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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Wind Power

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A New Partnership in Offshore WindZhu, Professor ZUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 3,921,689
Accurate modelling of wind turbine wake spreading through consideration of realistic turbulent entrainment: revolutionising wind farm optimisationBuxton, Dr OImperial College LondonAeronautics 1,290,141
Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA (WindAfrica)Osman, Professor ASDurham, University ofEngineering 1,270,180
Development and demonstration of methods and tools for large scale wind turbine pitch bearing condition assessment (DemoBearing)ZHANG, Dr LUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 169,123
EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)Ingram, Professor DMUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 6,118,277
EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind Energy and the EnvironmentParsons, Professor DRUniversity of HullEnergy and Environment Institute 5,769,997
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS)Mehmanparast, Dr ACranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 3,995,604
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU)Beattie, Professor NSNorthumbria, University ofFac of Engineering and Environment 5,476,501
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy SystemsLeithead, Professor BUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 3,936,380
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and StructuresLeithead, Professor BUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 6,423,728
ESCROWS: Electrolytic-Free Single-Stage Converter for Reliable Offshore Wind SystemsElkhateb, Dr AQueen's University of BelfastSch of Electronics, Elec Eng & Comp Sci 274,792
Extreme Loading on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) under Complex Environmental ConditionsHann, Dr M RUniversity of PlymouthSch of Engineering 389,691
Extreme Loading on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) under Complex Environmental ConditionsGuo, Dr XSTFC Laboratories (Grouped)The Hartree Centre 63,391
Extreme Loading on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) under Complex Environmental ConditionsCampobasso, Dr MLancaster UniversityEngineering 44,275
Extreme Loading on FOWT under Complex Environmental ConditionsYan, Dr SCity, University of LondonSch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci 332,158
Extreme Loading on FOWT under Complex Environmental ConditionsQian, Professor LManchester Metropolitan UniversitySch of Computing, Maths and Digital Tech 353,156
Industrial Doctoral Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)Ingram, Professor DMUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 6,531,437
Queen's University Belfast Core Equipment Call 2019Price, Professor MQueen's University of BelfastThe Vice Chancellors Office 150,000
RCUK Catapult Researchers in Residence (Offshore Renewable Energy) - Wind farm Operation & Maintenance software development by using machine learningAl-Habaibeh, Professor ANottingham Trent UniversitySch of Archit Design and Built Env 50,000
Reliability analysis, diagnosis and prognosis of direct drive and medium speed generatorsCarroll, Dr JUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 269,385
Structural Health Monitoring of Systems of Systems: Populations, Networks and CommunitiesWorden, Professor KUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 881,028
Supergen ORE hub 2018Greaves, Professor DUniversity of PlymouthSch of Engineering 9,097,481
System-wide Probabilistic Energy ForecastingBrowell, Dr JUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 312,934
UK Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Test Facility (UKFOWTT)Hann, Dr M RUniversity of PlymouthSch of Eng, Comp and Math (SECaM) 1,066,834

Total Number of Grants: 24
Total Value of Grants: £58,188,183

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).