Registration Opening BlueLabs
May 7, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the official opening of BlueLabs, a unique new facility for testing the next generation offshore (floating) wind turbines.

When: Thursday, 7 May
Where: MARIN, Haagsteeg 2, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Programme
13:00 Doors open
13:15 – 15:00 | BlueLabs presentations

• Opening and welcome – Olaf Waals
• BlueLabs technical development – Haite van der Schaaf
• BlueLabs wind setup – Rob Mulders
• ScaleWind JIP – Erik-Jan de Ridder
• Full scale monitoring of FOWT – Pieter Aalberts
• AI controller for FOWT – Bulent Duz
• FOWT R&D development and OC working group – Arjen Koop
  
  

15:00 – 16:00 | Visit to the BlueLabs test setup in the Offshore Basin
16:00 – 17:00 | Drinks and closing

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Registration
Would you like to attend? Please register by completing this BlueLabs registration form.
Feel free to forward this invitation to your colleague’s.
For more information, please contact Erik Jan de Ridder or Serina Jansen.

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Background
MARIN developed BlueLabs as a new testing facility to continue contributing effectively to technological developments that support sustainability at sea. BlueLabs offers:

• Unique wind generation systems for realistic wind field modelling, enabling the study of aero hydrodynamic interactions of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT), floating solar panels and floating infrastructure.
• Wireless and optical measurement solutions to minimise the influence of cabling on motions and structural behaviour.
• A hybrid testing environment combining software in the loop wind field modelling with basin models equipped with wind force generating actuators.
• A new model scale rotor nacelle assembly for testing future FOWTs in the 20+ MW range at a scale of 1:40, resulting in a 6 metre rotor diameter at scale.

BlueLabs technology will be applied in several projects starting from April, including the ScaleWind JIP (testing a 22 MW FOWT) and the Climate Fund – Offshore Solar programme of the Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth.

For a visual impression, watch BlueLabs for floating offshore wind turbines or BlueLabs for floating solar panels and infrastructure.

We look forward to welcoming you in Wageningen.

Kind regards, Erik-Jan de Ridder