Οκτώβριος 2016

Through a unique training programme that brought industry and academia together, the EU–funded MARE-WINT project has helped to fill a significant skills gap in the burgeoning offshore wind energy sector.

The end result of the MARE-WINT project has been impressive. PhD degree specialists covering fields such as aerodynamics, structural mechanics and operation and maintenance have come through this unique programme with the knowledge and skills to develop Europe’s offshore wind sector and enable it to realise its full potential.

Researchers from I3A, University of Zaragoza, participating in the H2020 Wi-5 project, have coordinated the writing of a document classifying the so-called “Alternative Networks,” which has just been published by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), the standardisation body in charge of Internet protocols. The title of the document is "Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures".

EU-funded researchers have successfully filmed light and electrons coupled together as they travel undercover through nano-sized processors

Researchers have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions.

Although wind power is highly regarded as an important source of sustainable energy, the costs of installing the necessary turbines have always been an obstacle to its widespread adoption. This is particularly true for offshore windfarms, which require large, high-tech wind turbines to be constructed – and maintained – in the oceans themselves.