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- Governance windscanner.PT national research infrastructure (PINFRA/22207/2016)Publication . Grosso, José; Campos, José; Ribeiro, Luís Frölén; Simões, TeresaThis document presents the governance structure foreseen for the operationalization of the WindScanner.PT research infrastructure. The methodology for the implementation of the governance structure, followed the one developed for the European Infrastructure WindScanner.EU, which was the origin of this Portuguese RI. However, as the European RI did not move forward due to a series of situations related to the infrastructure financing rules of the various members of the European consortium. In this sense the Portuguese consortium decided to maintain the project and adapt the RI structure to the Portuguese context and follow a simple model based on the usual research projects, and based on the governance structure defined for WindScanner.EU.
- Business plan windScanner.pt research infrastructure - national research infrastructure (PINFRA/22207/2016)Publication . Grosso, José; Campos, José; Ribeiro, Luís Frölén; Simões, TeresaWind energy is becoming one of the leading sources of power in Europe. The installed capacity increases each year, with the offshore wind gradually evolving with even more significant potential than onshore [1]. This growing tendency has also been promoting a more extensive research effort in this area, pushed by the climatic crisis that has also driven political support from multiple nations across Europe. Wind energy has employed over 250 thousand EU citizens and contributed to around 10% of European electrical consumption. Although high milestones have been achieved, there is still much room to grow in the wind energy sector, particularly cost reduction.The WindScanner.pt project aims to create a European distributed research infrastructure based on high precision sensors able to analyze fluid dynamics in tridimensional volumes, offering the ability to understand atmospheric conditions and turbulence better. This asset will not only allow better assessment of the wind conditions. Still, it will also enable the evaluation of projects in other areas where fluid dynamics are relevant, such as civil engineering and the building industry, by scanning the surroundings of large structures such as bridges and viaducts and measuring structure oscillations [3].