20 years eawe

The foundation
2002

The foundation
It all began with the idea of 9 men

In 2003 the Wind Academy's declaration has been signed by the founding members Gijs van Kuik (TU Delft), Gerard van Bussel (TU Delft), Jens Nørkær Sørensen (DTU), Jürgen Schmid (University of Kassel, DEWI), Spyros Voutsinas (NTNUA), John Dalsgaard Sørensen (Aalborg University), Takis Chaviaropoulos (CRES), Jos Beurskens (ECN), Erik Lundtang Petersen (Risø). Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid (back then ISET) was elected as first president.


2003-2004

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid

ISET, Germany
EAWE President

Jürgen Schmid

2004-2005

Prof. Dr. Erik Lundtang Petersen

Risoe, Denmark
EAWE President

Erik Petersen

First Torque
2004

First Torque Conference

The biennial scientific conference "The Science of Making Torque from Wind" was successfully establised in 2004 as Europe‘s leading scientific wind energy conference. It took place in Delft for the first time and is from now on happeining every even year. Experts from academia and industry are discussing latest results and developments in fundamental and applied wind energy research. In the same year the first PhD Seminar was established. Since then it happens every year in fall. In the anniversary year the 19th PhD Seminar will take place in Hannover.


2005-2006

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid

ISET, Germany
EAWE President

Jürgen Schmid

2006-2007

Dr. h.c. Ir Jos Beurskens

ECN, Netherlands
EAWE President

Jos Beurskens

2007-2008

Dr. Takis Chaviaropoulos

CRES, Greece
EAWE President

Takis Chaviaropoulos

The foundation
2007

EAWE Awards

In 2007 the board established the EAWE Scientific Award which is given to academics and researchers who have demonstrated major scientific contributions to the field of wind energy. The first person receiving this award was Dr. Herman Snel (ECN, The Netherlands). In 2008 the EAWE Excellent Young Doctor Award was established


2008-2009

Prof. Dr ir Gijs A.M. van Kuik

TU Delft - DUWind, Netherlands
EAWE President

Gijs A.M. van Kuik

2009-2010

Mr Félix Avia Aranda

CENER, Spain
EAWE President

Felix Aranda

2010-2012

Prof. Dr. Peter Tavner

Durham University, UK
EAWE President

Peter Tavner

2012-2013

Prof. Dr. Joachim Peinke

University of Oldenburg, Germany
EAWE President

Prof. Dr. Joachim Peinke

The foundation
2012

EAWE Honorary Membership

In 2012 the academy established the award "Honorary Membership" which is granted to members that have done splendid work for EAWE over the years and that retired from their jobs. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Schmid (Fraunhofer IWES, Germany) was the first who receive this honorable award.


2013-2014

Prof. Dr. Michael Muskulus

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
EAWE President

Michael Muskulus

2014-2015

Prof. Dr. Jakob Mann

Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
EAWE President

Jakob Mann

The foundation
2014

Booth at WindEurope annual event

At EWEA (today WindEurope annual event) in March 2014 in Barcelona eawe for the first time was present with an own booth. Just at the General Assembly meeting that happend in advance it was decided to go for a new logo. So in Barcelona was the last appearance of eawe with the former logo.


2015-2017

Prof. Dr. Sandrine Aubrun

Université d’Orléans, Laboratoire PRISME, France
EAWE President

Sandrine Aubrun

An own journal: Wind Energy Science
2016

An own journal: Wind Energy Science

Wind Energy Science is an open-access international scientific journal publishing high-quality fundamental and pioneering research, reviews and commentaries in wind energy. The journal was founded in 2016 by the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE), in line with its motto “Fostering wind energy science and education”. Since then, EAWE manages and supports the journal, leveraging its worldwide academic network.o.


2017-2019

Prof. Dr. Carlo Bottasso

Technical University of Munich, Germany
EAWE President

Carlo Bottasso

Establishment of Wind Energy Science Conference
2017

Establishment of Wind Energy Science Conference

The Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC) was introduced in 2017 and took place in Lyngby, Denmark for the first time. From then on it is taking place every odd year. The purpose of the conference is to gather leading scientists and researchers in the field of wind energy to present their latest findings in oral presentations and several parallel sessions, covering all scientific topics in wind energy.


2019-2021

Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Meyers

KU Leuven, Belgium
EAWE President

Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Meyers

First US Member
2020

First US members

In May eawe welcomes its first members from the US. These are UT Dallas, UMass Amherst and Tufts University.


2021-

Prof. Dr. Athanasios Kolios

Technical University of Denmark - DTU
EAWE President

Prof. Dr. Athanasios Kolios

20 years
2022

20 years of EAWE

In 2022 EAWE has grown in to an international alliances with 58 members and 9 operational and 8 technical committees. WESC, TORQUE and the annual PhD Seminar are established and successful conferences that play an important role within wind energy science.