OWI-Lab supports the full Belgian wind energy value chain (from development to decommissioning phase) as expertise consortium with national and international ‘industry driven’ Research, Development & Innovation actions in order to further built-up our leading role in the worldwide wind energy sector.
Our R&D collaboration includes fundamental, applied and industry driven research & development and providing access to testing - and demonstration opportunities in real environments. We provide access to unique and real-life test and demonstration infrastructure, operational insights and associated application knowledge to support R&D and innovation in our target group. This target group involves companies active in the onshore –and offshore wind energy business. Our testing infrastructures and according expertise services are also available to the international wind energy value chain.
OWI-Lab is the continuation of the RD&I collaboration partnership between wind energy experts from Sirris, VUB and UGent. The key pillars of the initiative are: (Test / Experiment) -Infrastructure, Expertise and the collaborative RD&I Platform. Through technology expertise & infrastructure, innovation support services and international collaboration we seek to be a leading expertise centre that is supporting (international) innovation in the wind energy sector.
We welcome collaboration with researchers, industry partners, and students interested in Structural Health Monitoring in offshore wind and beyond.
- Check out our pinned repositories below to see our active projects
- Reach out for potential collaborations
- Explore our published research and tools
- Interested in renewable energy research? We supervise thesis projects
- Check our repositories for open-source tools and datasets
For more information about OWI-Lab and our research activities, please visit our institutional website or reach out through GitHub.
Building the foundation for sustainable offshore wind energy 🌊⚡