TY - CONF A1 - Quell, P. A1 - Knops, M. A1 - Heinicke, M. A1 - Rettenmeier, A. A1 - Kühn, M. A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Rolfes, R. A1 - Haake, G. A1 - Hahn, B. A1 - Benesch, M. A1 - van Radecke, H. A1 - Finger, K. A1 - Neumann, T. A1 - Herklotz, K. T1 - Offshore Wind Energy Research in Germany - RAVE - Research at Alpha VEntus N2 - To start the large-scale deployment of offshore wind in German waters, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) supports the offshore test site "alpha ventus" in the North Sea with a research budget of about 50 million Euro in the next years. The overall objective of the research is to reduce the costs of offshore wind energy deployment in deep water. In order to provide all participating research projects with detailed data, the test site will be equipped with extensive measurement instrumentation. This research initiative was named RAVE – Research at Alpha VEntus – and consists of a variety of projects in connection with the installation and operation of alpha ventus. As part of the RAVE initiative, so far the participating institutes and companies have prepared projects on the following topics: • Realization of the joint measurements and data management • Analysis of loads, modelling and further development of the different components of offshore wind turbines • Loads at offshore foundations and structures • Further development of LIDAR wind measuring techniques • Grid integration of offshore wind energy • Monitoring of the offshore wind energy deployment in Germany – "Offshore WMEP" • Measurement of the operating noises and modelling of the sound propagation between tower and water • Ecologic research T2 - European Offshore Wind 2007 Conference & Exhibition CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2007-12-04 KW - Offshore Wind Energy KW - Rave KW - Foundations PY - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-17976 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -