IQPC Announces 5th International Conference Offshore Windpower Substations 2016

The 5th International Conference Offshore Wind Power Substations 2016, produced by IQPC GmbH, will be held at the Swissôtel in Bremen on August 30th – September 1st, 2016, and will welcome experts from offshore wind farm owners, manufacturers, developers, major suppliers, insurance, and academia to exchange knowledge on the latest material innovation, new strategies to improve development and installation time, reducing overall costs, and extending substation lifecycles.

Berlin, Germany, June 15, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Taking place in Bremen, Germany, this technical event with special focus on assessing cost-effective solutions to optimize design, construction, installation and operation of offshore substations will give the opportunity to share experience with next generation transformer stations, as well as development optimization for lower costs.

The 5th International Conference Offshore Wind Power Substations 2016, produced by IQPC GmbH, will be held at the Swissôtel in Bremen on August 30th – September 1st, 2016, and will welcome experts from offshore wind farm owners, manufacturers, developers, major suppliers, insurance, and academia to exchange knowledge on the latest material innovation, new strategies to improve development and installation time, reducing overall costs, and extending substation lifecycles.

The conference offers 3 full days of insights from global industry experts, 2 technical workshops, and 5 interactive sessions including our notable speed networking. The event will be co-located with Advances in Wind Turbine Towers and Anti-Icing for Wind Turbines.

Key topics include:
· Optimization of offshore transmission systems to minimize losses for HVAC and HVDC
· Modular solutions and grid code-compliant designs with a focus on cost reduction
· Utilities’ and TSO’s experience in design, fabrication, and installation of offshore substations
· New electrical design concepts to improve reliability
· Risk management strategies for transformer platforms
Presentations include:
· Design, construction, and operation of far-shore HV wind farms: a contractor’s key takeaways
Thomas van Peteghern, Electrical Project Engineer, Systems Division
CG, Belgium

· Strategies for cost reduction and optimization of substation designs
Reimar Schlögl, Managing Director
tkb, Germany

· Standardisation of 700MW offshore AC substations as part of the strategy for offshore wind in the Netherlands
Marien Ruppert, Project Engineer Offshore substation
TenneT TSO, Netherlands

· Solving the topside weight optimization challenge
Daniel Noermark, Senior Project Manager, Offshore Substations
Ramboll, Denmark

· Utilities’ experience on Sandbank substation
Bart Verbeeck, Package Manager Offshore Substation
Vattenfall, Germany

· Risk management of HVAC and HVDC OSS seen from the insurer perspective
Truels Kjer, Senior Risk Engineer CoC Windpower, VP Global Markets
Swiss Re Denmark Services A/S, Denmark

· Grid connection and grid code compliance
Paul van Leest, Package Manager Electrical Infrastructure, Peter Huiberts, SCADA Engineer
Gemini Offshore Wind, the Netherlands

For more information and details concerning speakers, sessions, and presentations, visit:
http://www.offshore-windpower-substations.com/

About IQPC:
IQPC provides business executives around the world with tailored practical conferences, large scale events, topical seminars and in-house training programs, keeping them up-to-date with industry trends, technological developments and the regulatory landscape. IQPC's large scale conferences are market leading “must attend” events for their respective industries. IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, and Sydney. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivalled portfolio of conferences.

We look forward to seeing you at the 5th International Conference Offshore Wind Power Substations in Bremen on August 30th – September 1st, 2016.

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