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“Once again, the scientific content and progress were remarkable, reaffirming that we are on the right track.”
With these words, Prof. Jan-Willem van Wingerden, coordinator of the SUDOCO project, wrapped up the fourth consortium meeting, held in Barcelona on April 22–23rd and kindly hosted by our partner YouWind.
Three words stood out in his closing remarks: “once again”, a nod to the consistent direction and momentum the project is maintaining; “remarkable”, a testament to the technical and scientific quality being delivered across work packages; and most importantly, “we”.
That final keyword—we—is perhaps the true strength of SUDOCO. As highlighted during the Review Meeting held shortly after Barcelona, SUDOCO is more than a consortium of experts: it’s a community. A collective made up of leaders in their fields, whose collaborative spirit is what transforms potential into impact.
This shared commitment is also reflected in the many dissemination activities carried out directly by the partners—some of which you’ll find featured in this issue. And while we continue to build on this energy, we're also gearing up for the big event of the year: WESC. Time to start turning the blades—literally!
Stay tuned!
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SUDOCO 4th General Assembly in Barcelona 2025 |
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On 22-23 April 2025 SUDOCO consortium met for the fourth General Assembly in Barcelona, perfectly hosted by our partner Youwind.
The assembly has been an occasion for partners to meet in person, take a stock of the situation, share opinions about the project and potentially build bridges, connect ideas and open up new horizons for the future of the project. |
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What do SUDOCO researchers do? What is their role in the project?
Find out directly from them through the SUDOCO Interviews – a video series offering insights into the project’s key activities, told in the words of the researchers themselves.
You can explore each interview individually by clicking on the video thumbnails, or sit back and watch the full series. |
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Adrien Guilloré (Technical University of Munich) |
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Adrien Guilloré is a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In SUDOCO, TUM is involved in advanced control methods and the development of load surrogate models. In this interview, Guilloré provides some insights about TUM’s activity in estimating the potential CO2 displacement thanks to wind energy, also deepening the role of artificial intelligence in the sector. |
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Daan van der Hoek (Delft University of Technology) |
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Daan van der Hoek is a researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). In SUDOCO, TU Delft is involved in wind farm flow control techniques. In this interview, van der Hoek provides some insights about TU Delft’s activity in modeling wind farm flow effects on the wake and subsequently rethinking the design of new farms. |
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Niclas Jacob & Maarten van den Broek (sowento) |
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Niclas Jacob & Maarten van den Broek are respectively Project Manager and Control Engineer at sowento. In SUDOCO, sowento is involved in the floating wind sector. In this interview, they provide some insights about their activity of transferring control strategies from bottom-fixed wind turbines to floating wind turbines and developing high-resolution monitoring solutions for floating wind. |
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Robert Braunbehrens (Technical University of Munich) |
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Robert Braunbehrens is a researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In SUDOCO, TUM is involved in advanced control methods and the development of load surrogate models. In this interview, Braunbehrens provides some insights about data-driven corrections to their model and, subsequently, the control strategies adopted. |
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Thomas Lokken is a R&D Engineer at Youwind. In SUDOCO, Youwind is involved in assembling the Control Room of the Future. In this interview, Lokken explains in detail what the Control Room of the Future is, and its potential for operators and developers in the wind energy sector to enhance their farms in the near future. |
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Wind Europe 2025: last developments in Wind Energy |
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The annual WindEurope event took place in Copenhagen: a great forum to discuss the latest advancements in the wind energy sector. SUDOCO was there. |
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SUDOCO at the EERA Deepwind Conference 2025 |
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During the EERA Deepwind Conference 2025, SUDOCO presented a poster on wind energy’s environmental benefits, showcasing a method to quantify and optimize emissions reduction via wind farm control. |
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Building bridges at CINEA Wind Energy Clustering Event |
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Sudoco joined the CINEA Wind Energy Clustering Event (Feb 19, 2025, Brussels) a great meeting that unites 33 Horizon Europe projects to discuss Net Zero Industry Act, wind R&I priorities, policies and foster collaboration. |
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The Next Generation of Wind Farm Control |
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In September 2024, SUDOCO, ICONIC, TWAIN, and WILLOW held a joint webinar to highlight the synergies and particularities of their approaches to developing the next generation of wind farm control systems. |
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Our sister- and related projects |
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TWAIN |
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TWAIN is a 48-month Horizon Europe project led by 12 partners, dedicated to ensuring the reliable and cost-effective design and operation of wind power plants, with a specific emphasis on system stability, security, and environmental considerations. The project aligns with the European Union’s decarbonization goals, acknowledging the transformative influence of artificial intelligence and digitalization as drivers of the energy transition and enabling the integration of wind farm control technology processes into the operation and design of future energy systems. |
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WILLOW |
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WILLOW, “Wholistic and Integrated Digital Tools for Extended Lifetime and Profitability of Offshore Wind Farms”, aims to achieve an integrated system that will provide a health aware curtailment strategy to the offshore wind farm operators. Physical models and data-driven models (AI/ML) will be used to assist decision-making and planning of wind turbine operation and maintenance (O&M) activities considering factors such as component degradation, the particular complexity of grid integration, or specific offshore issues like corrosion or the additional loads from waves, tides and currents. |
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ICONIC |
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The ICONIC consortium aims to develop innovative digital and physical tools to achieve fundamental breakthroughs for the integrated control of wind farms, considering the whole physical system at farm, turbine, and component levels, in particular the complex aerodynamic interactions among turbines. The proposed integrated control solutions will be demonstrated by an extensive validation study via high-fidelity simulation models, experiments at a national-level wind tunnel, historical operational data, and real-world wind farm field tests. |
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MERIDIONAL |
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MERIDIONAL has the aim to produce a knowledge and data hub and a toolchain that will be accessible to a range of users from industrial to academic sectors to improve wind farm design, performance assessment, and loading. The research will draw on a comprehensive set of data including simulations and field campaigns and be demonstrated through selected use cases, onshore, offshore, and airborne. |
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