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H2020Doctoral network2019–2023

LIKE · LIdar Knowledge Europe

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-10-01 → 2023-09-30
EU contribution
€4,127,799
Participants
10
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

LIdar Knowledge Europe

In Lidar Knowledge Europe (LIKE) we have set the ambition to train 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to become the future technology leaders in academia and industry within the use of lidars for wind measurement. Lidar measurement is an emerging field with significant disruptive potential within renewable energy. To deliver on this potential have focused on a combination of technological skills and insight, scientific excellence and in depth knowledge of applying digitalisation to wind measurements. LIKE was structured to enable the 15 ESRs to acquire this combination of technological, scientific and digitalisation competences and knowledge to spearhead the disruption. Combined with core transferable skills such as business plan development and entrepreneurship, communication and IPR management, managerial skills and cultural understanding, LIKE has enabled these future technology leaders to understand and act in their role in the knowledge and technology workflow required to apply Lidar measurements technologies to wind. The ESRs was taught, mentored and supported by a truly world-class interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral and international team of leading scientists, SME technology leaders and specialists in major companies. Through a well-organised and innovative training programme, LIKE exposed the ESRs to academic excellence, SME application-driven work flows and the business context of leading European manufacturers and wind energy developers. The research objective achieved were to develop wind lidar techniques for wind energy and wind engineering. Lidars at the ground and at satellite for better tracing of winds globally for wind resource mapping and wind forecasting for commercial application were achieved. We innovated on offshore floating lidar from pre-commercial to fully commercial status and support new lidar-assisted wind turbine control. This has commercial value for extending turbine lifetime and increasing energy production. Lidars were used to assess the turbine power performance in challenging conditions was investigated. Design criteria for construction of long suspension bridges and airport safety was covered using lidars in the field and in wind tunnels.

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Project objective

LIdar Knowledge Europe (LIKE) fosters training and education of young researchers on emerging laser-based wind measurement technologies and its translation into industrial applications. Doppler Lidars (light detection and ranging) that measured the wind in the atmosphere remotely have reduced in price and increased reliability over the last decade mainly driven by European universities and companies serving the growing wind energy industry. This opens the possibility for new applications in many areas. LIKE improves, tests and refines the technology thus expanding these areas of application. LIKE promotes wind energy applications such as wind resource mapping using scanning lidars and control of individual wind turbines or entire wind farms in order to increase energy production and reduce mechanical loads. LIKE maps unusual atmospheric flow patterns over airports in real-time and thus improves the safety of landing aircrafts. LIKE explores wind and turbulence under extreme conditions at the sites of future European bridges paving the road for optimal bridge design. LIKE trains 15 ESRs to an outstanding level at world-leading European academic institutions and industrial companies, thus forming strong interdisciplinary relations between industry and technical sciences. These relations are implemented through employment of the ESRs at academia as well as industry, and through inter-sectoral secondments. Finally, translation of technology into specific applications is emphasised through the implementation of an entrepreneurship training course involving all ESRs and LIKE partners, particularly industry.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · Kongens LyngbyCoordinatorDenmark
  • CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITAET OLDENBURG · OldenburgGermany
  • FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · MunchenGermany
  • HOCHSCHULE FLENSBURG · FlensburgGermany
  • POLITECNICO DI MILANO · MilanoItaly
  • UL INTERNATIONAL GMBH · WilhelmshavenGermany
  • UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO · PortoPortugal
  • UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN · BergenNorway
  • UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER · StavangerNorway
  • UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART · StuttgartGermany

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union