Pieter Jan Jordaens joined Sirris (Belgian technology center – www.sirris.be ) in 2010 as a project leader. Since then he has been responsible to built-up and roll-out ‘OWI-Lab’ (www.owi-lab.be) which is the Belgian research, development and innovation lab for wind energy. This platform is supporting innovation within the full value chain of wind energy but is focusing on the emerging sector of offshore wind energy and wind energy in harsh environments as ‘cold climate wind energy’. The aim is to reduce investment and O&M costs, and make the technology efficient and reliable as possible to compete with traditional energy sources .... Read more
Pieter Jan Jordaens joined Sirris (Belgian technology center – www.sirris.be ) in 2010 as a project leader. Since then he has been responsible to built-up and roll-out ‘OWI-Lab’ (www.owi-lab.be) which is the Belgian research, development and innovation lab for wind energy. This platform is supporting innovation within the full value chain of wind energy but is focusing on the emerging sector of offshore wind energy and wind energy in harsh environments as ‘cold climate wind energy’. The aim is to reduce investment and O&M costs, and make the technology efficient and reliable as possible to compete with traditional energy sources .
PJ focused on developing the innovation and test services of the lab as business developer. Specifically on topics as ‘climate chamber testing’ of wind turbine components for offshore, cold, hot, and tropical climates the OWI-Lab team has built-up international recognition. One of the largest climatic test facilities in Europe was built up in the port of Antwerp to test and demonstrate the ability of wind turbine machinery to operate in harsh conditions worldwide in which they are currently installed. In cooperation with the university of Brussel (VUB) also an RD&I trajectory was set-up on the topic of structural health monitoring (SHM), structural integrity and the use of big data for (offshore) wind turbine applications. OWI-Lab has been one of the first actors in the offshore wind energy value chain in addressing the SHM topic. Also a spin-out company was set-up as a valorization result of the R&D trajectory.
Currently PJ is involved in different innovation projects as cluster manager of the Innovation Cluster on Offshore Energy in Flanders (www.offshoreenegycluster.be) to further reduce the LCOE of (offshore) wind energy, but also wave & tidal energy applications. This ranges from the use and application of drones and robotics for improved inspections, the implementation of smart sensing and big data analytics, development of new materials and coatings,… to supporting business cases of start-up companies active in the offshore energy sector.
Before joining Sirris, Pieter Jan obtained a Master's degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering at the International University College Group T (now KUL) in Leuven. After that he studied the International Postgraduate Programme in Entrepreneurial Engineering.
Summary:
• Cluster Manager IBN Cluster Offshore Energy - www.offshoreenenergycluster.be
• OWI-Lab Manager – Team leader wind energy at Sirris www.owi-lab.be / www.sirris.be
• Committee member IEA Wind (task19) - https://www.ieawind.org
Specialties: Wind energy technology & market trends analysis, Business development & Innovation, RD&I, Offshore wind energy, Cold climate wind energy, Climate chamber testing, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Innovation projects, R&D test infrastructure, Renewable energy technologies, Electro-mechanical engineering, Partnering, Start-ups.
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