Virtual roundtable: Award winners tell turbine technology’s future
The wind-energy sector is maturing - even in the most difficult of times - and there is much to be excited about. Players within the industry have demonstrated strength, resilience and forward-thinking over the past 12 months and managed to not only operate but to innovate, despite unprecedented challenges.
The 2020 Windpower Monthly products of the year awards celebrate these achievements, but they also aim to inspire and fuel further growth and excellence. That’s why we’re hosting a virtual roundtable in partnership with award winners Enercon and ZF Wind Power, to discuss future progress with the top turbine category winners.
How will they continue to raise standards, push design limits, increase capacity demand and reduce the cost of energy?
Windpower Monthly’s awards judge Eize de Vries speaks to leaders from gold-standard organisations to find out what’s next. Join us for an insight into wind energy’s future.
We ask:
How will modular turbine and component design impact supply chains?
What major innovations are likely in the next two years – and the next five?
Could these innovations impact LCoE and boost wind power's competitiveness?
Where can turbine and component suppliers join forces – to make the most of each other's core strengths and experiences?
What are the threats to wind power's progress – and can these challenges become opportunities?
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Jörg Scholle, has more than 20 years of international management experience and extensive technological expertise. He has worked in the wind energy sector for many years, including as CTO at Nordex. His work to date has focussed on areas including launching new products on international markets under consideration of costs and time to market, establishing Pre-Development and Innovation Management with an overarching technology roadmap, and setting up and leading multi-national teams in Europe, Asia and the USA.
Jörg joined ENERCON at the start of 2019, where he initially worked as a consultant for ENERCON’S research and development company WRD. Most recently, he led the Steering Board for the new EP5 platform at WRD and, among other things, dealt with the integration of Lagerwey into WRD. Jörg graduated as a ‘Diplom-Ingenieur’ from his process engineering degree at the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences.
Dr. Martin Knops is since the beginning of 2017 Chief Technological Officer of ZF Wind Power. Before, he headed the R&D department at Senvion for 6 years, after having built up rotor blade development for Repower/Senvion since 2005.
Martin studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen and ENSTA Paris, where he did his PhD on composite fracture analysis in 2003. From 2003 to 2005 Martin was heading the department for composite materials at IKV, RWTH Aachen.