Wind Power Project Managers facilitate the transition
to a sustainable energy system
Malmö, 2017-06-13
Fan Zou
Uppsala University, Sweden
[email protected]
Wind Power Project Managers facilitate the transition
to a sustainable energy system
• Sweden’s 100% goal for renewable energy 2040
• Industry need 2040
• How to fullfill the need?
• 81 % of the world’s primary energy systems
are reliant on fossil fuels
Source: REN21, 2016
In the end of 2016, Swedish government committed to
100% renewable electrical energy by 2040
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The 100% renewable goal means:
• Much more wind power in the upcoming 20 years
16-17 TWh in 2016
60-70 TWh in 2040
• Much more professonals needed in wind power branch
Experienced wind power developers and managers who understand the
technological, financial, environmental and social aspects of wind power
development
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Wind power makes up the largest share of newly installed capacity in
Europe
Need for trained staff in the European Wind Industry
• 50,000 additional trained staff will be needed by the
industry by 2030
• currently a shortage of 7,000 qualified personnel which
could double by 2030
Source: Garrad, 2013
Need for trained staff in the European Wind Industry
• 78% of respondents to the questionnaire found it difficult
or very difficult to find suitably trained staff
• skills shortage is likely to be greatest in operations and
maintenance (O&M) roles
• a minority of the wind energy workforce is engaged in
non technical roles but the requirement could double
by 2030 exacerbating the existing skills gap
Source: Garrad, 2013
Engineering competences needed for Offshore WP
• Combination of skills
• deep competences in many fields (electrical,
mechanical, engineering physics and civil
engineering)
• integrative competences within engineering (e.g.
mechanical and electrical engineering)
• integrative competences between engineering
and non-engineering fields (e.g. meteorology and
logistics)
Source: Jacobsson and Karltorp 2012
26 interviews
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Academic Institution (8)
Consultancy (7)
Governmental Authority (2)
Project manager/developer/CEO/Director (9)
Interviewing people from:
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Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
Greece
Belgium
Cyprus
UK
Denmark
Spain
Canada
Estonia
Summary of survey results
• There is a big need for multi-disciplinary
master programme
• educate future project managers and
developers
• generalists with knowledge of the core
aspects of wind power development and
management
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Master of Wind Power Project Management
• Generalist
• Take care of a project from idea to grave
• Skilled communication with project stakeholders
Wind Power Project Management 1+1 years Master Programme
1st year (Layout Proposal)
Fall Term
Wind Power
Development
and
Management
(15 hp)
Wind Resource
Assessment
and Energy
Estimation
(10 hp)
Policy, Planning and
Permission for Wind
Energy (5 hp)
Spring Term
Wind Turbine
Technology
(5 hp)
Wind Power
Grid Integration
(5 hp)
Project Course
Wind Farm Site
Optimization
(5 hp)
Thesis
(15 hp)
For 1 year
Master
Conclusion
For 2nd
yr
students
Scientific
Methods
(10 hp)
Industry trends
offshore /
Extreme climate
(5 hp)
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Commercial tools in the programme
 WINDPRO
 WASP, WASP ENGINEERING
 WINDSIM
 RETSCREEN-PROMETHEE
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Students’ Country Distribution
Germany , 14.0%
Rest of the World, 25.8%
Sweden, 8.6%
Serbia, 2.2%
Turkey, 8.6%
USA, 5.4%
UK, 5.4%
Greece, 8.6%
Pakistan, 3.2%
Iran, 5.4%
Netherlands, 4.3%
Italy, 3.2%
Ireland, 5.4%
Finland, 5.4%
Spain, 5.4%
Egypt, 3.2%
Canada, 3.2%
India, 4.3%
Data include former students of the year 2016/2017
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Students’ Background Distribution
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
Students Percentage (%)
80.0%
73.9%
70.0%
64.7%
64.3%
60.0%
50.0%
50.0%
41.7%
40.0%
38.1% 38.1%
33.3%
28.6%
25.0%
30.0%
20.0%
17.4%
20.0%
8.7%
19.0%
7.1%
10.0%
0.0%
25.0%
20.0%
23.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.8%
5.9%
5.9%
5.0%
0.0%
2010-2011 (23)
2011-2012 (12)
2012-2013 (14)
2013-2014 (5)
2014-2015 (21)
2015-2016 (17)
2016-2017 (20)
Academic Year (Total Number of Students)
Engineering
Economics, Business Administration, Project Management, Law
Natural and Environmental Sciences
Spatial Planning and Human Geography
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Employment of former students from WWPM
Other Countries, 18.7%
Sweden, 25.3%
Spain, 2.7%
Turkey, 2.7%
Pakistan, 2.7%
Canada, 4.0%
USA, 4.0%
Germany, 13.3%
Ireland, 4.0%
UK, 2.7%
Denmark, 8.0%
Netherlands, 9.3%
Data includes former students of the year 2015/2016
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Employment of former students from WWPM
Field of employment of WPPM Alumni
ENGINEER
26.8%
PROJECT MANAGER
22.0%
CONSULTANT
14.6%
ACADEMIC POSITION
9.8%
PHD
4.9%
GOVERNMENTAL/INSTITUTIONAL/NGO
4.9%
STUDENT
2.4%
OTHER
0.0%
14.6%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
Based on WWPM Alumni Survey
2016/2017
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Time to find a job after WPPM
10.0%
15.0%
Internship cooperation resulted in job creation
5.0%
Less than a month
17.5%
17.5%
1 - 3 months
4 - 6 months
7 months - 12 months
35.0%
more than 1 year
Based on the data from the WPPM Alumni Survey 2016/2017
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To Sum Up
WPPM programme:
 Responds to a national and international growth of wind power
industry
 Responds to the need of career development within wind power for
the graduate students
 Facilitate the transition to a sustainable energy system in the near
future
Uppsala University Campus Gotland Wind Energy
• 15 years of Wind Power education
• Bachelor track with possibilities for distance
learning
Bachelor track
Each course 7.5 credits and distance learning
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Energy and Environment
Wind Power Basics
Wind Resources
Wind Energy Calculations
Wind Power System and Grid Integration
Wind Power Installation, Operations and Maintenance
Wind Power Planning and Economics
Wind Power Planning and Permission
Wind Power Project Development
Wind Turbine Technology
Decision Analysis in Energy Planning with focus Wind Power
Wind Power - Bachelor Thesis in Wind Power Project
Management 15 credits
Nordic consortium
• Several universities and industries partners
• Research projects: wind wake interactions, wind resource assessment,
power grid connection, optimization and control of wind farms, etc.
Teknikgruppen
~ 15 Senior researchers
7 PhD students
Nordic Consortium:
Optimization and Control of Wind Farms
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Wind Power Project Managers facilitate the transition
to a sustainable energy system
Thank you!