EGERSUND WIND HUB, Norway

EGERSUND WIND HUB NORWAY

This brochure is developed on behalf of Energy Innovation AS in Egersund, Norway and BZEE Academy GmbH in Husum, Germany. The two companies are aiming to develop an integrated wind energy qualification centre in Egersund in Norway, which will enable the expansion of previous qualification successes as part of a comprehensive national and international qualification strategy.

THE INITIATIVE With this initiative, the energy transition and the offshore energy business will come directly to Egersund port.

The world’s most extensive wind energy qualification centre will be built in a new, structurally contiguous complex in the heart of the Rogaland region. The installed infrastructure will be used to develop future-oriented services for servicing, maintaining and repairing wind turbines and components. Due to the early establishment of leading wind power companies, the port town of Egersund is transforming into the wind capital of Norway and the hub of renewable energies with a very differentiated service portfolio.

Egersund has a diversification strategy to tap into both the onshore and offshore wind sector, in a timely manner. To enable the full employment potential offered by the towns strategy, a qualification campaign is being launched to ensure the development of urgently needed wind energy skills.

The hub concept is a response to current and future challenges in the wind industry’s qualification sector. The initiators expect extensive synergies for the location arising from a collaborative bundling of resources that meets the growing complexity of the qualification task. In addition to the already developed range of modules, the hub will also offer space for developing new educational innovations. To this end, the initiators are also making the installed infrastructure available to other market participants and research facilities as a development platform.

OPERATOR CONSORTIUM In order to quickly implement the ambitious project and position it at an early stage in the regional competition for offshore business, three leading players have joined forces to form a location-based collaboration:

BZEE Academy GmbH The international market leader from Husum in the wind technology and safetybased qualification sector is supported by over 80 leading wind power companies and sets standards for the core tasks of the wind energy process chain. BZEE is implementing its wind energy qualification programme internationally at 30 locations.

Energy Innovation AS The company is working towards establishing a centre for operation & maintenance, development and training for renewable energy, onshore and offshore. In addition to offer education and training for the wind industry, Energy Innovation will also focus on innovation and development projects in the field of wind power and renewable energy.

Rogaland County The county is responsible for vocational training, in Egersund represented by Dalane college. Dalane college was the first and only school in Norway to offer wind specific education on a vocational education level in Norway, and so far has several years of experience in cooperating with BZEE Academy and educating wind technicians.

BZEE Academy, Energy Innovation AS and Rogaland County have joined forces to form the operator consortium for Egersund Wind Hub. The partners have relevant experience in the construction and operation of wind energy training centres. In Egersund, their respective onshore and offshore expertise will be bundled together for the first time at one location.

STAKEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS

THE QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME

The establishment of several wind power companies in the port town – including manufacturers, operators and specialised service providers, as well as the easier exchange of expertise between the players in implementing new wind energy projects, contrasts strongly with the fragmented qualification infrastructure.

A representative stakeholder survey conducted by BZEE for the northern European region has revealed the following findings:

The qualification programme is geared to the entire value chain and is offered in a flexible, modular form (see “Module portfolio” appendix). With the gradual implementation of all BZEE modules and courses and the opening up of the centre for company-specific training operations, an annual throughput of around 2000 trainees from Germany and abroad is projected in the medium term. The forecasts of the partners suggest that there will be a further increase in demand at the Egersund site. All qualification measures will be carried out according to the BZEE standard or companyspecific requirements.

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The provisional separation between offshore and technical onshore training is no longer in line with market requirements.

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In order to meet the increased, differentiated qualification requirements of the companies, workers in the wind energy sector are sent right across Europe. This therefore incurs lost time, increased travel expenses and a considerable amount of coordination for the companies.

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Desired is intelligent resource bundling that enables the acquisition of necessary cross-company skills as well as company-specific further training.

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Egersund is favoured as a location for implementing the required qualification synergies.

A separate international customer survey has underlined the needs identified

by BZEE.

The qualification concept also provides for the initiation of basic wind energy technical training and practice-led collaborations with technical universities in the region.

All qualification programmes are subject to strict quality and safety requirements. BZEE’s quality management has been certified by DNV/GL. The system of continuous improvement based on DIN-IS0 29990 is used for all training courses.

The provision of training facilities to enable operators and manufacturers to carry out their own exclusive training is explicitly envisaged in the flexible system concept.

THE TRAINING CENTRE Egersund Wind Hub will be a training centre specifically aimed at the needs of the wind energy industry. It redefines state-of-the-art technology, whereby the hub will offer combined onshore and offshore facilities that have never been realised in a single location with such versatility. The striking training tower on the site periphery will act as a beacon.

In addition, the construction of two SkyWind wind turbines could provide another landmark on the site. This revolutionary and innovative wind turbine type forms not only part of the training concept but is also an integral part of the research and development at the university level. Furthermore, local expertise can be integrated through already established companies.

The training centre is divided into individual, flexibly designed training islands that enable both standardised and customer-specific training programmes with interchangeable, full-size components. The spatial separation and multiple equipment enable parallel training operations. The indoor islands are spread over an area of more than 5,200 m2 and are supplemented by additional facilities in the outdoor training park:

HEALTH, SAFETY AND RESCUE

Indoor facilities Climbing wall with 10-15 different ladder systems for rescue.

High rescue platform (free hanging person).

PPE hardware and wind specific rescue devises and equipment.

Real helicopter winch training.

Rotor blade and hub rescue simulator.

Rescue simulator for confined spaces.

Rescue simulator for rescue from depth.

Evacuation procedures.

Outdoor facilities 30-metre training tower.

Various boat landing systems on different simulators.

Extensive advance firefighting training range.

Real Helicopter winch training.

Training programmes All BZEE HSE modules.

Development and testing of manufacturerspecific safety concepts.

GWO.

TURBINE SERVICING & MAINTENANCE Indoor facilities 1 MW nacelle mounted on 10-metre tower segment.

Electrical, hydraulic and mechanical labs.

Training programmes Accessing the nacelle and hub.

Mechanical and electrical maintenance procedures.

Rescue procedures.

Service and maintenance on hydraulic units.

COMPONENT REPLACEMENT

TURBINE ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY Indoor facilities Wind turbine foundation.

2 tower segments (bottom and top).

Min. 500 kW nacelle.

3 shortened rotor blades.

Main components: Generator, gearbox, hub and wind turbine control.

Training programmes WTG assembly.

Commissioning.

WTG disassembly (refits and repowering).

TROUBLESHOOTING

Indoor facilities 2 nacelles min. 1000 kW. Component storage.

Indoor facilities Min. 1 MW drive train.

Connected CMS, sensors, brakes and hydraulics.

Control unit and technology.

High-voltage connection.

High-voltage switch permission training.

Training programmes Performance diagnostics.

Component replacement.

Alignment controls.

Training programmes Systematic fault analysis.

Condition monitoring.

Commissioning.

ROTOR BLADE PRODUCTION, INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR Indoor facilities 54-metre rotor blade mould for production processes and training.

Real rotor blades for training, inspection and repair.

Workbench with air extraction unit.

Secured material store.

Outdoor facilities 3 Rotor blades on transport trolleys (inspection).

Training programmes Rotor blade production.

Rotor blade inspection.

Repair, maintenance and installation of rotor blades.

Rotor blade assembly.

OFFSHORE SKILLS Indoor facilities 12 m x 12 m swimming pool, depth 6 m.

10-tonne crane system.

Wave systems up to 2 m wave heights.

Wind simulation system (fans).

Rain simulation system (sprayers).

Sound, fog, rain and wind systems, flash lights.

HUET with the highest safety standard.

Offshore training rig platform.

Boat landing area.

Changing rooms.

Sea survival equipment storage.

Outdoor facilities Quay with offshore transition piece.

2 training vessels.

Direct connection to the sea.

Real training environment.

Training programmes All BZEE offshore modules.

STCW portfolio.

Opito.

GWO. Customer-specific courses.

COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT GROUP NL FIRE-FIGHTING

Outdoor facilities Fire-fighting container ensemble with helicopter platform Protective clothing magazine Fire-extinguishing agent store

Training programmes Fire prevention Basic fire-fighting Advanced fire-fighting on wind turbines

METEOROLOGICAL STATION Indoor facilities Monitors with online displays in the training hall and seminar rooms Monitors and computers for evaluating meteorological data

Outdoor facilities 30-metre mast with measuring devices at different heights with 5-metre intervals Wind force, wind direction, air pressure and humidity measuring devices

Training programmes Weather forecasting and deployment planning Scientific accompanying research

LOGISTICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Logistics Crane system with 2 trolleys (40 t and 20 t) 4-5 tonne telescopic forklifts 2-tonne forklift trucks Lorry access and parking space Quay Connection to local public transport 1000 m² of parking spaces Seminar and conference wing 10-12 seminar rooms with direct access to the training halls Conference room 20 office workplaces Utility rooms and communal spaces

EGERSUND WIND HUB

ARCHITECTURE SHOWPIECE FACILITIES THAT APPEAL TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS Building areas ca. 5200 m²

Training hall 1 (HSE) 144m², 12 m (length), 12 m (width), 10 m (height) Training option 10-15 different Ladder Systems (Ladder rescue) Rotor blade and hub rescue simulator Rescue simulator for “confined spaces” Rescue simulator for “rescue from depth” Rescue of free hanging person Evacuation procedures Floor loadability regular

Training hall 2 (Rotor blades) 3200 m²: 80 m (length), 40 m (width), 12 m (height) Crane system: 2 x 10 t Underfloor cabling 2 x 5 m x 5 m gates Floor loadability Heavy load floor

Training hall 3 (Tech.) 1200 m²: 40 m (length), 30 m (width), 18 m (height) Crane system: 40 t and 20 t Underfloor cabling 5 m x 5 m and 3 m x 3 m gates Floor loadability Heavy load floor Training hall 4 (offshore) 750 m² Training pool: 12 m x 12 m x 6 m 5-tonne crane system Office and seminar wing approx. 1000 m² Total area required approx. 6500 m² Quay Delivery timetable Given the acute training requirements arising from the development of several North Sea wind farms, Egersund’s central and thus excellent location, as well as the lack of suitable training infrastructure, it is envisaged that the training centre will commence operation in the second half of 2017.

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