Organisation
Aalborg University, Department of Energy Technology, DK
Delft University of Technology, Institute DUWIND, NL
DHI, DK
DTU Mechanical Engineering, DK
DTU Wind Energy, DK
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, MARIN, NL
Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute, MARINTEK, NO
NENUPHAR SARL, FR
Alliance For Sustainable Energy LLC, NREL, US
SINTEF Energy Research, NO
Statoil, NO
University of Trento – Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, IT
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, DK

General description
NENUPHAR, a French SME, is developing utility scale vertical axis wind turbines designed for floating offshore applications. These wind turbines should be:

Robust to ensure low maintenance and high reliability in an offshore environment.
Adapted for a floating application: they must be combined with a cost effective floater in order to compete with bottom mounted solutions.
Designed for an offshore installation with only tug boats (no dedicated offshore crane).

NENUPHAR has developed its own blade technology production and its own control system for a VAWT used in floating offshore conditions. A 35 kW demonstrator has been installed and is currently being tested.

Role
Participation in WP2 and WP7 and WP8:

Blade manufacturing process together with DTU MEK (WP2)
Blade manufacturing (WP7)
Manufacturing of the mechanical parts of the prototype (WP7)