Offshore wind energy
Foundational track: Covering the basics of offshore wind energy
20 November 2024 – 11 December 2024
Offshore wind has a vital role to play in the global transition to green energy. As a rapidly growing energy technology, offshore wind has huge potential around the world. In the Belgian North Sea, offshore wind farms generate about 10% of Belgium’s total electricity demand. By 2030, offshore wind capacity in the North Sea will continue to grow, generating about 30% of electricity demand of Belgium.
For this booming industrial sector, Ghent University provides three tracks of lifelong learning courses for those who want to expand their knowledge of all phases of offshore wind energy, with a mix of academic and industrial speakers:
The foundational track will cover the basics of offshore wind energy.
This course will present a general introduction and overview of the Offshore Wind Energy sector and is thus targeted towards a broad audience: people already working in this sector, people with the ambition to be working in the sector and researchers .
Participants can obtain a certificate of attendance.
Scientific Coordination
- Prof. Lieven Vandevelde, Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University
Teachers
- Aymen Chaouachi, Elia
- Carl Heiremans, Jan De Nul
- Pieter Jan Jordaens, Sirris / OWI-lab
- Filip Lahaye, Otary
- Lieven Vandevelde, Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University
- Raoul Van Lambalgen, Otary
- Kristof Van Loon, DEME Concessions
- Margot Van Nuffel, Otary
- Kristof Verlinden, Parkwind
This foundational track provides the terminology, phases and processes of offshore wind energy, and allows the students to get acquainted with the correct terminology. After the qualitative description of the components, the project life cycle (from tendering to decommissioning) is outlined. The procedures and terminology in offshore wind installation and financial aspects are described. Further, the in-service terminology (during the Operations & Maintenance) is provided. Finally, an overview of innovation and trends is given.
- Overview of offshore wind farms: from wind turbine systems to the electric grid connection
- Project life cycle (from tendering to decommissioning)
- Offshore wind farm installation (terminology & procedures)
- ABC of offshore wind financing
- Operational excellence in O&M
- Innovation drivers, technology & market trends overview
Date: 20 & 27 November, 4 & 11 December 2024
Practical info
Fee
The participation fee is 880 euro.
This includes tuition fee and online access to the live sessions and the digital e-learning environment with digital course notes.
Payment occurs after reception of the invoice.
All invoices are due in thirty days. All fees are exempt from VAT.
Reduction
- When a participant of a company subscribes for the complete course, a reduction of 20% is given to all additional subscriptions from the same company. In that case, only one invoice is issued per company.- Special prices for Ghent University staff. For further information, please send us an email.
Cancellation policy
Cancellation must be done in writing. Our cancellation conditions can be consulted on www.ugain.ugent.be/cancellationTraining vouchers
Ghent University accepts payments by KMO-portefeuille (www.kmo-portefeuille.be; authorisation ID: DV.O103194).Opleidingsverlof (VOV)
This course has too few contact hours to qualify for VOV.