Faculty

Julia Fernandez Chozas photo

Ph.D. in Wave Energy, M.Sc. Power Systems Engineer, Chief Lecturer and course leader

Julia has co-authored several leading projects on wave economics, benchmark analyses and combined wind and wave power, while being part of a continuous training to universities and the industry on marine energies. Since 2013 she works as a Lead Engineer and Consultant for the wave and offshore wind industries in her company with world wide clients.

Kim Nielsen

Civil Engineer, Ph.D. in Wave Energy 1983 from DTU

Kim Nielsen has through active involvement, for more than 35 years gained comprehensive experience in re-search and development of wave energy systems, numerical models and model experiments on wave power conversion in laboratories as well as in open sea. Through these and other projects, Kim has gained both technical and financial insight in the feasibility of wave energy plants.

Marco Alves

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Management and Strategy

Marco is currently the head of numerical modelling at WavEC and former visiting researcher at the Imperial College, London. His track record has been focused on the development and application of numerical tools to analyze the interaction between ocean waves and floating structures (floating breakwaters, wave energy converters, bottom fixed and floating wind turbines) or costal structures. He holds key expertise on several scientific fields including engineering control systems, linear and nonlinear numerical simulations, fluid dynamics, costal engineering and dynamics of floating bodies. Marco has extensive experience in supporting developers of marine renewable technologies.

Jens Peter-Kofoed

Head of Division, Associate Professor, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Jens Peter is associate professor at Aalborg University, Department of Civil Engineering. He graduated from Aalborg University in 1997 with a M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, on “Hydraulic evaluation of the wave energy converter Wave Dragon”. In 2003 he defended his Ph.D. thesis “Wave Overtopping of Marine Structures – Utilization of Wave Energy” at Aalborg University. Since 1997 to present he has been working at Aalborg University, Department of Civil Engineering, primarily working in the field of wave energy utilization but has also been involve in coastal engineering projects.

He is currently heading the Division of Reliability, Dynamics and Marine Engineering and the Wave Energy Research Group at the Department of Civil Engineering, and has over the past decade has been involved in testing and evaluating more than 25 wave energy concepts in wave tanks and real sea, as well as participating in national and international research programs, standardization efforts and teaching within the field of wave energy.

Peter Scheijgrond

Ocean Energy expert

My interest in marine renewables started during my engineering studies in Scotland in the nineties, where I was inspired by some of the leading marine energy pioneers. Later at Ecofys, over a period of 10 years, I developed the Wave Rotor technology. I started my own company dedicated to supporting the marine energy sector.

Since 2012 I have helped DMEC to develop their test sites, run the EU MaRINET programme, and recently the MET-CERTIFIED project. I am a founding board member of the Dutch Energy from Water Association, EWA, and an active contributor to the IEC committees developing standards and certification schemes for marine energy convertors.

Erik Friis-Madsen

CEO, Wave Dragon

MSc. Erik Friis-Madsen is the inventor of the Wave Dragon and have worked with many aspects of wave energy development for more than 30 years.

Erik has extensive hands-on experience from the construction of and 20.000 test hours with the grid connected floating Wave Dragon protype. He has monitored the development of most types of wave energy devices through many years – here is a somewhat controversial article of his: “Small is beautiful” – but will small WECs ever become commercial?”,

Anders Køhler

CEO, Floating Power Plant

CEO of Danish Floating Power Plant and has been so for the last 4 years. Other positions are board member of UK subsidiary, board member of 3 commercial project companies with Irirsh project developer DP Energy and advisory to Bystrup.

He has a Master in engineering (within Energy production), is PMI certified and holds 2 business degrees (bachelor lever) from Copenhagen business School. Anders has over 16 years of experience in project development, business development, engineering and project management and has the privilege of heading the commercialization of the FPP technology, together with its many partners.

Hans Christian Sørensen

PhD and BSc (Director of Spok ApS)

Hans Chr. Soerensen has the last 35 years worked in industries and institutes bringing research to business.

He is graduated as Ph.D., M. Sc. Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and has further a degree from Copenhagen Business School. In the last 24 years as CEO of his own consultant company SPOK ApS. He is chairman of the board of Wave Dragon companies. He has been involved in several offshore wind farms in Denmark, UK and other countries, among others as coordinator of the 40 MW Middelgrunden Wind Farm outside Copenhagen.

He is founder and vice president European Ocean Energy Association to 2010  and member of the Board, Danish Wind Turbine Owners Association.

Key publications: IPCC Position paper on Ocean Energy and several papers on offshore wind and wave energy.

Flemming Nissen

Course leader. Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, where he lecture at the
Energy Line and consultant at Strategirummet. Past director at Elsam, Dong Energy Generation og
development director at Insero Science Academy.

Jørgen Krarup

Energy planner at Energinet.dk’s research- and development department. Works with energy analyzes
and scenarie development for the long term development of the Danish Energy system. Cooperates
with danish municipalities about their strategic energy planning.

Kaj Stærkind

M.Sc. Eng. Energy Supply. Works at the Energy-data-group in Center for System Analyzes, Energy
efficiency and global consulting at the the Danish Energy Agency. Have been working with energy
counseling and analyzes at Elkraft.

Julie Frost Szpilman

Cand. Polit. Senior Markeds Analyst at Energinet.dk. Involved in development of the Danish and
European Gas system with focus at markeds and integration, balance and new pipelines internationally.
Was earlier employed at DONG Energy as Senior Commodity Analyst.

Poul Johannes Jacobsen

Chief Economist and business developer at Energinet.dk. Participates in the development of the Danish
and European Gas Marked. Focus a joint European solutions for sales of capacity (PRISMA), marked
development and cooperation with the TSOs in Germany.

Nanna Foller Larsen

Economist. Has worked at Energynet.dk the last three years with marked development and international
cooperation redarding the wholesale marked for electricity. Is responsible for ensuring the
implementation of the initiatives from Marked Model 2.0.