included the evaluation and interpretation of the acquired geophysical data as well as consulting work and client representation. Since 2019, Gino has been part of Fraunhofer IWES, first as a geophysicist and later as head of the department Sub-surface Investigations. The department developed and applied novel seismic and acoustic technologies and investigation methods for the assessment of offshore construction sites, with a focus on geohazard identification, object detection and seismic monitoring. Since 2025 he heads the Business Unit “Offshore Wind Energy”.
Author: M.Sc. Rouven Brune The wind resource and soil conditions in particular are often investigated when planning the exact sites of individual wind turbines within a planned offshore wind farm. The Fraunhofer IWES employs acoustic methods to characterize the subsurface,…
