PES magazine has published the article " Failure modes in offshore wind turbines: pitch systems ". The article created by the DOCC-OFF partners, highlights the importance of determining and understanding the failure rates of an offshore wind turbine in order to model and reduce operation and maintenance costs.

The video shows how INNTERESTING can help to extend the life of the existing installed turbines by developing new concepts and technologies for reducing testing time and costs and replace large physical tests. INNTERESTING, coordinated by the Technological Research Centre IKERLAN, is financed by the European Union´s H2020 Research and Innovation Program.

Over 100 participants – 47 in person and 57 remotely – took part in the session. The Basque Country Business Development Agency (SPRI) and the Basque Energy Cluster (ACE), as well as companies such as IBERDROLA, NORTEGAS, SENER, IDOM, IRIZAR, CAF and ORKLI, presented their projects.

The Basque Energy Cluster organised a webinar on 2 October together with Fluidex, where Borja López de Munain, an expert on the Russian Oil&Gas market, talked about the opportunities available and initiatives being carried out in the country. There are currently short and medium term projects under way worth over 100 billion euros.

As part of a raft of initiatives aimed at reviving commercial activity after the COVID-19 crisis, Basque Trade & Investment and the Basque Energy Cluster (ACE) have come together to offer a cycle of webinars on emerging markets in the wind power sector. The fifth session, held on 1 October, focussed on the Brazilian wind power market. This country has long experience in the wind power sector and more than 16 GW of installed wind capacity. After its activity slowed down in recent years, a boom is expected and the country hopes to reach 24 GW of installed wind capacity by 2024. Several offshore locations are also being studied in Brazil in order to start installing wind farms.

The event was opened by the Basque Government's Deputy Minister for Industry, Javier Zarraonandía, and Rafael Domenech, Head of Economic Analysis at BBVA Research, was a guest speaker. The situation of the sector was analysed following the COVID-19 crisis and the measures and proposals put forward by the Basque Energy Cluster to stimulate business recovery and contribute as one of the key sectors in the economic rebound of the Basque Country were presented.

On September 25, a meeting took place at the Gipuzkoa Chamber of Commerce in San Sebastian to launch the Working Group on Wind Turbine Data Sharing. It was attended by 22 participants, 9 in person and 13 online.

On September 25th, PLATOON project was presented to 22 stakeholders from the wind energy field in the framework of the kickoff meeting of the Wind Turbine Data Sharing Working Group, that took place in Cámara de Comercio de Gipuzkoa (Chamber of Commerce) in San Sebastian.

OPEN DEI WG3 has been officially launched in an online kickoff meeting held on September 23rd, 2020. José I. Hormaeche, Managing Director of the Basque Energy Cluster and WG3 leader on behalf of H2020 PLATOON project, has presented the main WG goals and a preliminary action plan for the WG activities in 2020 and 2021.

As part of a raft of initiatives aimed at reviving commercial activity after the COVID-19 crisis, Basque Trade & Investment and the Basque Energy Cluster (ACE) have come together to offer a cycle of webinars on emerging markets in the wind power sector. The fourth session, held on 16 September, focussed on the Colombian wind power market, which plans to have over 1000 MW installed by 2023 and over 3000 MW installed by 2030.