Title: CWI joins two large-scale energy projects
Date: 2014-12-05 10:20
Slug: energy_project
Authors: M.A. Guravage
tags: energy


# CWI joins two large-scale energy projects

Researchers of CWI will participate in the projects ‘Smart Energy
Systems in the Built Environment’ and ‘Excellence in Uncertainty
Reduction of Offshore Wind Systems (EUROS)’ of the STW Perspective
research programmes that were recently awarded.

‘Smart Energy Systems in the Built Environment’ aims to develop new
technologies that make buildings handle supply and demand for energy
use in a more efficient manner. The main scientific challenges of the
programme are to identify and explore the synergies between the built
environment and emerging smart grid technologies and applications. The
research programme is headed by TU Eindhoven and consists of 38
academic and industrial partners, including TU Delft, TNO, VSL, Royal
HaskoningDHV, Brainport and the municipality of The Hague. Han La
Poutré and Eric Pauwels, members of the Intelligent Systems group at
CWI are participating in the project. Their research focuses on the
development of market based supply and demand matching mechanisms
including the ancillary services, and on the use of sensor networks
and data analytics to obtain more accurate predictions of supply and
demand.

‘Excellence in Uncertainty Reduction of Offshore Wind Systems (EUROS)’
investigates the uncertainties associated with the design and
installation of large-scale wind parks. This might prevent costly and
unnecessary large safety measures due to poor understanding of
uncertainties associated with wear and tear. This can reduce high
costs of developing wind parks, making wind energy a more attractive
source of durable energy. This research programme is headed by the TU
Delft and includes ECN, KNMI, Deltares, GNV-DL, Ballast Nedam, Eneco
and several other. Jeroen Witteveen of the Scientific Computing group
at CWI will contribute on the correlation between wind and waves, and
on combining difference sources of uncertainty.

The Dutch STW Technology Foundation awarded these grants within the
framework of the so-called Perspective Programmes. Scientists in these
programmes work with a consortium of companies on specific scientific
themes. STW received a total of 41 research initiatives and awarded
grants to six of them. The total amount of funding is €22 million, 7.6
of which is provided by industrial partners.