RAVE: Research at alpha ventus
The research initiative RAVE carries out research and development work on the offshore test field alpha ventus. Research and development at Germany's first offshore wind farm generates experience and knowledge that advance the construction and further development of offshore wind energy. RAVE is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) and coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES).
In more than 35 research projects, more than 60 partners from science and industry have been working on a wide range of research questions since 2008. The topics range from ecological questions and the further development of plants and foundations to the optimization of operations. The financial support from the BMWK so far amounted to more than 120 million euros.
This year's International RAVE workshop took place on April 2 in Berlin. Information on the hybrid event and the presentations as downloads can be found on the event website. You can find the program here.
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Upcomig RAVE Forum at August 20, 2025
We are very happy to invite you to our upcoming event "RAVE Forum" on August 20, 2025 as an online event !
The meeting is a public, English speaking event. No registration is needed. Participation is for free. Just dial in as it suits your schedule.
Learn about the research results gained with the RAVE data treasure of this worldwide unique infrastructure in Germany´s big offshore testfield and participate in the discussion on exceptional chances and use for future research questions on offshore windenergy and aging wind farms.
Join 120 minutes of talk and presentations, gain technical and scientific insights and disuss your researchc result and questions. Benefit as active participant from latest knowledge and news about alpha ventus, RAVE data and gain valuable insights by networking with organizers, attendees and speakers.
We would like to address an invite to an interested and actively participating audience of all stages from young and future to expert and experienced data users.
If you used RAVE data and are interested to present your research work we are loooking forward to your mail to
info-rave@iwes.fraunhofer.de
Here is the RAVE discussion paper "Proposals for the future use of the test field alpha ventus" with a collection of ideas for the enhancement of future research at Germany's first offshore wind farm "alpha ventus".
Projects
RAVE research initiative
About RAVE
Details about the research initiative
Events
Program and review of the workshops and conferences
Data
Measurements in RAVE and Data Access
Book recommendation
"Sea - Wind - Power / Research at the first German offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus"
Now available as eBook and as print version.
Editors: Michael Durstewitz, Bernhard Lange