Offshore Foundations | Advances in Rotor Blades
Wind Turbine Towers | Wind Turbine Bearings
26 - 28 August 2025
| Dorint City Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Focus Day - 26/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
8:30 - 9:00
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Remarks
9:10 - 9:40
Opening Keynote: Opportunities and Challenges of Next- Generation Towers >200 m, >10 MW
-Structural and logistical constraints beyond current standards
-New turbine generations and the pressure on tower design
-The balancing act between height, cost, and manufacturability
9:40 - 10:10
Structural challenges in internals of larger and more flexible towers
-With increasing turbine sizes, tower diameters and heights have increased significantly in the recent years.
-Larger towers lead to larger deformations and to different vibrational behaviour, impacting the tower internals
-New failure modes in tower internals have been observed in the field and ask thus for changes in the design methods for these, up to now often overlooked, components.
-This presentation will provide an overview on these new challenges and propose approaches for improved structural design of tower internals.
10:10 - 10:40
Hybrid Steel-Concrete Towers for XXL Applications
-Modal behavior and stiffness control
-Construction without large cranes
-Localized concrete sourcing strategies
10:40 - 11:10
Timber & Composites: Sustainable Structures for Tall Heights
-Modular timber tower systems
-Composites in structural and floating platforms
-Cost-performance trade-offs
11:10 - 11:40
Coffee Break and Networking
11:40 - 12:10
Bolted vs. Bonded Joints in Tall Tower Segmentation
-Joint behavior under high wind and dynamic loads
-On-site assembly tolerances and challenges
-Fatigue resistance and long-term performance
12:10 - 12:40
Advanced Materials for Strength, Durability & Lightweighting
-New steel grades and composite hybrids
-Corrosion and fatigue considerations
-Sourcing strategies under supply chain constraints
12:40 - 13:10
Panel: Material vs. Modularity – Making the Right Trade-offs
-Structural engineers, OEMs and material innovators in dialogue
-Cost, availability, and adaptability across geographies
13:10 - 14:30
Networking luncheon
14:30 - 15:00
Fatigue, Resonance & Dynamic Behavior in Tall Towers
-SN-curves, damping techniques, and vibration control
-Interface design with blades and drivetrains
-Real-world test results from >200m towers
15:00 - 15:30
Seismic & Environmental Design for Tall Structures
-Adapting base geometry for lateral loads
-Seismic protection and energy dissipation
-Field cases from high-risk zones
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break and Networking
16:00 - 16:30
Certification Update: Standards for Next-Gen Tower Heights
-IEC and regional trends for 200m+ designs
-Gaps in current codes for modular systems
-Retrofits and experimental configurations
16:30 - 17:00
Transporting Giants: Logistics for Segmented Towers
-Overcoming diameter and weight restrictions
-Rail, road and barge transport: case examples
-Digital logistics simulation tools
17:00 - 17:30
Roundtables (in parallel)
-What Should Certification Bodies Do Differently for 200m+?
-Global Material Strategies: Steel, Timber, Concrete
-Craneless Assembly: What’s Ready and What’s Next?
17:30 - 17:40
Day 1 Wrap-Up & Key Learnings
Closing remarks
17:40 - 19:00
Workshop J | Scaling Up: Height, Materials & Modular Engineering
-Opportunities and Challenges of Next-Generation Towers >200 m, >10 MW
-High-Capacity Hybrid Towers – Wood Towers
19:00 - 19:00
Evening Get-Together
Join us for an informal evening get together at Emma am See where some refreshing drinks and a nice barbecue buffet will be waiting for you! You are not only visiting an architecturally awardwinning monument, but meeting your peers in a relaxed atmosphere, exchanging business cards. and reviewing the first conference day.
