Wind Energy Research Consortium at WindEnergy 2026 in Hamburg

Wind Energy Research Consortium at WindEnergy 2026 in Hamburg

From September 22 to 25, 2026, the Wind Energy Research Network—comprising the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), and ForWind—will be represented at WindEnergy Hamburg. The joint presentation will take place at the...
Student Research on Wind Energy at the Bundestag

Student Research on Wind Energy at the Bundestag

Nils Torben Schäfer, a master’s student at ForWind Oldenburg, was selected by an independent jury for the exhibition “Posters in the Bundestag: Academic Freedom – The Freedom to Research” – as one of 44 entries submitted by students from 28 German...
David Onnen Wins the Oldenburg Science Slam

David Onnen Wins the Oldenburg Science Slam

At the 14th Science Slam hosted by the University of Oldenburg, David Onnen, a doctoral student in the Wind Energy Systems (WESys) research group at ForWind, took first place. With his presentation “The Social Life of Wind Turbines: A Literary Search for Clues,” he...
New method for estimating the load on large wind turbines

New method for estimating the load on large wind turbines

Wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger. As a result, their components are subjected to ever-increasing loads, such as sudden gusts of wind and other turbulence. A team from the University of Oldenburg, together with partners from ICM – Institut Chemnitzer...