Support structures of wind energy converters

authored by

Peter Schaumann, Cord Böker, Anne Bechtel, Stephan Lochte-Holtgreven

Abstract

The wind energy market is one of the most promising markets of renewable energies. Besides biomass, photovoltaic, geothermal, and ocean energy especially the offshore wind energy will deliver the biggest part in renewable electricity. Regarding National and European demands for 2030, 25% of the required electricity will result from renewables. The biggest player will be the wind energy. To reach this aim a significant installation of offshore and onshore wind energy turbines is necessary. Figure 1 shows the estimated annual installation and cumulated capacity of onshore and offshore wind energy in Europe.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Steel Construction

External Organisation(s)

REpower Systems AG

Type

Contribution to book/anthology

Pages

191-253

No. of pages

63

Publication date

2011

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modelling and Simulation, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Applications

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0953-3_5 (Access: Closed)