Onshore wind farms

• Wind power plant monitoring

• Wind power plant O&M

• Wind power scheduling & forecasting

• Wind power integration with grid

Offshore wind farms

• Optimal siting of offshore wind farm

• Efficient foundations for offshore wind turbines

• Efficient O&M of offshore wind farms

• Optimal materials for offshore wind turbines, especially the towers and foundation

• Floating offshore wind farms

• Wind power transmission from offshore wind farms to onshore

Small & micro-wind farms

• Vertical axis wind turbines

Solar-wind hybrid power plants

Agricultural farming in wind farms

Use of hydrogen to store wind power

Recyling wind turbines

Challenges

• Noise

• Bird kills

• Aesthetics

Components

• Rotor blades

• Turbine

• Generator

• Wind turbine power converters

• Wind turbine tower

• Wind power storage

Training/capacity building

Partnerships

• With solar power plants

• With wave & tidal power plants

Use of IT & digital tools

• Forecasting & scheduling

• Preventive maintenance

Economics

• Offshore wind

Regional trends in onshore & offshore wind

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia