TY - JOUR AU - Simon Watson AU - Alberto Moro AU - Vera Reis AU - Charalampos Baniotopoulos AU - Stephan Barth AU - Gianni Bartoli AU - Florian Bauer AU - Elisa C Boelman AU - Dennis Bosse AU - Antonello Cherubini AU - Alessandro Croce AU - Lorenzo Fagiano AU - Marco Fontana AU - Adrian Gambier AU - Konstantinos Gkoumas AU - Christopher Golightly AU - Mikel Iribas Latour AU - Peter Jamieson AU - John Kaldellis AU - Andrew Macdonald AU - Jimmy Murphy AU - Michael Muskulus AU - Francesco Petrini AU - Luca Pigolotti AU - Flemming Rasmussen AU - Philippe Schild AU - Roland Schmehl AU - Nafsika Stavridou AU - John Tande AU - Nigel Taylor AU - Thomas Telsnig AU - Ryan H Wiser AB -

This paper represents an expert view from Europe of future emerging technologies within the wind energy sector considering their potential, challenges, applications and technology readiness and how they might evolve in the coming years. These technologies were identified as originating primarily from the academic sector, some start-up companies and a few larger industrial entities. The following areas were considered: airborne wind energy, offshore floating concepts, smart rotors, wind-induced energy harvesting devices, blade tip-mounted rotors, unconventional power transmission systems, multi-rotor turbines, alternative support structures, modular high voltage direct current generators, innovative blade manufacturing techniques, diffuser-augmented turbines and small turbine technologies. The future role of advanced multiscale modelling and data availability is also considered. This expert review has highlighted that more research will be required to realise many of these emerging technologies. However, there is a need to identify synergies between fundamental and industrial research by correctly targeting public and private funding in these emerging technology areas as industrial development may outpace more fundamental research faster than anticipated.

BT - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews DA - 10/2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109270 IS - 109270 LA - eng N1 -

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This paper represents an expert view from Europe of future emerging technologies within the wind energy sector considering their potential, challenges, applications and technology readiness and how they might evolve in the coming years. These technologies were identified as originating primarily from the academic sector, some start-up companies and a few larger industrial entities. The following areas were considered: airborne wind energy, offshore floating concepts, smart rotors, wind-induced energy harvesting devices, blade tip-mounted rotors, unconventional power transmission systems, multi-rotor turbines, alternative support structures, modular high voltage direct current generators, innovative blade manufacturing techniques, diffuser-augmented turbines and small turbine technologies. The future role of advanced multiscale modelling and data availability is also considered. This expert review has highlighted that more research will be required to realise many of these emerging technologies. However, there is a need to identify synergies between fundamental and industrial research by correctly targeting public and private funding in these emerging technology areas as industrial development may outpace more fundamental research faster than anticipated.

PY - 2019 T2 - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews TI - Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032119304782#! VL - 113 ER -