Windpower Data and Digital Innovation Forum

Anders Hvashøj

Anders has worked with industrial asset management in CAPEX heavy industries in the elaboration of strategies at smart data transformation, process efficiency improvements and reorganisation.

Christian Verrecchia

Christian Verrecchiagraduated from University of Cassino in Electrical Engineering in 2018. His background is in renewable energy at power electronics, machine learning and AI applied to renewable technologies. He joined EDP NEW in 2020 as a researcher in projects related to renewable energy and smart grids. At EDP he works in numerical modelling and data analytics for RES technologies, namely PV and offshore wind, developing software for the computation of the power output, LCoE and O&M costs. He also supports real-world demonstrations of smart grids, focusing on storage integration and operation. Before joining EDP, he worked as a power electronic designer for the Italian Railway Network manager, designing and prototyping novel power converters (AC/DC and DC/DC with high efficiency and low harmonic distortion).

Christopher Gray

Christopher Gray has more than 20 years of industrial experience at working originally in the gas turbine and automotive industries and for the last 12 years in the wind industry. He is an energetic and creative entrepreneur and has founded and directed several successful technology companies. Currently he is the CEO of i4SEE TECH GmbH, a company providing automated software solutions and strategies for wind turbine fleet optimisation. He is a specialist in the field of data analytics, predictive maintenance and digitalisation and holds a Masters degree in Renewable Energy Systems

Daniel Luecht

Daniel Luecht has studied and worked in the UK, USA, Denmark, China and Spain before returning to Germany, Hamburg to build up NASH*Renewables a company creating datadriven AI software for the post-subsidy renewable energy era. Nash*Renewables enables radically new ways of making risk-adjusted, return-optimized wind asset choices for global developers and investors. ​ Daniel has studied automotive engineering and -management at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg and University of Hertfordshire, UK where he finished the Masters program with distinction in 2004 and proceeded to work in a fast and professional environment, assuring advanced technology and customers delight with new innovative batterie- and hydrogen transportation concepts within the BMW Group. Passionate about solving the challenges for a sustainable future, the move into the renewable industry was a natural fit. Applying automotive industry knowledge within the wind pioneer Nordex Energy has helped growing the business and kick-started his management career. Since 2008, Daniel focuses his efforts on a renewable and sustainable ecosystem: • 13+ years in wind turbine and hybrid renewable solutions • 7+ years as Vice President in product development, product lifecycle management, and innovation • 5+ years driving digital transformation, software development, business processes, and digital platform development with global teams across APAC, China, EU, and North America In 2020, Daniel became a PhD Candidate at the Department of Business Development and Technology and affiliated member of Center of Energy Technologies (CET) @Aarhus University, developing novel concepts and business models to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy systems globally

Eva Fernandez Moran

Eva is a Senior Systems Analyst currently leading the development of Natural Power's 24/7 Performance Centre; a digital platform for renewable energy assets. She has over 6 years of experience carrying out independent analysis of turbine SCADA data and site work management data at to provide comprehensive operations and performance analysis for active wind farms within the UK and Ireland. She has also been involved in wind and solar energy yield assessments for sites in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, France and Argentina. She currently works with Natural Power's 'Advanced Performance Engineering' and 'Innovation & Digitalisation' teams to develop cutting edge innovation for the renewable energy industry.’

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Hanno Blankenstein

Founder at Investor, Board member, Keynote speaker, Coder, Advisor, Father, Dreamer.

Hans Van Beek

Hans van Beek holds a Master of Science degree from Eindhoven University of Technology. Hans has a background in B2B industries. He worked for 10+ years in the Telecom sector for Ericsson in sales and management positions across the globe. This was followed by 10+ years as COO and CEO for private European investors in online businesses in China and South-east Asia at with a focus on growing startups and scaleups, and then eventually selling them. In 2020, Hans co-founded the clean-tech company Tarucca and is its CEO. Tarucca is imagining a world where the blades tell you what their structural health and condition is, and when they need further inspection and maintenance, without requiring wind turbine stoppage, reducing the need for human intervention, enabling optimized electricity production, costs, and blade lifespan planning.

James Morris

James is a lecturer at UCL with a focus on applied mathematics and sustainable energy economics.  Prior to joining UCL, he has held a number of roles in the wind energy sector, including project finance lending, wind power investing, and economic consulting.

Jason Fields

Mr. Fields is a senior research engineer with over a decade of renewable experience  spanning multiple continents.  He specializes in understanding wind plant performance particularly pre-construction energy assessment and operational assessment. After spending several years in the private sector with Black & Veatch at he is now a member of the National Wind Technology Center within the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Mr. Fields is the principal investigator for the US DOE’s  Performance Risk, Uncertainty and Finance (PRUF) project which includes one of the largest data sharing initiatives in wind, the Wind Plant Performance Prediction (WP3) Benchmark.  Mr.Fields is the product owner for OpenOA, an open source data analytics platform for wind plant data.   Mr. Fields is the operating agent for IEA Task 43 on wind energy digitalization, the secretary for the IEC 61400-15 standard “Assessment of site specific wind conditions for wind energy parks” as well as serving as an advisor/organizer for several industry working groups including Consortium for Advancement of Remote Sensing, and RECAST.

Jay Jayakumar

Jay brings more than 20 years of experience spanning offshore operations at scientific research, and energy‑sector asset management.

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