E Lunch webinar "Why is the SWITCH field lab Lelystad so essential for a stable electricity grid in NL?"
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Presentation: TNO Peter Eecen KIVI system integration Wind Farms on March 19, 2025
How do we keep electricity grid stable when there is an abundance of wind and solar power?
TNO and Wageningen University & Research/ACRRES are collaborating in a new facility christened 'SWITCH'. SWITCH is a small-scale lab in the middle of the Flevopolder. The results of the experiments planned here will be of great importance for achieving a sustainable society.
Initially made possible by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, SWITCH consists of a number of small wind turbines, a small solar park, an electrolyser and a battery system. By connecting these flexibly to each other and to the power grid, the whole works as one sustainable power plant.
WUR/ACRRES and TNO are conducting research at this facility together with partners. In particular, TNO is studying how the grid can handle the large amounts of electricity generated from wind and sun.
WUR/ACRRES focuses mainly on applications of hydrogen to innovate energy production and storage within the agricultural sector.
Speaker: Peter Eecen (TNO)
Peter Eecen is senior business developer wind energy.
Peter develops innovation projects and consortia in which innovations are developed, which accelerate the implementation of wind energy.
Bio: Dr Peter Eecen received his PhD in the field of nuclear fusion in 1996. In 2000, he joined ECN as R&D manager of the 'Wind and waves' group, working on describing wind and waves in relation to turbine loading and assessments of wind as an energy source.
He led the experimental and validation group and has been active in the field of operation and maintenance of large offshore wind farms.
For four years, Peter headed the Rotor & Farm Aerodynamics group, working on rotor blade design and wind farm improvements.
Peter conducted research on wind and wave modelling, resource assessment, wind measurement uncertainties, sensor innovations, maintenance, wake and turbulence research, aerodynamics, wind farm management and grid integration. He was responsible for measurements on fullscale wind farms and the ECN-scale wind farm.
From 2011 to 2022, Peter was responsible for the offshore wind research programme at ECN and TNO. This programme aims to accelerate the implementation of offshore wind energy by reducing costs and removing obstacles, while helping Dutch and European industry increase their competitiveness through innovations. Peter is active in TKI and GROW and contributes to the national research programme.
Internationally, Peter is involved in EERA, IEA, MEASNET, ETIPWind, EAWE and European projects.
Programme
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Login to MS Teams
12:00 u. - 12:05 u. Welcome by KIVI Elektrotechniek
12:05 u. - 12:40 u. Presentation by Peter Eecen (TNO)
12:40 h - 13:00 h Q @ A with questions from the chat
13:00 hrs. Closing and end