

Technologies
we develop
Design of power converters.
Electric pitch/yaw systems.
Power management and storage.
ELECTRICAL AND
INTEGRATION SYSTEMS
Design of towers, substructures, hubs, frames and powertrain components.
Design of pitch/yaw bearings.
Structural design of blades.
Design of critical bolted and welded joints.
Design of cooling solutions.
Characterisation of mechanical properties of materials.
DESIGN OF WIND TURBINE
STRUCTURES AND COMPONENTS
Modelling and control for load reduction.
Control strategies for power control and limitation, emergency stops and wind gust detection.
Methodology for tuning wind turbines.
Modelling and control of floating wind turbines.
Control of hydraulic pitch systems.
Intelligent control and fault tolerant control.
CONTROL OF WIND TURBINES
AND WIND FARMS
Development of real time control platforms with certified safety.
Mixed-criticality systems in real time.
Software product line for customised development of control software.
Fieldbus communications.
Human-machine interfaces.
WIND TURBINE MONITORING
AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Dynamic identification of wind turbines.
Sensorisation, signal acquisition and processing for validation of components and systems.
Algorithms for condition monitoring of structures and components.
Development of test benches for components and systems.
TEST AND VALIDATION.
MONITORING
Smart asset management.
Modelling of reliability and maintenance strategies.
Optimisation of the manufacture and installation of wind turbines.
Life extension.
OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE
Connectivity - Cybersecurity - Big Data