Presentation by Lex van der Meer, Jeffrey van der Gucht and Qinshuo Shen To even further improve the efficiency of our designs and reduce environmental impact, Windbase is making use of advanced digital technology to make educated design decisions in the early design stage. At the AI in AEC conference, we have shared our work on AI prediction...

Article by Niek Pouwels Building a wind turbine in the Groningen potter’s clay is like placing a lamppost in pudding. That comparison clarifies a lot; the strictest requirements are imposed on the foundations of the turbines. It was just one of the many challenges facing ABT subsidiary Windbase at the Geefsweer-Oosterhorn Wind Park to the ...

Article by Jeffrey van der Gucht At Windbase we are always trying to innovate our methods and services. To do so, we regularly collaborate with universities. One of our latest collaborations was with the Universiteit Twente (UT) master student in Construction Management & Engineering, Qinshuo Shen. The research The goal of Shen’s...

samenvattingGeotechnical engineering of large pile foundations in challenging conditions; what practical aspects do you need to take into account? In this article Thomas, Niek and Roy explain how they deal with these aspects at Windbase, based on the project wind farm Geefsweer-Oosterhorn (Geefsweer). This includes the interpretation of pile drive tests and in-situ measurements of the set-up process of piles in potclay to validate the design.

In addition to the many fantastic wind projects, Windbase is also focusing on the development of wind turbine foundations; improving the quality or our product and the efficiency of our design process. Axel Jacobs (Director Windbase): ‘With our design process, we respond to the climate goals and we can drastically cut CO2 emissions’.

At Windbase we believe that we can contribute to the wind energy market by providing optimised and reliable wind turbine foundation designs within competitive lead times. We use advanced engineering tools such as 3D nonlinear finite element analysis to achieve this. In this blog Lex van der Meer explains about the benefits and challenges of using advanced engineering methods in commercial projects.