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On Thursday 11th of April the TU Delft Wind Energy Institute, led by AE Prof. Simon Watson, successfully organised the very first S-meeting. Over sixty scientists, students and people from industrial R&D gathered to listen to highlights in Future Wind Energy Concepts and share dinner together. Speakers came from TU Delft Aerospace Engineering and the University of Strathclyde. Andrew Garrad, co-founder of Garrad Hassan (now DNVGL) closed the series with his perception on the past , present and future of wind energy.

2. As of 1 January 2019, Dr. Maxim Segeren, former colleague at the Hydraulic Engineering Department of the Faculty of CE&GS, will start as project manager for Offshore Wind at the Valorisation Centre. Building on his previous experience in collaboration projects with industry on offshore renewable energy and his role in the GROW consortium and PhD@Sea, Maxim will be fully dedicated to the further development of offshore wind projects between the TU Delft departments and industrial parties.

On Tuesday the 19th of June 2018, at the European Academy of Wind Energy’s Board meeting, TU Delft was awarded the right to host the prestigious EAWE Torque conference in 2020. The conference will be held between the 28th and 30th May 2020 and will coincide with the International Small Wind Turbine Competition hosted annually at TU Delft.

Het was zo’n mooi plan: met ongeveer zestig studenten en medewerkers op een boot naar het windmolenpark voor de kust van Noordwijk, waar het merendeel van de energie op de campus wordt opgewekt. Maar het liep anders.