Finn Gunnar Nielsen’s research has been focused on the interaction between the ocean (wind, current and waves) and marine structures. In recent time he has worked with the dynamics of offshore wind turbines. He was professor and director of BOW from the start in 2018 until he retired in 2023. I his previous position he headed the research project developing the world’s first full scale floating wind turbine. For this work he in 2018 was awarded the price of honour from the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences – NTVA.

Finn Gunnar Nielsen is active giving professional and popular presentations about offshore wind energy and renewable energy in general

Finn Gunnar Nielsen has headed the program board for the master education in energy at UiB. He has lectured basic energy topics as well as in special seminars on offshore wind energy.

Previously he developed and lectured a course in marine operations at NTNU. A special compendium was developed for this course.

Lecture

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2024). Offshore wind energy. Lessons learned so far . (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2023). Offshore Wind Energy. Some challenges and future opportunities. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Havvind - arealbehov. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Norsk Havvind - Hvordan har det gått?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Frøysa, Kristin Guldbrandsen (2022). Akademias rolle i Havvind. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Hywind - en pioner innen havvind. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Hva innebærer havvind med tanke på teknologier og arealbeslag?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Havvind. Muligheter og utfordringer. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Hvilken plass har havvind i fremtidens energiforsyning?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Herrera Anchustegui, Ignacio (2022). Hvor bør havvindparker plasseres?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Hvilken plass har havvind i fremtidens energiforsyning?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). An overview of R&D and innovation activities in Norway. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Utslipp, energi og havvind. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Vindkraft i Vinden. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Utslipp, energi og havvind. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). offshore Wind. Grasping the opportunities and solving the challenges. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Havvind - Europeiske ambisjoner og norske muligheter. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)
• Flügge, Martin; Heggelund, Yngve; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2019). COTUR - Estimating coherence and turbulence with LIDARs. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Havind ved UiB. (external link)
• Reuder, Joachim; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Havvind ved UiB - Bergen Offshore Wind Centre (BOW). (external link)
• Reuder, Joachim; Flügge, Martin; Cheynet, Etienne et al. (2019). The COTUR campaign - measuring offshore turbulence and coherence with lidars. (external link)
• Reuder, Joachim; Flügge, Martin; Heggelund, Yngve et al. (2019). The COTUR campaign - measuring offshore turbulence and coherence With lidars. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Havvind - en ny industriell mulighet for Norge.. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Offshore wind and crossover technologies. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Kan havvind bidra til at Norge når klimamålene?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Havvind - En ny industriell mulighet for Norge. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2016). Summary and highlights from NORCOWE. Introduction, or: How was the key challenges addressed?. (external link)

Non-fiction book

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2024). Offshore Wind Energy. Environmental Conditions and Dynamics of Fixed and Floating Turbines . (external link)

Programme participation

• Jemterud, Torkild; Pontoppidan, Marie; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2023). Abels tårn. (external link)

Academic article

• Krutova, Maria; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2023). Self-nested large-eddy simulations in PALM model system v21.10 for offshore wind prediction under different atmospheric stability conditions. (external link)
• Krutova, Maria; Paskyabi, Mostafa Bakhoday; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2022). Development of an automatic thresholding method for wake meandering studies and its application to the data set from scanning wind lidar. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Godvik, Marte (2022). Sensitivity of the dynamic response of a multimegawatt floating wind turbine to the choice of turbulence model. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Godvik, Marte (2021). Analysis of turbulence models fitted to site, and their impact on the response of a bottom-fixed wind turbine. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Godvik, Marte (2021). Quasi-static response of a bottom-fixed wind turbine subject to various incident wind fields. (external link)
• Krutova, Maria; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2020). Evaluation of Gaussian wake models under different atmospheric stability conditions: Comparison with large eddy simulation results. (external link)
• Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Krutova, Maria; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2020). On Stochastic Reduced-Order and LES-based ModelsofOffshore Wind Turbine Wakes. (external link)
• Myrtvedt, Maylinn Haaskjold; Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). The dynamic response of offshore wind turbines and their sensitivity to wind field models. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2020). Evaluation of different wind fields for the investigation of the dynamic response of offshore wind turbines. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Reuder, Joachim (2019). Processing of sonic anemometer measurements for offshore wind turbine applications. (external link)
• Lee, Sang; Matthew, Churchfield; Fredrick, Driscoll et al. (2018). Load Estimation of offshore Wind Turbines. (external link)
• Lee, Sang; Churchfield, Matthew J.; Sirnivas, Senu et al. (2015). Coalescing Wind Turbine Wakes. (external link)
• Eliassen, Lene; Jakobsen, Jasna Bogunovic; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2014). Cascade Analysis of a Floating Wind Turbine Rotor. (external link)
• Haugan, Peter M.; Frøysa, Kristin Guldbrandsen; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2012). The Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE). (external link)
• Fouques, Sebastien; Myrhaug, Dag; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2004). Seasonal Modeling of MMultivariate Distributions of Metocean Parameters With Application to Marine Operations. (external link)
• Johansen, Tor Arne; Fossen, Thor Inge; Sagatun, Svein Ivar et al. (2004). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - Experimental results (Reprinted with permission from J. Oceanic Engineering, vol 29, pg 720-728). (external link)
• Johansen, Tor Arne; Fossen, Thor Inge; Sagatun, Svein Ivar et al. (2003). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - experimental results. (external link)
• Johansen, Tor Arne; Fossen, Thor Inge; Sagatun, Svein Ivar et al. (2003). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - Experimental results. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Bindingsbø, T.H. (2000). Extreme loads in taut mooring lines and mooring induced famping : an aymptotic approach. (external link)
• Sagatun, Svein Ivar; Herfjord, Kjell; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (1999). Participating mass in colliding risers. (external link)
• Sagatun, Svein Ivar; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Handal, Erling et al. (1999). Mooring line tension observed through a maximum entropy spectrum. (external link)
• Bindingsbø, Arne Ulrik; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1999). An examination of polyester fiber taut leg mooring systems for deepwater. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1979). On the Influence of the Propeller Race on Large, Towed Structures. (external link)

Chapter

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2023). What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable and Deep Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Offshore wind in the North Sea. ​An outlook. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). North Sea Wind Resourches. (external link)
• Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Krutova, Maria; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2020). On the Stochastic Reduced-Order and LES-based Models of Offshore Wind Turbine Wake. (external link)
• Nybø, Astrid; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Reuder, Joachim (2019). Processing of sonic anemometer measurements for offshore wind turbine applications . (external link)
• Tande, John Olav Giæver; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2019). Havvind - kan vi kombinere klimaforpliktelser og ny næringsvirksomhet. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Søreide, Tore Helge; Kvarme, Stig O. (2002). VIV Response of Long Free Spanningf Pipelines. (external link)
• Maincon, Philippe; Passano, Elizabeth; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2002). An Efficient Finite Element for the Study of Drag Chains for a Floating Pipeline. (external link)
• Herfjord, Kjell; Kvamsdal, Trond; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2002). Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation of Vortex Induced Vibration of a Submerged Pipeline. (external link)
• Huse, Erling; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Søreide, Tore Helge (2002). Coupling between In-line and Transverse VIV Response. (external link)
• Fouques, Sebastien; Myrhaug, Dag; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2002). Seasonal modelling of multivariate distributions of metocean paramters. (external link)
• Sagatun, Svein Ivar; Johansen, Tor Arne; Fossen, Thor Inge et al. (2002). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations. (external link)
• Thuestad, Thore C.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Furnes, Gunnar et al. (2001). Development and Technological Challenges for a Deepwater Gas Field in Harsh Environment on the North Atlantic Margin. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Furnes, Gunnar; Wilhelmsen, A. et al. (2001). Development of a deep water gas field on the North Atlantic margin. Challengers related to a pipeline on a rough and steep seabed. (external link)
• Stansberg, Carl Trygve; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2001). Nonlinear Wave-Structure Interactions on Floating Production Systems. (external link)
• Paulsen, Gunnar; Søreide, Tore Helge; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2000). Submerged floating pipeline in deep water. (external link)
• Huse, Erling; Kleiven, Gudmund; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1999). VIV-induced Vibrations in Deep Sea Risers. (external link)
• Bindingsbø, A.U.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1999). Alternative configurations and materials for deep water mooring : re- sults from a three year joint research effort. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Bindingsbø, A.U.; Guttormsen, T.R. (1999). Alternative configurations and materials for deep water mooring : results from a three year research effort. (external link)
• Sagatun, Svein Ivar; Herfjord, K.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1999). Riser colloision : assessment of impact energy. (external link)
• Huse, Erling; Kleiven, Gudmund; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1998). Large scale model testing of deeps sea risers. (external link)
• Stansberg, Carl T.; Øritsland, O.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1997). Model testing of deepwater floating production systems. (external link)
• Kim, Sungeun; Sclavounos, Paul D.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1997). Slow-drift responses of moored platforms. (external link)
• Stansberg, Carl T.; Krokstad, Jørgen R.; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1997). Model testing of the slow-drift motion of a moored semisubmersible in multidirectional waves. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1980). Loads and Motion Responses of Offshore Oil Booms in Waves. (external link)

Editorial

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2022). Perspectives and Challenges Related Offshore Wind Turbines in Deep Water. (external link)

Poster

• Krutova, Maria; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2022). Application of the wake identification via adaptive thresholding to wake characterization and lidar retrieval. (external link)
• Krutova, Maria; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Reuder, Joachim et al. (2021). A study of nested simulations in PALM LES in application to the wind turbines. (external link)
• Flügge, Martin; Cheynet, Etienne; Heggelund, Yngve et al. (2020). The COTUR project: Remote sensing of offshore turbulence for wind energy application. (external link)
• Krutova, Maria; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2020). Evaluation of Gaussian wake models. (external link)
• Siavashi, Rouzbeh; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2018). Sensitivity analysis of the response of a floating wind turbine. (external link)
• Eliassen, Lene; Jakobsen, Jasna Bogunovic; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar et al. (2012). Cascade Analysis of a Floating Wind Turbine Rotor. (external link)

Popular scientific lecture

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Vindkraft på land og til havs. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). Norsk havvind, stort potensial - ingen plan?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2020). What role for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1997). Noen marintekniske utfordringer knyttet til store havdyp : eksempler på FoU innsats for å løse disse. (external link)

Reader opinion piece

• Frøysa, Kristin Guldbrandsen; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Reuder, Joachim (2019). Betre kunnskap er avgjerande for havvindindustrien. (external link)

Interview

• Lyngstad, Anders; Steen, Torbjørn; Stener, Snorre et al. (2019). Vindkraft kan gi klimatap. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Christensen, Arnfinn (2016). Norsk havvind drukner i billig vannkraft. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar; Hirth, Martin (2016). Vindkraft er i ferd med å vokse ut av huset. (external link)

Report

• Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Caldeira, Ken; Gaines, Steve et al. (2019). The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action. World Resources Institute.. (external link)

Feature article

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2017). Vi kan nå klimamålene ved bruk av havvind. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Aglen, Ida Margaretha; Larsen, Carl Martin; Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2009). Characterization of Measured VIV for Free Spanning Pipelines. (external link)

Compendium

• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (2000). SIN1546 MARINE OPERASJONER. (external link)
• Nielsen, Finn Gunnar (1997). Lecture notes in marine operations. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publications 2005 -

Nielsen, F.G.: “Some Hydrodynamic Issues Related to Offshore Wind Turbines.”, 20th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies. (IWWWFB). The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, 19 May – 1 June 2005.

Ilstad,T., Søreide, T. and Nielsen, F.G.: “Fatigue calculations of multi-mode VIV”. Paper 2005-67540, OMAE2005, Halkidiki, Greece, June 2005.

Herfjord, K.,  Nielsen, F.G. and Meisingset, H.C.:” CFD approach to dynamics of long and slender bodies exposed to ocean current”, EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Søreide, T. Ilstad, T., Paulsen, G. and Nielsen, F.G.: “Design implementation of multi-span VIV tests”. EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Nielsen, F.G. and Søreide, T.: “Dynamic response of pipeline in long free spans or multi-spans”. EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Nielsen, F.G, Hanson, T.D. and Skaare, B.: “Integrated dynamic analysis of floating offshore wind turbines” European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition, Athens, Greece, 28 February – 2 March 2006.

Nielsen, F.G., Hanson, T., and Skaare, B. “Integrated Dynamic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines”, OMAE 2006, Hamburg, Germany, June 2006.

Sandvik, P. Chr. , Solaas, F. and Nielsen, F.G.: “ Hydrodynamic Forces on Ventilated Structures”. The sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006, San Francisco, USA, 28 May – 2 June 2006.

Nielsen, F.G, Andersen, M., Argyriadis, K., Butterfield, S., Fonseca, N., Kuroiwa, T., Le Boulluec, M., Liao, S-J., Turnock, S.R., Waegter, J. Ocean wind and wave energy utilization, Report  from Specialist committee V.4 to the 2006 ISSC, 16th ISSC, Vol 1, Southhampton, Aug. 2006.

Skaare,B. Hanson, T.D. and Nielsen, F.G. “Importance of control strategies on fatigue life of floating wind turbines”. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2007. June 10-15, 2007, San Diego, California, USA

Skaare, B., Hansen, A.M., Hanson, T.D., Larsen, T. J., Nielsen, F.G., Thomsen, K., Yttervik, R. ”Dynamics of Floating Wind Turbines Utilising Integrated Hydro- and Aerodynamic Analysis”, EWEC 2007, Milano, Italy, May 2007.

Marthinsen, T., Nielsen, F.G., Søreide, T., Fyrileiv, O. Mørk, K., Lie, H. “Breaking Pipeline Frontiers on Uneven Seabed – the Ormen Lange Experience Deep Offshore Technology”, DOT2007, Stavanger, 2007.

Skaare, B. Nielsen, F.G. and Hanson, T.D. “Wave Energy Extraction from the Hywind Flaoting Wind Turbine Concept.”. OWEMES Brindisi, Italy, 2009

Hanson, T.D, Skaare, B. Yttervik, R., Nielsen, F.G. and Havmøller, O. “Comparison of measured and simulated responses at the first full scale floating wind turbine Hywind“ EWEA; Brussel  2011.

Skaare, B. ,Hanson, T.D, Yttervik, R. and Nielsen, F.G. “Dynamic Response and Control of the Hywind Demo Floating Wind Turbine” EWEA; Brussel  2011.