HybridLabs launched
Co-creation of 37 partners to accelerate the energy transition whilst strengthening offshore food and nature transitions
HybridLabs is a consortium of 37 partners that will accelerate innovations in offshore renewable energy through data-driven hybrid labs. The scale of infrastructure and innovations in HybridLabs is unique. We create a Dutch infrastructure connecting hybrid experimental facilities, simulators and offshore demonstration sites, which learn from each other using new data- and physics-driven approaches. This nationwide infrastructure will be used to test innovations, such as new monitoring techniques, nature-strengthening offshore renewables, and new control and design strategies for floating installation techniques. Additionally, the consortium will ensure the supply chain's readiness and will lift potential barriers to implementation, whether legal, financial, ecological, or societal.
TU/e researchers Jeroen Schepers, Rianne Valkenburg and Stefanie Gillmeier are part of the research consortium led by TU Delft. The team will leverage a unique nation-wide infrastructure of hybrid experimental facilities, simulators, and offshore demonstration sites, with the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel at the Department of the Build Environment – TU/e being one of the labs at which tests will be conducted.
HybridLabs also strategically positions the Dutch knowledge and innovation chain for floating wind energy in international markets, such as on the Irish Atlantic coast, creating a solid position for the Dutch knowledge and innovation chain. HybridLabs is a €13m research project funded by NWO under the NWA-ORC call. HybridLabds was launched on 16 February