Highlights of the Mid-term conference February 2021
23 February 2021 - Published by Charlotte Lundsberg Baumgartner
Below you can find all relevant material generated from the Mid-term conference from the DecomTools project, 2021.
You will find the link to the videoes and the presentations from the 6 panels below:
Day 1
Panel: Decommissioning market and legal framework
(Watch the videorecording of panel 1 HERE)
- Ivan Komusanac, WindEurope: Repowering and decommissioning of offshore wind in Europe
- Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Rijksuniveriteit Groningen: Legal aspects of decommissioning of Offshore Windfarms
- Mirco Kruse, Hamburgisches Weltwirtschaftsinstitut: Growth Opportunities of Offshore Wind Energy and Decommissioning in the North Sea Region
Panel: Decommissioning of oil and gas structure and Subsea operations
(Watch the videorecording of panel 2 HERE)
- Mahmoudreza Iliati and Hamed Bidabadi, Horizon GmbH: Seabed Survey Applications for Pre-Decommissioning of Offshore Wind Park (OWP)
- Andrés Olivares, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: Decommissioning of Oil & Gas offshore structures in Norway
Panel: Recycling, circularity and repowering
(Watch the videorecording of panel 3 HERE)
- Jannie Sønderkær Nielsen, Aalborg University: Probabilistic and risk-based fatigue reassessment for wind turbine towers
- Amogh Gokhale, DTU Wind Energy: Decom offshore wind farms, recycling, reusing and selling of components/materials
- Henning Gramann, GSR Services: Role of IHM for decommissioning plan
- Gaurav Sharma, Schneider Electric: Circularity is Business
Day 2
Panel: Port and logistic strategies
(Watch the videorecording of panel 4 HERE)
- Ivan Komusanac, WindEurope: Lessons from onshore wind decommissioning
- Wim Stubbe, Port of Oostende: Ports and decommissioning: a necessary evil, or a source of added value?
- Theis Gisselbaek, Port of Grenaa: Ports playing a central role in offshore decommissioning activities
- Carl Heiremans, Jan De Nul: New offshore wind installation vessel opportunities in decommissioning
Panel: Cutting, disassembly and removal
(Watch the videorecording of panel 5 HERE)
- Emmanuel Garcia de la Peña, Koalalifte: Koalalifter-Wind Craneless system
- Dick van Wijngaarden, CAPE Holland: Complete removal of (mono)piles with Vibro Lifting Tool
- Jan Sulimma, Müller Opladen: Thermal cutting of wind towers for scrapping
Panel: Submarine power cable
(Watch the videorecording of panel 6 HERE)
- Harald Poppinga, Subsea 7: Different cable types
- Mahmoudreza Iliati, Horizon GmbH: Preparatory Activities & Engineering for Recovery of Offshore Wind Park (OWP) Submarine Cable