Projects
Here you can find the different current and completed projects of the RAVE research initiative.
In 2007, the research initiative RAVE started the planning for the alpha ventus offshore test field, which operates since 2009. During these more than 10 working years, many projects delivered and evaluated an extremely high pool of measurement data. Based on the data, new research results and findings were obtained in many research projects.
Operation + Coordination
Coordination
RAVE coordination project
Fraunhofer IWES and UL International GmbH (DEWI)

Operation + Coordination
SOS
Telemedical emergency care concept for personnel on offshore wind turbines
Telemedizincentrum Charité TMCC

Operation + Coordination
preInO
Methods and tools for the preactive maintenance of offshore wind turbine generators
BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH

Operation + Coordination
OpenRAVE
Subproject: Development of online modules for sea state evaluations to optimize the logistics of offshore operations
Ludwig-Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic, Estuarine and Coastal Engineering

Measurement
Measurements and Data Management
Realization of the joint RAVE measurements and data management
BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

Foundation + Support Structures
GIGAWIND alpha ventus
Holistic design concept for offshore WT support structures on the base of measurements at the offshore test site alpha ventus
Leibniz University Hannover

Foundation + Support Structures
GIGAWIND life
Life-time-research on Support Structures in the Offshore Test Site alpha ventus
Leibniz University Hannover

Foundation + Support Structures
Foundations
Cyclic loads at offshore foundations
BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
Senvion Components
Optimization of all components of Senvion's 5M offshore wind turbine
Senvion GmbH

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
Senvion Blades
Performance-optimized and cost-efficient rotor blade
Senvion GmbH

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
AD 5-116 Improvement
Further development, construction and test of the AD 5-116 turbine in offshore conditions
Adwen GmbH

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
X-Wakes
Interaction between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters with the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Fraunhofer IWES

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
LIDAR
Further development of LIDAR wind measuring techniques
University Stuttgart

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
LIDAR II
Development of nacelle-based lidar technology for performace measurement and control of wind energy converters
ForWind

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
LeikLine
Power curve assessment offshore with floating LiDAR system
Fraunhofer IWES

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
OWEA loads
Probabilistic load description, monitoring and reduction of loads of future offshore wind turbines
SWE - Stuttgart Wind Energy at the Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
Offshore WMEP
Monitoring of the offshore wind energy deployment in Germany - "Offshore WMEP"
Fraunhofer IWES

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
GW Wakes
Analysis of wake induced deficits and wake turbulence characteristic of large offshore wind farms
ForWind

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
Smart Blades (Task 2.1.5)
Research of the near-rotor turbulent wind inflow
ForWind

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
ANWIND
Application Oriented Wind Field Research and Measurements for Wind Turbines
University of Stuttgart

Turbine Technology + Monitoring
ParkCast
Optimization of minute-scale power forecasts of offshore wind farms using long-range lidar measurements and data assimilation
University of Stuttgart

Ecology and Safety
Operational Noise
Operating noises and sound propagation between tower and water
Flensburg University of Applied Science

Ecology + Safety
Ecology
Ecologic research - Evaluation of BSH's standard environmental approval concept StUK 3
BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

Ecology + Safety
Sonar Transponders
Investigation of sonar transponders for offshore wind energy converters and technical integration to an overall concept
Leibniz University Hannover

Ecology + Safety
Hydro Sound
Research and testing of a layered bubble curtain in the testfield alpha ventus
Leibniz University Hannover

Ecology + Safety
Oceanography
Oceanographic investigations in the „alpha ventus“ offshore testfield
BSH - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

Ecology + Safety
Acceptance
Acceptance of offshore wind power utilization
Institute for Psychology, Martin-Luther-University, Halle Wittenberg
