Offshore wind power: Leichtweiß Institute of Hydraulic Engineering at ‘WindEurope 2025’

At the ‘WindEurope 2025’ in Copenhagen, the EU-funded project INF4INiTY, coordinated by the Leichtweiß-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources of the TU Braunschweig, invites you to the event ‘Critical Technologies for Future Offshore Wind’. On 9 April, innovative solutions for the design of the next generation of floating wind farms will be presented.

The EU INF4INiTY consortium is developing environmentally friendly concepts for future floating offshore wind farms. Image credit: GICON

Floating offshore wind farms have the potential to drive the energy transition in Europe, but they are associated with complex technical, socio-economic and ecological challenges. The following topics will be discussed at the event: environmentally friendly design of floating wind turbines, artificial reef structures, floating structures, stakeholder engagement and biodiversity protection.

Offshore floating wind energy could play a key role in achieving the European Commission’s targets for a climate-neutral energy transition. However, the necessary expansion of this technology, for example to meet the targets of the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), poses challenges for the protection of marine biodiversity. The INF4INiTY project addresses this issue by developing environmentally friendly designs for the underwater components of floating offshore wind turbines.