On December 10, 2023, AIUB Community of Engineering Students-(ACES) organized a webinar titled "Offshore Wind Energy: From Wind Turbines to Wind Farms". The program started at 4 PM with 91 participants through Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the webinar was to learn about harnessing the wind's energy and converting it into usable electricity, contributing to more sustainable energy while reducing reliance on fossil fuels and decreasing carbon emissions, thus achieving SDG goal 7: Affordable & Clean Energy.
The event started with a warm introduction of the distinguished speaker, Mr. Mohammad Irfan Yousuf (R&D Power Systems Engineer, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Northumberland, UK). He began the session by providing a scenario of offshore wind energy consisting of clusters of wind turbines installed in the water, Turbine Functionality, Switchgears, and their roles to capture the kinetic energy from the wind, rotation of the blade’s spins connected to a generator. Also, he explained the electrical components in an offshore wind farm as well as showed the HVDC linkage of an offshore substation to an onshore substation. Furthermore, he reviewed the techno-economic discussion for the use of high voltages which makes offshore wind energy an increasingly viable and promising renewable energy source.
Then, the Q&A session was held for the participants. Dr. Md. Saniat Rahman Zishan (Associate Professor, Director, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) concluded the webinar by thanking and presenting a virtual crest and certificate to the honorable speaker.
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