Program Overview

Introduction to the Offshore Wind Power Human Resource Development Course

The Research and Education Center for Offshore Wind (RECOW) has established the Offshore Wind Power Human Resource Development Course, a program designed to cultivate specialized engineering knowledge and skills necessary for the planning, installation, operation, maintenance, and removal of offshore wind power projects.

Lecture Format

The lectures are conducted online, and lecture videos are provided after the actual lecture time, allowing students to attend classes at their convenience.

Target Audience

The course is intended for engineers from power generation companies, general contractors, shipbuilding companies, consulting firms, manufacturers, and other related industries.

Course Structure

The course is based on lectures related to offshore wind power generation, which are being implemented by Kyushu University, Saga University, and Kitakyushu City University for graduate and undergraduate students. The course is being developed in collaboration with the Offshore Wind Industry-Academia-Government Consortium and other organizations.

2025 Academic Year Courses

Regular Courses

• Offshore Wind Turbine Engineering: This course covers the fundamental principles of energy conversion, analysis methods, machine design, and evaluation methods for offshore wind energy and its utilization technologies.
• Floating Body Design: This course provides an understanding of the basic theoretical principles of wave response analysis for floating bodies and develops analytical capabilities for practical problems.
• Introduction to Offshore Wind Power: This course provides an introductory overview of the essentials of site condition evaluation, wind turbine engineering, support structure and floating body design, and environmental and economic evaluation.
• Site Condition Evaluation: This course teaches methods for observing and simulating meteorological and oceanographic conditions in Japan, as well as wind turbine layout optimization methods, to estimate the potential power generation of a target area.
• Support Structure: This course provides an understanding of the basic theoretical principles of wave response analysis for floating bodies and develops analytical capabilities for practical problems, including frequency domain and time domain response analysis methods, and time history response analysis for wind turbine support structures, floating bodies, and mooring systems.
• Business Evaluation: This course covers environmental evaluation and economic evaluation methods necessary for offshore wind power generation projects, which require consideration of economics, society (region), and the environment.

Short-Term Intensive Courses

• Wind Power Generation System (Basic): This course provides an overview of the mechanical and electrical basics of offshore wind power generation systems and maintenance methods.
• Wind and Ocean Conditions (Basic): This course teaches the basics of field observation methods, numerical simulation methods, and indoor experimental methods for meteorological and oceanographic conditions in Japan.
• Floating Body Design and Support Structure (Basic): This course provides an overview of offshore wind power generation equipment support structures (especially floating type) and their design considerations.

2026 Academic Year Courses (Under Development)

• Wind Turbine Basics: This course is designed for companies new to the wind power generation industry, providing basic knowledge of wind turbines without requiring advanced specialized knowledge.
• Seabed Survey: This course teaches survey methods for geological structures and ground composition in Japan's coastal and offshore areas, as well as testing methods and evaluation methods for ground engineering properties.
• Environmental Planning and Survey: This course provides knowledge necessary for planning, promoting, and maintaining offshore wind power generation projects, focusing on environmental aspects.