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Offshore Foundations returns for Wind Week 2026 — the must‑attend event for offshore wind foundation and substructure engineering, taking place August 24–26 in Bremen, Germany. Join leading designers, geotechnical experts, OEMs, researchers, and project developers to explore the newest technical innovations, challenges, and solutions shaping the future of offshore wind foundations.

🌊 Key Topics & Highlights:

✔️ Geotechnics & Soil–Structure Interaction – Ground modelling, damping, scour, lab testing quality, and uncertainty management

✔️ Novel Installation Methods for XXL Monopiles – Vibro driving, jetting, lubrication, new investigation technologies, and large‑scale field test insights

✔️ Integrated Load Analysis & Next‑Generation Design Approaches – Damping strategies, modelling consistency, design optimization beyond steel tonnage

✔️ Lifetime Extension, Fatigue & Digital Twins – Data‑driven LTE, monitoring strategies, virtual sensing, corrosion–fatigue insights

✔️ Corrosion Protection & Environmental Compliance – Updated standards, environmental impact reduction, and regulatory developments

✔️ Transport & Logistics for Next‑Gen Foundations – Vessel capability constraints, transport load monitoring, and installation workflows

✔️ Global Market Developments – Special focus on emerging offshore wind markets in Asia, seismic design, and localisation challenges

Over 60 expert speakers from top industry players — including Siemens Gamesa, Vattenfall, DNV, Ramboll, Wood Thilsted, Deltares, Equinor, Van Oord, BayWa, European Energy, NGI, Kent and more — have already confirmed their participation!

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This premier event is your gateway to connect with industry leaders, showcase your services and establish your brand as a driving force in the world of Offshore Wind.

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• Customized packages: Choose from six carefully crafted sponsorship packages to ensure your individual objectives are met.

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Take this opportunity to showcase your services, talk to industry experts and help shape the future of the shared services and outsourcing industry. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available. So secure your preferred package today and join us at the forefront of the industry!

See the full randomised attendee snapshot for the Wind Week 2025 conference, as of September 2025.

As offshore wind turbines scale beyond 15MW, wave loading is becoming one of the most critical and uncertain design challenges. In this interview, Michiel van der Meulen explains how turbine size growth is changing structural dynamics, introducing wave‑induced resonance, higher fatigue risks, and greater uncertainty in traditional design load cases. He discusses why selecting the right environmental conditions is essential for safe design, the growing role of probabilistic approaches, and how monitoring and improved methodologies will be key to supporting the next generation of offshore foundations.

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Daniel Roman Barriopedro explores the real constraints facing wind turbine scalability as the industry moves toward ever larger machines. While technological innovation continues to overcome many engineering challenges, he highlights transport, construction, and supply‑chain limitations as emerging bottlenecks. The interview sheds light on modular turbine architectures, standardization of key components such as bearings and powertrains, and how these trends are reshaping OEM strategies — offering both challenges and new opportunities across the value chain.

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State‑of‑the‑art Virtual Sensing for Offshore Wind Turbines

In this Wind Week 2025 presentation, Johan Toftekær explores how virtual sensing and digital twin concepts enable data‑driven decisions for offshore wind turbines.
The session covers uncertainty management, damage accumulation, and lifetime prediction based on measured operational data.

This Wind Week 2025 presentation by Álvaro Sáenz (GRI Renewable Industries) explores manufacturing readiness for large offshore wedge connections.

It covers production capabilities, investment timelines, early supplier engagement, and strategies for building resilient offshore supply chains.

In this Wind Week 2025 presentation, Dr. Sulaiman Shojai (DLR) shares results from the German CorroFAT project on how corrosion affects fatigue performance of welded offshore steel joints.

The session combines experimental testing and numerical analysis to assess remaining service life under corroded conditions.

Insights from Wind Week 2025 – Conference of Offshore Foundations

This presentation by Dr. Ing. Marc Seidel (Siemens Gamesa) captures key discussions from Wind Week 2025 on fatigue optimization for circumferential butt welds. It highlights where current design practices, assumptions, and code interpretations may introduce risk and which factors most strongly influence fatigue performance in large offshore structures.

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• Thickness and weld width effects and common misconceptions
• The often‑overlooked length effect and its impact on fatigue reliability
• Implications of improved and experimental S‑N curves in current standards

Dr. Amir Chahardehi (Kent) and Prof. Ali Mehmanparast (University of Strathclyde) presented cutting-edge research on fatigue performance of thick welded joints at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations. Explore new data-driven insights into design curve accuracy and implications for monopile integrity.

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Marcus Klose, Head of Section Offshore Technology and Innovation at DNV, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on strategies for offshore wind farm lifetime extension. Explore key insights on ageing assets, orphan turbines, asset management, and the need for a unified industry framework through DNV’s JIP initiative. Read the presentation now for free >>>

Michel Kurstjens, CCO of Sif Group, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on circularity in monopile design and decommissioning. Learn how recycling, new business models, and the "giant woodchipper" aim to close the loop in offshore wind foundation lifecycles.

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Michiel van der Meulen, Wave-Structure Interaction Engineer at Siemens Gamesa, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on evolving wave-induced resonance risks.

Dive into real-world case studies on sea states, fatigue life, and climate change impacts on monopile-supported WTGs.

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Sander Suur from Van Oord Marine Ingenuity, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations, exploring the potential of slip joint foundations for offshore wind. Learn about benefits like faster, maintenance-free installation and challenges such as design complexity and long-term settlement.

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Stefan Erents from enersea Sea the Future presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on the design and lifecycle of secondary steel. Explore concepts around internal platforms, boat landings, fabrication, and how standardization across stakeholders can streamline offshore wind projects.

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Dr. Sulaiman Shojai from the Institute for Steel Construction, Leibniz University Hannover, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on fatigue in corroded offshore steel structures.

Learn how experimental and numerical methods, including replica techniques and notch stress curves, help assess structural life in harsh marine environments.

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At Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations, Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins Lead Engineer, Primary Structures at Wood Thilsted unveiled the Z FLANGE — a new bolted connection concept designed to overcome the limitations of traditional L flanges. Discover how this innovative, certifier-approved design improves load handling, reduces flange thickness, and simplifies fabrication and installation.

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Will Beckinsale from SSE Renewables presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on the future of connection concepts in offshore wind. Explore the limitations of large-scale bolted connections, emerging alternatives like slip joints and C1 wedges, and visions for a more unified industry approach.

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Marc Seidel, Principal Engineer, from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on the advantages and long-standing reliability of bolted L-flange connections. Discover why this connection method remains the global standard for turbine towers, backed by decades of use and over 200 million bolts in operation.

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Marc Seidel, Principal Engineer at Siemens Gamesa, presented at Offshore Wind 2024; Foundations & Substations on upcoming changes in flange design standards. Gain insights into preload methods, fatigue resistance updates, and the new "pyFlange" tool shaping future offshore connection designs.

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Wind turbines are becoming more modular, connected, and complex—but have our simulation tools kept up?

At Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines 2024, Diogo Samora Cerqueira, Product Owner at DNV, introduced Bladed Next Gen: a redesigned aeroelastic code built for automation, advanced modelling, and high-throughput simulation.

Download: “Re-imagining Aeroelastic Tools for the Digital Era” In this presentation, you’ll discover:

• Why current aeroelastic tools struggle with data integration, automation, and failure prevention
• How Bladed Next Gen enables flexible turbine configurations, component-level modeling, and JSON-based data reuse
• How APIs, digital twins, and real-world data converge to support faster and more accurate lifetime simulations
• Secure data sharing across OEMs, substructure designers, and operators—without compromising IP

How soil behaviour, SSI, and cyclic loading are redefining monopile design in the era of 15+ MW turbines

Download this technical whitepaper examining:

• Soil–structure interaction (SSI) in large-diameter monopiles
• Cyclic degradation and fatigue implications
• Installation effects vs design assumptions
• Case insights from Hornsea Project One, Borssele Wind Farm, and Hywind Scotland