Title :
The Norwegian Centre for offshore wind energy (NORCOWE)
Author :
Haugan, Peter Mosby ; Frøysa, Kristin Guldbrandsen ; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar
Author_Institution :
Geophys. Inst., Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Abstract :
NORCOWE is an industry-led consortium including research institutes and universities which address key challenges for development of offshore wind. These include understanding marine boundary layer properties for improving industry standards and developing control and maintenance procedures which reduce costs.
Keywords :
boundary layers; maintenance engineering; offshore installations; research and development; wind power plants; NORCOWE; Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy; cost reduction; industry standards; industry-led consortium; maintenance procedures; marine boundary layer properties; research institutes; research universities; Abstracts; Bismuth; Industries; Mass production; Renewable energy resources; Standards; Wind energy; Offshore technology; air-sea interaction; offshore wind; renewable energy; wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS, 2012 - Yeosu
Conference_Location :
Yeosu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2089-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-Yeosu.2012.6263517