Géne Civil et Environnemental (GCE)
Knowledge Institute
UCLouvain
Address
Place du Levant, 1. 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Website
N° of FTE working on wind topics
Less than 5
Our offshore wind expertise (general)
Offshore foundations installation, design and decommissioning
Our group was/is involved in these key offshore wind projects:
SAGE-SAND (funded by ETF 2021): Soil ageing around offshore wind turbine foundations - from operational response to decommissioning
EXCALIBUR (funded by ETF 2024): EXperimental and Computational Analysis of monopile extraction: Leveraging Innovation andBetter Understanding for Renewable offshore wind energy
FOUNDEX (part of GEOLAB funded by Horizon 2020 in 2021 – 2025): Influence of installation methods on the mechanical behaviour of offshore wind turbines foundations subjected to extreme weather events
Our relevant equipment | tools | infrastructure
for offshore wind:
Soil mechanics laboratory
Physical models of offshore wind turbine monopile foundations
3.2.2 Offshore construction techniques
1.3.3 Geophysical survey techniques
2.2 Tower and Substructure Design
1. Site Condition assessment & engineering
3.2 Installation operations
1.3.2 Soil-structure interaction modelling
1.3 Geotechnical and Geological Assessments
2.2.2 Floating foundation design
6.4 Dismantling techniques & operations
3. Logistics & Installation
2.2.1 Fixed foundation design
6. End-of-Life
2. Design & Engineering of windfarm components
Our offshore wind expertise (all lifecycle stages)
