Professor James Carroll
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
James Carroll is a Professor and former Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (EEE). James is the Director and PI of the Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures CDT (2019 to 2027), he is the Strathclyde Director and PI of the new EnerHy Wind and Hydrogen CDT (2024-2032), and is the Co-Lead of the Wind Energy and Control (WEC) Group. WEC is one of the largest university based wind energy research groups in the UK with 8 academics and over 35 researches.
Professor Carroll joined EEE and the Wind Energy and Control Group in 2012 as a Wind Energy Systems CDT PhD student, he secured a Chancellor’s Fellowship in 2018 and was promoted to Professor in 2023. His core research areas include wind turbine reliability/maintenance modelling, novel wind turbine development and data driven failure prediction of wind turbine components.
Publications
- X-Rotor, an innovative offshore wind turbine to reduce cost of energy
- Leithead William E, Kazemi Amiri Abbas Mehrad, Camciuc Arthur, Morgan Laurence, Carroll James, Feuchtwang Julian
- Energies Vol 18 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/en18102549
- The silver lining : utilising curtailment in offshore wind as an opportunity for operation and maintenance
- Donnelly Orla, Carroll James
- Ocean Engineering Vol 330 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121190
- On confidence interval-based anomaly detection approach for temperature predictions of wind turbine drivetrains to assist in lifetime extension assessment
- Tartt Kelly, Kazemi-Amiri Abbas Mehrad, Nejad Amir R, Carroll James
- Forschung im Ingenieurwesen Vol 89 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10010-025-00791-5
- Effect of blade inclination angle for straight-bladed vertical-axis wind turbines
- Morgan Laurence, Amiri Abbas Kazemi, Leithead William, Carroll James
- Wind Energy Science Vol 10, pp. 381-399 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-381-2025
- Assessing heavy maintenance alternatives for floating offshore wind farms : towing vs. onsite replacement strategies
- Centeno-Telleria Manu, Yue Hong, Carrol James, Penalba Markel, Aizpurua Jose I
- Applied Energy Vol 377 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124437
- Life extension of wind turbine drivetrains by means of SCADA data : case study of generator bearings in an onshore wind farm
- Tartt Kelly, Kazemi-Amiri Abbas Mehrad, Nejad Amir R, Carroll James, McDonald Alasdair
- Results in Engineering Vol 24 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102921
Research Interests
Professor Carroll's research focuses on the wind energy area, both onshore and offshore. He has a particular interest in:
- Novel wind turbine concept development
- Wind turbine reliability
- O&M cost modelling
- Wind Turbine cost of energy modelling
- The impact of turbine drive train selection on reliability and cost
- Wind turbine component condition monitoring
- Wind turbine component failure prediction
- Wind turbine component remaining useful life prediction based on data driven machine learning approaches and physical modelling approaches
- SCADA and Vibration data analytics
Professional Activities
- EPSRC Scoping Worskhop (Critical mass)
- Participant
- 30/1/2025
- Wind Energy Science Conference 2019
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 2019
Projects
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero EnerHy | Samiei, Mojgan
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator) Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Co-investigator) Samiei, Mojgan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero EnerHy
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2032
- BLOG-H (using a Battolyser to produce LOw cost Green Hydrogen)
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- Predictive maintenance for offshore wind turbines
- Atkinson, Robert (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Cardona Amengual, Javier (Co-investigator) Carroll, James (Co-investigator) McMillan, David (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
- WindEurope Digitalisation Project
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator) Infield, David (Co-investigator) Leithead, Bill (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- A hybrid and scalable digital twin for intelligent direct drive powertrain condition monitoring JC (Supergen)
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
Contact
Professor
James
Carroll
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: j.carroll@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted