On Thursday, 02.11.2017, WESA proudly hosted Vestas at DTU, the Technical University of Denmark. The Danish wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, is the World Market Leader and a pioneering presence in the Wind Energy industry. With a wealth of industry experience and expertise, Vestas was very keen on sharing technical know-how and challenges with WESA members at DTU.
The People
The evening was filled with immersive presentations from 5 Vestas Engineers from different verticals. WESA was glad to see former WESA president and now Engineer at Vestas, Mareen Tiedemann start off the session introducing her colleagues and her work at Vestas. Next, Anders G. Frisenette (Manager – Blades) presented Vestas as a company with a global presence and a culture of innovation, and also one that is especially keen on being an employer of choice for future DTU graduates. Søren Bøgelund Madsen (from Tower New Products), Beatriz Callejo Rodríguez (Plant Control Engineering), Henning Bjerregaard (Generator Engineering) and Ivan Sønderby (Director - Tools & Technologies) also delivered informative presentations on topics ranging from tower vibration dampers, drivetrain system integration, challenges in turbine blade design and power plant control, to the upcoming Kennedy Energy Park Project involving Wind+PV+Energy Storage technology. The event was very interactive with over 60 DTU students who enthusiastically participated in Q&A sessions and an engaging quiz on Wind Energy.
About Wind
Also, a few turbine components such as generator slipring brushes, a blade cross-section, generator stator cut-section and a tower bolt, were on display for DTU students. Student project proposals were shared by Vestas to give an insight into the kind of work that students could get involved at Vestas. The projects spanned a variety of topics such as ‘Validation and Improvement of Trailing-edge Noise Models for Wind Turbine Aerofoils’ and ‘Individual Pitch Control using Model Predictive Control (MPC)’.
The event was well appreciated by all participants, most of whom were master students specializing in Wind Energy. WESA is keen to host more such events of interaction between the Wind Energy industry and academia and are grateful for the team from Vestas for their valuable time and efforts in investing in the future.