W.S.G. Isaac Newton

Modelling and load assessment of the NREL15MW wind turbine and comparison against 2B15

2-B Energy was founded in 2007 and specialised in developing offshore wind turbines. 2-B Energy has developed a 2-bladed 6MW 2B6 turbine located in Eemshaven. The company is pushing a step-change in turbine size up to 14MW and beyond while introducing further cost savings via infrastructure cost, operation, maintenance and installation costs. To do so, the company specialises in 2-bladed wind turbines, smart control algorithms and innovative design.

The internship aimed to investigate the load differences between the 2-bladed 15MW 2B15 wind turbine and the publicly available 3-bladed reference NREL15MW wind turbine. To do so, I carried out simulations in aero-elastic code for which I built software tools in Python that made the process time efficient. Post-processing and analysing the results led to interesting insights about wind turbines and will be useful for future use by the company.
2-B Energy is a great company to do an internship at. The working environment is comfortable and multicultural. The employees are all friendly and show interest in what you are doing. Overall, the company offers you a lot of freedom to tackle problems and the employees are always willing to help/teach you.