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Leading test facilities for wind power technology

Cooperation has resulted in state-of-the-art facilities

The best conditions for innovation Denmark wears the yellow jersey in wind power technology

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10 Tests and innovation are vital to production. And in Denmark we are proud to be in the yellow jersey when it comes to production and development of wind power technology. One very exciting player in this area is LORC which offers state-of-theart facilities within testing and validation of very large structures. In this edition, Discover LINDØ focuses on tests and innovation at Lindø.

Between them, FORCE Technology and LORC have put Denmark on the world map within development and tests of big and heavy industrial structures. p. 14

It is no coincidence that Denmark became the leader within the exploitation of wind energy, Henrik Stiesdal states, and he also discloses why.

Over the years, LORC has developed from a knowledge centre into a commercial organisation at the global top of the leading three in testing and validation of wind power technology.

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Michael Witt Gudmundsson keeps track of the supply network at Lindø. p. 20

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Dear Reader,

I often hear people saying 'We've got to try this' or 'I'll try to do that'… and equally often I think; No! We're not going to try—we're going to do. Trying something is often an easy way of saying that we are not quite certain that it will work—for it's certainly not an ambitious way of expression. However, "testing" is ambitious. At quite a different level. Here, we expose our thoughts, actions ... or manufactured structures ... to the ultimate test; will it last as expected? In this issue of Discover LINDØ we dig deep into one of the corner stones in the industry cluster at Lindø; the test facilities. We are so privileged that some of the world's most advanced test facilities for the wind turbine industry, and to some extent also other industries, are established at Lindø and contribute to attracting both attention and activities to the area. These tests are made on structures developed through extensive and ambitious innovation processes in the relevant enterprises, and at Lindø the structures will prove whether they perform as intended. I believe that innovation, testing and production are inseparable. At a time when international competition in offshore activities is high, it is vital for an area such as Lindø to maintain the unique position we have with enterprises and facilities for all three objectives.

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I hope you will find inspiration in our articles on test facilities and engineering businesses and that like me you will have at least one WOW! moment while you read the magazine.

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Denmark offers the best conditions for innovation The fact that Denmark was the country to put on the yellow jersey in the exploitation of wind energy is in no way a coincidence, says Henrik Stiesdal. He points at our low pecking order and the transparent and direct dialogue across the public and private sectors as the prime reasons for the success. TEXT: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

PHOTO: SKOVDAL NORDIC, FREDERIK JOHS AND HENRIK STIESDAL

One year following the initiation in 1975 of constructing Denmark's first wind turbine, the Tvind Turbine, Henrik Stiesdal had his first aha! moment in wind energy in the farmyard of his childhood home in Vildbjerg. Merely 19 years old, Stiesdal was driven by the desire to bring down the family's very high costs of power and heating to become energy self-sufficient. Something he strongly believed could be achieved through wind energy. Stiesdal was right. Not only in the form of a lower electricity bill in his childhood home, but also on the very large scale which took Denmark to the fore front as the world leader within wind power for the benefit of both power budgets and environment challenges. A position on which Henrik Stiesdal made a decisive influence both with Vestas and Bonus Energy that later on became Siemens Wind Power. Behind the personal as well as the national success, the wish for innovation has been a basis for the driving force. An innovation which Denmark in general has had the skills and competence to take on, to nurse and to develop, he finds. Low pecking order and transparency – We have something quite unique in Denmark by our social and business cultures with a low degree of pecking order and a transparent, direct and open dialogue between industry and the environment of research & development. We listen to one another and we are not afraid of challenging one another—this is

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LORC was born Around the same time that climate became the word of the day all over the

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All in gear The survey shows how much the nations of the world have benefited from investing in wind energy measured over a 25year period. Even though a nation like the US has invested by far the highest public spending in both research and development, nations such as Denmark and Spain with far more moderate research investments are the ones that have gained the most. Here Stiesdal notes that Spain is at the top only because they have benefited from innovative solutions developed in Denmark. – Obviously, there are circumstances that have helped secure Denmark's success in wind power. The political goodwill, the ability to cooperate across private industry and public research, and an increasing demand in the market all came in gear at the same time, he says. These three qualities have continuously been the driving forces behind every new Danish innovation in wind energy, he stresses.

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highly conducive to development and innovation, says the 61-year-old wind power pioneer, as he calls himself in his LinkedIn profile. At the same time, national politicians have displayed goodwill and looked upon Danish green wind power with positive and favourable minds—and assisting financial subsidy schemes. Perhaps encouraged by the wish to become self-sufficient as a nation—and thereby not be too dependent on foreign production of fossil fuels which have, through their cyclical rates, from time to time presented challenges to the national budget. – Fortunately, national politicians have to a wide extent been active players for the trade, both in terms of attitude and subsidies, says Henrik Stiesdal and produces a survey which he made on the basis of data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

and the LORC test centre, and that was indeed well spotted by A.P. Møller - Mærsk, says Henrik Stiesdal, who is on the Board of LORC and has followed the development of the test centre from day one. – Once again we were fortunate—or clever—to get the right people into play. There was really good will among the municipal, regional and national levels and the industry to get LORC up and running. On top of that, former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was appointed the first chairman of the board, which was really a good choice. At the time when Maersk shut down the Lindø Yard, well over 2,100 people worked there. Today, Lindø employs just under 3,000 people, so the decision has really cemented Denmark's position in the area of wind energy and retained jobs in Munkebo.

A model of scale 1:60 of Henrik Stiesdal's idea of a floating wind turbine is being tested in a wave tank

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world in the wake of the UN climate change conference, COP15, in Copenhagen in 2009, A.P. Møller - Mærsk had to recognise that there was no longer any healthy economy in building ships at the Lindø Yard. Fortunately, this recognition by the Group also had a wise eye for preserving the Danish innovation lead in the field of wind turbines. At the time, the discussion on wind turbines on shore had been displaced by a desire for far bigger turbines to be placed offshore. Turbines which the manufacturers' own test facilities would no longer be able to accommodate. – The Lindø Yard had a quayside location and a big crane, so this must lead to something good. That was the kick-off for Lindø Industrial Park

Been there, done that… Although almost 10 years have passed since offshore turbines started sprouting in Danish and worldwide waters, there are always opportunities for new inventions. After a long and active life in the wind turbine business, Henrik Stiesdal has replaced his full-time job with Siemens Wind Power by a retired life which, however, is far from rhyming with golf courses and holidays abroad. On the contrary, he fully releases his urge of development and inventing into the family business Stiesdal A/S and the two derivatives Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S and Stiesdal Storage Technologies A/S which he operates together with a number of good friends from the energy sector. Among the inventions is his disruptive idea of a low-cost solution on floating offshore wind foundations, the so-called TetraSpar concept. It is designed for wind turbines on great sea depths which today are very cost-intensive to set up. – In the early days of the wind turbine industry, it did not take much to gain heavily from your inventions. This obviously changed during the 40 odd years of the industry. Today, what used to be rather casual has been replaced by a far more professional and thereby less flexible industry where it takes far more effort before benefits can be reaped. And yet, Denmark maintains its giant lead in relation to the outside world because of our cultural advantages, says Henrik Stiesdal. He particularly feels this in his position as one out of two foreign—both Danes, incidentally—representatives in a research team under the US Department of Energy. – I often hear people saying ”Couldn't we also try to…”, and then I am often in a position to answer them that we have already thought, developed or even tested that in Denmark, he says.

Henrik Stiesdal 14 April 1957: Born in Hørsholm, Denmark 1979-1988: Studied medicine, biology and physics at the University of Southern Denmark 1979-1983: Licensor and consultant for wind-turbine company Vestas

1988-2000: Technical Director with Bonus Energy 2000-2004: Technology Director with Bonus Energy 2004-2014: Chief Technology Officer with Siemens Wind Power 2015-: Self-employed, owner of Stiesdal A/S and main shareholder of Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S and Stiesdal Storage Technologies A/S Positions of trust: Board member of the foundation Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) and of Haldor Topsøe A/S

Floating wind turbine platform When looking into the future, he still sees Denmark in the international lead within the innovation and testing of wind turbines. – It's a matter of catching the opportunities that emerge. My bet for a floating wind turbine platform is just one of many bubbling ideas in Denmark. If we succeed with these new ideas, we may come up with a solution for California that has adopted the phasing-out of

fossil energy in favour of sustainable energy, says Henrik Stiesdal. Or, he adds, a solution to Japan's next energy source, now that they have adopted to finally shut down the country's nuclear power plants by 2040 in the wake of the tsunami accident at the Fukushima power plant in 2011. – We have big countries and states such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and California with big depths of water where inexpensive floating wind turbine foundations may be the solution to the challenge we have with the phasing-out of fossil energy, he says. Just as solar energy has its limitations, such as no sunshine at night, wind energy also has its logical challenges among a wide range of advantages. The wind does not always blow. Therefore, Henrik Stiesdal is working on yet another project to ensure the storing of wind power to guarantee a steady supply of energy. Objection to open source - My personal drive for innovation has moved several times through life, but since the turn of the millennium, climate and the desire to maintain and expand Danish jobs have been my driving force. I have been fortunate to be at the right time and place in the development of wind energy, and I wish to give something back to society, he says. In 2015, on this background, he orig-

inally presented the idea of the industrialised floating wind turbine platform in so-called ”open source”, i.e. the idea was accessible to everybody. The idea of the open source was his very wish to give back by creating innovation in Denmark—without any costs for a user. An idea that was supported by DNV GL by e.g. calculations of the concept and the issue of a ”Statement of Feasibility”. – Since then, a vast number of researchers and students have developed the idea further. However, the industry has been far more reluctant because it does not wish to invest time and money in something that may help competitors, he says. Therefore he has had to further develop the concept with a few inventions that are not made in open source and for which a patent application has been filed. Now that exclusive rights can be obtained, the concept has really aroused the interest of the industry. Last autumn, TetraSpar received nine million DKK from the EUDP (the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) for continued industrialisation, and the concept is now being further developed in cooperation with the University of Aalborg, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Dansk Ingeniør Service (CREADIS).

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Leading test facilities for wind power technology

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In the late 00’s, doomsayers were lining up when A.P. Møller - Mærsk announced the closure of the Lindø Yard. However, like in the old Greek myths, Lindø Industrial Park arose like a phoenix from the ashes, amidst the many despairing predictions about thousands of lost jobs and a depletion of the Munkebo area. In the slipstream, the commercial foundation Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC) arose. A visionary but originally somewhat blurred thinking about contributing to creating something big and exceptional on the former yard—and most importantly to save jobs. Obvious location With Denmark's strong position in green energy both on- and offshore and the recent COP15 fresh in its memory, the foundation turned its attention to an industry which was quite obvious for a gigantic yard site with a capacity even for very heavy structures, with cutting edge crane facilities and a quayside location in the heart of Denmark. The board of the foundation was also influenced by the industry. In addition to the established forces such as A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Danfoss, the University of Southern Denmark and former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as chair, the board consisted of representatives from Dong, Vestas Offshore, Skykon, and Siemens. In every way an historic and quite unique board which resounded among the global competitors who open-mouthed witnessed that some of the world's strongest in wind power technology, and, between them, heavy competitors, managed to sit down around the same board table to agree on an organisation from which everyone would benefit to reduce prices of green

energy and maintain Denmark's lead in the field. However, another couple of years were needed before LORC quite found its feet and cemented its raison d'être. – During the first years, the main idea was to create a knowledge centre in green energy where researchers and other bright brains could let their ideas flow freely. It was all a bit blurred, says Torben Lorentzen, CEO of LORC. No building without commitment Around 2012 though, LORC decided to follow a rather more commercial line in testing and validation. It had to be possible to create a sustainable business in finding the generic challenges in the sector. Challenges which the operators would not by themselves invest in for testing. When Green Lab repaid LORC’s application for appropriation by providing the largest appropriation ever, the opportunity for building something exceptional was obvious. – LORC had an extremely strong standing because financial contributions were already secured from both Vestas, Siemens, Maersk, DONG Energy and the University of Southern Denmark. It also facilitated the situation when loans were applied for in order to build the function test facility. Basically, LORC’s business strategy is that there must be a customer base before we invest in a new construction. Customers have had to commit themselves, before we would lay the first stone, Torben Lorentzen states. Customers' handshakes for a binding lease became the basis for the function test bench which was inaugurated in 2014. Indeed a unique function test facility that can test an entire nacelle exclusive of its blades.

Function and fatigue testing The function test bench will test the electronic system of the turbine in a so-called grid compliance test. The test bench simulates various kinds of disturbances in both frequency and voltage and will test the turbine capacities. LORC operates on its own grid compliance net separate from the other energy supply and may also test under US transmission criteria.

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HALT is an abbreviation of Highly Accelerated Lifetime Testing, and with the HALT test bench the wind turbine is exposed to a realistic fatigue test to test its lifetime.

The HALT test bench can test wind turbines of up to 13 megawatt with a torque of up to 15 meganewton-metres.

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– One thing is separate testing of individual components from a wind turbine, as the manufacturers of the big wind turbine can do by themselves, another is how the individual components function as a whole. It is easy to test your wind turbine at the land-based test sites in Northern Jutland, but for one thing it is too expensive, and for another you don't always know how the wind is blowing in this country. On the other hand, we are able to test the wind turbine under controlled, realistic circumstances, says Torben Lorentzen.

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LORC has been through a fascinating development from a knowledge centre for disruptive ideas within green energy to this day being at the fine end of the Top 3 in the global market for testing and validating wind power both on- and offshore.

– When we received Green Lab's highest appropriation, the doors opened for us to build not only one, but two test benches, says Torben Lorentzen. The other investment, the HALT test bench at 150m Danish kroner, was built with support from the Danish Growth Fund and Denmark's Export Credit Agency, among others, and inaugurated in 2017. Popularly speaking, the test bench fatigues the wind turbine. The turbine is stressed by pressures, pulls and twists to test whether the promised life will be sustained. – The service life test is made to ensure that it will indeed last for the years it is meant to last, Torben Lorentzen states. Among the World Top 3 Even though LORC is unique within testing and validation, the enterprise is not the only one of its kind on the market. Competitors are found both in the US and in Germany, but unlike those, LORC

can report fully booked test benches up until 2021. – On some parameters we are better than our competitors, and on other parameters they are better than we. However, in relation to experience in testing and validation we are clearly in the lead because we have tested continuously since the start of both the function test bench and the HALT test bench, he says. The full occupancy can be directly read off the bottom line. The function test bench cost 175m DKK to build but today, four years after its inauguration, it is debt-free. Another difference between the three Top 3 competitors is the business model. While the competitors are often financed by public means and related in organisation to universities and research centres, LORC operates on purely commercial conditions. No cash cow – We have adopted a strategy that we

Close-up of the big drive motors with inflow of coolant water and high voltage. The powerful red brake calibres ensure that the motors can be kept securely braked when requested.

don't want to make big money on what we do. We are here for and on the terms of the industry and we will invoice the price that the industry can and will pay. Where there is any money left, it is spent not on padding LORC, but on new investments for the benefit of the industry. This is one of the secrets behind the success of LORC, Torben Lorentzen states. Another secret behind LORC's success is the art of protecting the customer's confidence and still use the experiences in a constructive manner. – All tests are adapted individually according to the customer's wishes and each individual test is obviously shrouded in the highest degree of confidence. However, we can use the experience gained from the many different tests we have made so that we may advise our customers in the best possible way, he says. Around the same time as LORC decided to build the HALT test bench, LORC and FORCE Technology decided to create Lindø Component and Structure Testing

Filter installations ensure that grid compliance tests are implemented at the cleanest possible signals.

Odense Steel Shipyard announces that activities will cease after the completion of ships in the order book. The division for creating the Lindø Industrial Park is established in the autumn.

A workshop with actors from the offshore turbine market, wave power actors, politicians, administration officials and representatives of universities and advanced technology groups (GTS) results in the formation of the commercial foundation Lindø Offshore Renewables Center (LORC). Former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is appointed chairman of the board and Claus Hviid Christensen is employed as the managing director.

Ove Poulsen is employed as the managing director of LORC which has adopted a business strategy of going from a knowledge centre to a testing and validation centre for wind power technology.

LORC together with FORCE Technology inaugurates the advanced laser welding centre, Lindø Welding Technology.

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Function test bench

Converter and transformer yards of a scale similar to a minor power plant supply the drive motors and grid emulation facility with correct voltage and frequency.

(LCST) that offers climatic and mechanical tests of wind turbine components and offshore equipment, among other things. The climate test centre is indeed an example of how LORC has managed to take a brilliant idea, put it down on a piece of paper during the young days of the foundation and turn it into a profitable business area.

Torben Lorentzen is employed as the managing director of LORC.

LORC inaugurates the function test bench.

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind tests the world's biggest nacelle of 8 MW at LORC.

LORC inaugurates the test facility, HALT Test Facility. On the same day, LORC and FORCE Technology inaugurate Lindø Component and Structure Testing (LCST) that consists of a climate test facility and a mechanical testing facility

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The function test bench can test wind turbines of up to 13 megawatt with a torque of up to 12 meganewton-metres.

A complex link-arm concept ensures that the big couplings that connect the direct drive motors with the turbine are free to move in all directions to take up push, pull and deformations.

A fairly good story But how does the future for LORC look? – We are constantly looking ahead and currently discuss with the wind turbine manufacturers about the requirements of the future. Obviously, it is an act of balance between what and when the manufacturers can initiate us into their future plans without inviting competitors into the design phase, and to be able to be involved in the development in due course. However, we believe that our journey so far has given us fair winds in the market, and we in fact find that we have a fairly good story from being an innovative knowledge centre to this day being a solid commercial undertaking, says Torben Lorentzen.

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LORC’s function test bench offers full scale testing of the electrical systems of nacelles. By means of a big motor, the rotor hub is activated and the turbine is exposed to various types of electric disturbances both in frequency and voltage, both according to European and American grid standards.

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Wind load unit - The wind load unit is the "power centre" of the fest facility. It is based on an intricate concept called a ”Hexa-Pod”, where 10 coupled hydraulic cylinders facilitate the generation of forces and deformations in all possible directions. Several cylinders can generate several hundred tonnes in push and pull forces.

Foundation - The massive concrete structure with a length of more than 35 metres constitutes the foundation of the facility. Armed with several hundred tonnes of steel reinforcement, the foundation is capable of taking the great forces and torques applied when life-testing the wind turbines.

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Drive motors - The test facility is driven by two coupled Direct-Drive motors, which between them can provide 13 MW power and a torque of up to 15 MNm—this equals the torque from more than 15,000 powerful racing cars.

Coupling – The coupling which connects the drive engines with the wind load unit is the world's largest coupling of the link-arm type. It has free movements in all directions and can at the same time transfer the powerful drive torque. The coupling also contains a torque-limiter securing against overload.

Converters - Converter systems are used for frequency control of the large Direct-Drive motors so that adjustments of speed and torque can be stepless.

Transformers - Transformer systems are used to adjust the voltage to the converters and the large Direct-Drive motors.

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FORCE Technology and LORC have created state-ofthe-art facilities

The result of an icing test. The test may continue until several centimetres of ice has been added. After that a mechanical test can be made to test if the component still works as expected.

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Visionary cooperation between FORCE Technology and LORC has put Denmark on the world map within development and tests of large and heavy industrial structures. And facilities are continuously expanded to match the requirements of the industry. TEXT: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

PHOTO: SKOVDAL NORDIC, FREDERIK JOHS & LCST

When FORCE Technology and LORC entered into a business partnership with Lindø Welding Technology (LWT) at the beginning of 2013, they had a clear vision to succeed in testing and developing entirely new production methods by means of state-of-the-art laser facilities.

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– The industry worked with laser welding in plate thicknesses of up to approx. 15-20 mm, whereas no-one else had successfully welded at any higher thickness. We wanted to change that— and we did. Today, we have achieved laser hybrid welding of 40 mm thickness, and we also have promising results of working in a steel thickness of 60 mm, says Søren Gothil Hansen who is the technical director of LWT and Lindoe Component and Structure Testing (LCST) and division manager of FORCE Technology. Close cooperation with the industry Over the past few years, LWT has worked at several demo-projects with the industry, e.g. with Sjørring Maskinfabrik from Thisted, producers of buckets for wheel loaders, among other things, and with the Esbjerg-based Steelcon which is the leading manufacturer in Europe of steel chimneys.

– This year, we have an agreement with Give Stålspær about tests on some of their products, says Søren Gothil Hansen. He also states that LWT has achieved its original vision and goal within development. For that reason, the future will offer a reconstruction and upgrading of LWT’s existing facilities into an AM-centre. – We will still be able to offer our customers the same kind of testing and development as today, but we will add an industrial setup with manipulation equipment for heavy-duty structures and process equipment for 3D printing—or additive manufacturing (AM), he says. 3D and remanufacturing With this new venture, LWT will be the only one in Denmark who can offer additive manufacturing, remanufactur-

Dimensions: 8x8x14 metres

Temperature range from -35 ºC to +60 ºC

Humidity control from 10 %RH to 100 %RH

The climate chamber at LCST is built to test big components. The entrance gate measures 7x7 m, whereas the chamber measures 8x8x14 m.

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Salt spray from different directions to simulate the effects of sea water

ing and surface treatment of new and existing products. Services which to a higher extent target industrial production. – Particularly in the areas of surface coating and remanufacturing where we can revive worn-down high-value components, we expect to be able to open up to new synergies with the other enterprises at Lindø, Søren Gothil Hansen states. A couple of years after FORCE Technology and LORC entered into partnership about LWT, the partnership was expanded by LCST. – LCST has proliferated from some of the thoughts that we had during the first years of the life of LORC, and the idea has been to make us attractive to industries other than exclusively the nacelle production, he says. State-of-the-art climate chamber For the time being, LCST consists of two test facilities, a mechanical test bench and a climate test chamber. The mechanical test bench has also made tests of jacket parts in full scale. This has been done in cooperation with Siemens Wind Power and Bladt Industries and supported by funds from EUDP (Energy Technology Development and

“The climate chamber is unique, and in terms of size you have to travel far to find anything to match it.” SØREN GOTHIL HANSEN, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF LWT AND LCST

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Demonstration Program). Yet another EUDP test project of the same scale is in the application phase. The climate chamber will test big and heavy structures under either extremely hot or cold conditions and expose the structures to, for example, salt spray or icing. The typical tests are function or fatigue tests to examine the resistance to the extreme conditions that may arise on, say, offshore wind turbines on open seas. Although LCST is not alone in the market, the company still stands out by being commercial where many of the other competitors are often affiliated with university environments. – Our climate chamber is unique. Merely in terms of size, you'd have to travel far to find anything likely to match our facility. Access to the chamber is a 7x7 m gate, and the floor is approved to carry up to 10 t/m2. Beyond any doubt, this is state-of-the-art, he says. As a unique service, customers may sit at room temperature in the control room and study their product while it goes through climate tests in the chamber.

LINDØ WELDING TECHNOLGY 3D-print via laser cladding

High-power laser welding

Advanced surface modification

32 kW laser power

2 flexible robot installations

Wide range of handling equipment and manipulators

"LWT was established from a great idea to create a common place for testing big facilities for the Danish offshore industry, whether we talk about wind, oil or gas." ØJVIND ANDERSEN CLEMENT, BOARD MEMBER OF LINDØ WELDING TECHNOLOGY

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Test set-up for a jacket k-brace. The mechanical test is designed to test the k-brace till it buckles.

Floor size 9x20 m

Reaction walls 4 m high

Applied loads in meganewton range

Various accelerated test patterns are available

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The mechanical test bench works with very high forces. This requires large bolts to be firmly tightened.

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Lindø thrills its visitors – Demand is not yet as big as we could wish, but this was anticipated. The fact that we are here is an entirely new possibility in Denmark, and we already feel a strong interest in the test centre. We often have visitors several times a week either by delegations from abroad, enterprises or universities, says Søren Gothil Hansen. And our location right here at Lindø really makes a marked difference. In addition to the obvious benefits for LWT and LCST with a location in an industrial area which can handle even very big structures right along the quay, we can also boast softer benefits which are noticed by visitors. – It is nothing short of fantastic to host visitors here at Lindø. This place oozes life and production and contributes to creating an awesome environment to present to our visitors, he says and relates that a delegation of 40 men is quickly reduced to 20 as half of the group has been attracted to other interesting points during the tour. – Lindø is a place that very easily thrills people.

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Cooperation with LORC has opened global doors for R&D The development and construction of the HALT test bench has moved the engineering firm R&D up into quite a different league, opened doors to new assignments and more than doubled its number of employees. TEXT: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

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Working with the HALT test bench has placed R&D in quite a different league.

Doors have opened – The cooperation on designing, constructing, building and installing the HALT test bench has indeed been the greatest door opener to us. We have moved from being sub-suppliers for the Danish market to being a main supplier on the global market, says Søren Bruun, Project Director with R&D. Before building the HALT test bench for LORC, R&D and Aalborg University entered into cooperation to build a demonstration model for accelerated life-test of wind turbines in scale 1:4. – We applied for EUDP funds (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) for building a demonstrator at a quarter of the size of the final test bench, and we have been able to reap valuable experience from that preparatory work, he states. Last year, at the inauguration of the HALT test bench, there were some proud peacocks around at R&D.

R&D A/S R&D stands for Research & Development and is an operating and consulting engineering enterprise with special expertise in system solutions for the industry. R&D is ISO 9001:2015 certified and certified and pre-qualified with Achilles JQS.

“It's a good feeling to be first mover for such a solid solution.” SØREN BRUUN, PROJECT DIRECTOR WITH R&D

R&D has three subsidiaries, R&D Test Systems A/S, R&D Tools & Structures A/S and R&D Engineering A/S. All three companies are owned by R&D Holding A/S.

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First movers – Being involved in creating such a successful project and see engineering disciplines at play, as I have never seen before, makes me proud. It's a good feeling to be first mover for such a solid solution, he says. The assignment for LORC also made thorough changes to R&D from being an enterprise with mainly machine engineers to now employing several different types of engineers. Today, the enterprise employs approx. 160 people. – In our testing division alone we have gone from 20 to more than 60 employees, so our cooperation with LORC has had vital significance and moved us forward to quite a different league within test equipment, says Søren Bruun. Tooling area where the test structure is fastened. The bolts sticking out are subsequently cut short and covered with a cap. The test structure is fastened in the threaded holes.

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Not every day will see an order for a 31 m long, 8 m wide and 14 m high state-of-the-art test bench for LORC appear in the order book with R&D Test Systems A/S in Hinnerup at Aarhus. However, this was just what happened back in 2016. LORC was certainly no unknown customer with R&D. For several years the engineering firm had been a sub-supplier of solutions for the testing and validation centre at Lindø. But this was the first time that R&D was going to be the main supplier of a test facility which both in terms of set-up and size had never been seen before. Today, six months after the official inauguration of the HALT test bench at LORC, it is quite a different R&D which makes its evaluations of the cooperation.

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Lindø is like a large Lego plate Michael Witt Gudmundsson is responsible for the supply network at Lindø. Big complexity and plenty of challenges—a dream job, he finds. TEXT: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

LINDØ port of ODENSE

PHOTO: SKOVDAL NORDIC, FREDERIK JOHS

Age: 32 Marital Status: Married and new father Educational Background: Electrician and marine engineer from Fredericia School of Marine Engineers Career with LPO: In December 2012, Michael Witt Gudmundsson was employed by the Port of Odense in operation and maintenance of rolling and sailing equipment. In October 2014, his job was increased to include technical building maintenance at Lindø. A liability of maintenance that includes just under 300 secondary electric meters and 65 water meters as well as installations, water, heating, cooling, waste water, panels and energy optimisation. In May 2018, Michael was appointed division manager of Building & Facilities with LPO.

Comprehensive supply system – It is a complex task. You have to remember that the area is more than 50 years old, and the supplies of power, water, heating and wastewater have changed during this period from having only one customer, the Lindø Yard, to having more than 90 tenants, he says. Lindø has its own transformer stations, whereas the local power company, Ravdex, owns the cables that supply the area with power. Lindø's 36 transformer stations with a total of 80 transformers come in all sizes and are spread over the entire area from far up in the air in the gantry crane to down below ground. – We have 12 power lines that supply the area from east to west and from south to north. We bend over backwards to ensure stable supplies to our tenants and therefore much of my time is spent on maintenance, he states. Meeting customer needs One of LPO’s tenants particularly stands out. LORC has in fact chosen to purchase its own transformer and settle directly with Ravdex, in contrast to the majority of the other tenants. The main reason for this is that the test facilities have special requirements in terms of voltage. – It is a complex job to meet all of a customer's individual requirements, but it is a substantial part of my job to assist in clarifying conditions for each individual tenant, and, as is the case with LORC, arrive at the best solution which in this case was to have the supply company make a direct supply, says Michael Witt Gudmundsson. Most of the tenants purchase their kilowatt-hours from LPO, who in return has to deliver a supply that works. Always a step ahead Personally, Michael Witt Gudmundsson has no doubts as to what the work with LPO means to him. – It is quite simply my dream job. I'm never bored. I have always been a competitive person and have practised triathlon and completed an ironman, so I thrive with the pressure of busyness and having to perform at top rate every single day, he says and elaborates: – I am very happy to have such a large network of contacts out here, and I always commit myself to thinking ahead. For instance, when we dig the ground somewhere we try to think two steps ahead and contemplate how we can benefit from the possibility of getting ahead in several ways.

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Name: Michael Witt Gudmundsson

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WHO'S WHO

– I usually say that Lindø is like a large Lego plate which we build on all the time—and sometimes we even expand the plate. This means that we are no more static than along the way we are able to meet the versatile requirements of our customers. These words are spoken by Michael Witt Gudmundsson who, on 1 May 2018, was appointed division manager for Buildings & Facilities with LINDØ port of ODENSE (LPO). Since 2014, the 32-year-old electrician and later marine engineer has been responsible for maintaining and ensuring as smooth an operation as possible of the supply network at Lindø.

NEWS FROM LPO

New employees

Trainees

LPO has welcomed three new employees:

LPO continually has engineer trainees in the technical division. For the moment, these are the trainees at Lindø:

Marketing Coordinator Liv Vestergaard 15 November 2017

Salary Administrator/Controller Christina Lyskjær 2 January 2018

Sales Manager Ole Haugsted Jørgensen 1 February 2018

Marine Engineer Student Martin Aasland Knudsen

Visits to Lindø 27 February 2018

Marine Engineer Student Emil Juul Eggersgaard

Danish Ports held a theme day on maritime protection and safety at Lindø Conference Centre. The theme day touched upon the most resent issues in ISPS, the current threat assessment, drones and how to make a port safe, when the city and its citizens move closer.

New enterprises J. Franks Lift & Maskinservice ApS (Rental and Service) (Pipe laser cutting)

(Welding and Steel Assembly)

Rago UG haftungsbeschrânk (Coating)

(Marine and Offshore Technology)

LINDØ port of ODENSE

(Plastics)

NEWS

Innovation in The Blue Denmark receives a lift by ShippingLab

Generally you would say that building ships outside Denmark will contribute to hollow out growth in Denmark. However, as a matter of fact, the relocation of Danish shipbuilding to Asia, for instance, has had a good spill-over effect on Danish exports of Danish maritime solutions on everything from rudders to pumps. And the maritime cluster in Denmark reaps the benefit of this, Danish Shipping states. – Several Danish manufacturers supply goods to many of the new built ships. This is good and we contribute to securing the entire food chain in the maritime cluster which in fact created 95,000 jobs to Danish workplaces, says Jacob K. Clasen, Director of Danish Shipping.

IMO’s environment sub-committee tightens the requirement of sulphurous fuels from 2020. By this announcement the sub-committee makes a recommendation to the IMO Environment Committee that as from 2020 it will be prohibited to have fuels on board with a sulphur content of more than 0.5 per cent, unless the ship has a scrubber installed to clean her exhaust. – Danish Shipping is very pleased with the clear signal which has just been issued by IMO. Efficient enforcement is something we—and our members and a handful of sister organisations—have worked for long and hard. Therefore it was also very positive that a joint international industry has proposed a ban as a lead-up to the meeting in IMO and also positive that the Danish authorities have gone ahead with their support, says Maria Skipper Schwenn, Director of Danish Shipping.

EU to drop double regulation in the offshore area The EU Commission has listened to the industry and to the Danish authorities and will drop a proposition that equipment on floating drilling platforms, the so-called Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), be covered under the EU product safety regulations. Had the directives been expanded this would have had a number of adverse effects for the industry—including increased administrative burdens and expenses in connection with double certification of equipment, and it would have had no positive effect on safety or quality. It would have impeded access to markets outside the EU, where the EU certification is not accepted but where international standards apply. – We have worked hard to have the so-called MODUs kept outside the rules on product safety as that would have involved a loss of competition in an area where safety is already high and where international standards apply, and where the international standards are widely accepted and in place, says Henriette Ingvarsen, Head of Commercial Law at Danish Shipping. Danish Shipping drew attention to the challenges of the double regulation back in 2016 and played the case onto the course of the Danish government's Implementation Council. Following this, the government decided in January 2017 that a so-called ”early initiative” would be made at EU level to avoid double regulation. This has now led to the resignation of the proposal by the EU Commission.

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THE BLUE DENMARK REAPS GROWTH FROM SHIPBUILDING ABROAD

IMO ready for sulphur ban

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At the beginning of 2018, the Danish government introduced its bid for a new maritime growth planning. A series of initiatives has to strengthen Danish shipping and the entire maritime cluster and place Denmark as a global maritime centre of excellence. One of the elements is the innovation partnership, ShippingLab, which is backed by a number of stakeholders from The Blue Denmark. The vision for ShippingLab is to make the partnership a driving force for innovative shipping of the future and lift innovation projects in joint efforts among several partners. So far, more than 30 organisations have supported ShippingLab, including Alfa Laval, MAN D&T, Maersk and the Danish Maritime Authority. Rune Hahn Kristensen is the project manager and is responsible for coordination between the various project proposals. The steering committee, which is ad interim, consists of Danish Maritime, Danish Shipping, the Danish Union of Metalworkers, the Danish Maritime Association, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and FORCE Technology. The Danish Maritime Foundation backs the financing.

Floating offshore wind foundations of the future TetraSpar is Henrik Stiesdal's bid for floating offshore wind foundations of the future. The concept is based on manufactured components that are joined without welding along the quayside. This can be used at sea depths from 50 m and more. TEXT: CHARLOTTE NYGAARD

PHOTO: HENRIK STIESDAL 1

The foundation may be adapted to suit any size of offshore wind turbine. The photo shows a 120 m tall, 10 MW wind turbine with a 180 m rotor diameter.

A model in scale 1:60 exposed to testing in a wave tank.

The foundation is assembled from prefab components and has a diameter of 70 m. No component has dimensions larger than the turbine tower, so if the turbine can be transported to a location, so can the foundation. The foundation is provided with air-filled floaters of 6.5 m diameter. Two tanks in each corner provide additional safety. The keel consists of steel pipes and is ballasted with iron ore to a total weight of 2,000 t. It displaces 2,200 m3 of water, so when air-filled, it can float along with the foundation during towing. After mounting the anchor lines, the keel is filled with water, sinks down and automatically pulls down the floater to the pre-selected depth. The keel is hanging in Dyneema lines, arranged in a special pattern, so that the keel is in a fixed position in relation to the foundation.

The anchor lines from the floater are of nylon and will reach almost to the seabed. Here they are connected to heavy anchor chains which are fixed to anchors like those for big ships.