ECO-WIND
Enhancing Capacity in Condition-based Maintenance of Wind Energy (ECO-WIND). 

Duration 01.01.2025–31.12.2027
Affiliation   Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway
Funding    Erasmus+

Purpose

ECO-WIND is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union within the action Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE)- Strand 2, supporting international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of higher education. This project is expected contribute to the overarching priorities of the European Commission: green deal and digital transformation.

University of Agder is the project coordinator.
The project duration is three years, starting from January 2025.

Some specific objectives of the project include:

  • Developing new training modules and lectures in condition-based maintenance in wind energy.
  • Conducting training of faculties/staffs of HEIs and professional engineers from electricity utilities and windfarm operators in partner institutions.
  • Enhancing the laboratories for problem-based learning.
  • Strengthening the collaboration between the participating universities from Norway, Estonia, Vietnam, Thailand and leveraging the students and staff exchange.

Project description

This project aims at enhancing expert workforce and digitalization in the field of condition- based maintenance of wind turbines and related components in the partner institutions in Vietnam and Thailand. The project will also help the EU partners to renew their education in renewable energy and build a sustainable flow of students in both directions. The main objective of the project is to implement real problem-based teaching and learning methods in the curriculum of higher education institutions (HEIs) of the partner countries. Moreover, this project will build the capacity to produce graduates with independent, global insight, interdisciplinary expertise, competence in wind energy, and intercultural expertise.

Project Activities

  1. Investigating needs and challenges of condition-based maintenance in local wind farms.
  2. Workshops on need analysis for developing courses, labs and training.
  3. Updating lab, lectures and curriculum.
  4. Staff and student mobilities among EU partners, Vietnam and Thailand.