Special Interest Group Meeting: Precision Engineering for Sustainable Energy Systems

9th – 10th October 2019, University of Strathclyde, UK

University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, UK

Our Special Interest Group meeting on Precision Engineering for Sustainable Energy Systems is held over 2 days and the daily programme is detailed below:

Wednesday 9th October 2019

Time	Programme
09:00 – 09:25	Registration & Refreshments
09:30 – 09:40	Welcome by euspen President: Prof. Enrico Savio
09:40 – 09:50	Welcome by local host: Sir Jim McDonald, Incoming President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, UK
09:50 – 10:20	Precision Engineering and the Energy Transition Marieke Beckmann, NPL, UK
10:20 – 10:30	Strathclyde Energy Theme Prof. Stuart Galloway, University of Strathclyde, UK
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee & Networking
11:00 – 12:30 Chair: TBC	Session 1: Wind 11:00 Wind Energy Past, Present and Future Prof. W E Leithead, Director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures, University of Strathclyde 11:30 PTB Competence Center for Wind Energy Systems Prof. Frank Härtig, PTB, DE 11:50 Wind turbine hubs precision manufacturing with a mobile CNC machine Alessandro Checchi, DTU, DK 12:10 Traceable measurements of large drivetrain components for wind energy systems Dr. Harald Bosse, PTB, DE
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch & Networking
13:30 – 14:30	Laboratory Tour 1: Centre for Precision Manufacturing
14:45 – 15:35 Chair: Xichun Luo	Session 2: Storage (Part 1) 14:45 Storage Technologies for the Energy System of the Future Prof. Maximilian Fleischer, Siemens, Chief Expert Energy Technologies, DE 15:15 Pumped hydro storage and 100% renewable electricity Cheng Cheng, The Australian National University, AUS
15:35 – 15:55	Coffee & Networking
15:55 – 16:35	Session 2: Storage (Part 2) 15:55 Developing the supply chain for PEM electrolysers Arend de Groot, TNO, NL 16:15 How long-life, fast response, energy storage can enable a cost effective energy transition Miles Franklin, Gravitricity, UK
16:35 – 16:40	Coffee
16:40 – 17:40 Chair: Alex Slocum	Session 3: Solar 16:40 Challenges, Opportunities and Integrations of Solar Energy technologies Prof. Tapas Mallick, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, UK 17:00 Large area precision manufacturing of light guiding lenses for solar heat Henrik Pranov, CEO, Heliac, DK 17:20 Production and in process metrology of thin film photovoltaics Prof. Liam Blunt, University of Huddersfield, UK
19:00 – 21:30	Networking Dinner @ Corinthian Club

Thursday 10th October 2019

Time	Programme
09:00 – 10:00	Laboratory Tour 2: Strathclyde Energy and Environment Institute in Technology Innovation Centre
10:15– 10:45	Coffee, Networking & Poster Session P1.01 Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for reduction of water use in cleaning of concentrating solar power mirrors Katherine Gobey, Cranfield University, UK P1.02 Load Monitoring of wind turbine structures: Influence of sensor sampling rate on the fatigue load analysis Manuel Kim, Leinde Systems GMbH, DE
10:45 – 11:15	Commercial Session · Siemens · Heliac · Cleaning Concentrating Solar Power Mirrors Without Water Adam Bennett, Cranfield Plasma Solutions, UK
11:15 – 12:35 Chair: Harald Bosse	Session 4: Off-Shore and Beyond 11:15 Energy Harvesting and Storage System – Stabilized Offshore Wind Turbines Prof. Alex Slocum, MIT, US 11:45 An overview of Off-Shore Renewable Energy Dr. Zhiming Yuan, University of Strathclyde, UK 12:05 Manufacturing Challenges for Lifetime Extension of Renewable Energy Systems David Butler, University of Strathclyde, UK 12:20 An Update on Wave and Tidal Energy Developments Cameron Johnstone, University of Strathclyde, UK
12:35 – 12:45	Closing Remarks – Prof. Alex Slocum
12:45 – 14:15	Lunch & Open Forum

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