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
- Condition monitoring of wind turbine drivetrains : state-of-the-art technologies, recent trends, and future outlook
- Kestel Kayacan, Chesterman Xavier, Zappalá Donatella, Watson Simon, Li Mingxin, Hart Edward, Carroll James, Vidal Yolanda, Nejad Amir R, Sheng Shawn, Guo Yi, Stammler Matthias, Wirsing Florian, Saleh Ahmed, Gregarek Nico, Baszenski Thao, Decker Thomas, Knops Martin, Jacobs Georg, Lehmann Benjamin, König Florian, Pereira Ines, Daems Pieter-Jan, Peeters Cédric, Helsen Jan
- Wind Energy Science Vol 11, pp. 2103–2155 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-168
- Empowering digital twins for wind energy operation and maintenance : a prospective framework and future directions
- Li Mingxin, Kikuchi Yuka, Ringsberg Jonas W, Gryllias Konstantinos C, Baraldi Piero, Zio Enrico, Carroll James
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol 235 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2026.116970
- Scalability analysis of a rotary kite airborne wind energy system with tensile rotary power transmission
- Bin Zulfazli Muhammad Mutthanna Amjad, Yue Hong, Carroll James, CHEN Ziwei
- Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2026 (2026)
- Health prognostics and maintenance decision-making for wind energy : A comprehensive overview
- Li Mingxin, Xu Zifei, Li Shen, Kikuchi Yuka, Dong You, Gryllias Konstantinos C, Baraldi Piero, Zio Enrico, Carroll James
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol 226 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116269
- 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
- The effect of sea ice on offshore wind farm operation and maintenance
- Donnelly Orla, Chou Evan, Carroll James
- Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol 3131 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3131/1/012047
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
- COST Action: CA25138 - Secure and Adaptive Frameworks for Environmentally sustainable Offshore WIND expansion (SAFEWIND)
- Dethlef, Nina (Principal Investigator) Kamranzad, Bahareh (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Carroll, James (Co-investigator)
- Europe requires a seven-fold expansion of offshore wind (OSW) capacity by 2030 to achieve its ambitious net zero goals. Meeting this target in a way that is safe, resilient and sustainable requires new turbine structures but also solutions to bottlenecks in grid and port infrastructure, streamlined regulatory processes and optimisation of socio-economic benefits for coastal communities. Co-existence adds further complexity through OSW interactions with fisheries, sea users and marine ecosystems, where long-term impacts remain poorly understood. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has potential to enable transformative change to OSW site planning and logistics, impact assessment and workforce training. It can inform processes to overcome barriers across regulation, infrastructure, and coexistence. However, with growing automation of operational infrastructure, new vulnerabilities arise. Cybersecurity risks, such as external model manipulation, data theft, and unsafe agent behaviour, pose threats to turbines, grids, and autonomous vessels, and could undermining energy security. AI’s own environmental footprint has also come under scrutiny, highlighting the need for low-cost, energy-efficient algorithms. Moreover, climate change introduces deep uncertainty for OSW design and operations through shifts in wind patterns, rising sea levels, and intensifying storms that can complicate energy yield forecasts, structural health monitoring, and vessel access. AI can support adaptation by downscaling climate models, forecasting extreme events, and embedding risk-aware learning into digital twins. This COST Action convenes a balanced, inclusive, geographically-diverse network of experts. By highlighting gaps in data, knowledge, regulation, and best practice, it will create roadmaps towards safe, sustainable, digitally-enabled OSW growth and strengthen Europe’s OSW leadership.
Funding: €140K per year (duration: 4 years) - 19-Jan-2026 - 18-Jan-2030
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero EnerHy | Von Solms, Rohan
- Kazemi Amiri, Abbas (Principal Investigator) Carroll, James (Co-investigator) Von Solms, Rohan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero EnerHy | Burns, Aidan
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator) Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Co-investigator) Burns, Aidan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero EnerHy | Murnin, Conn
- Carroll, James (Principal Investigator) Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Co-investigator) Murnin, Conn (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- 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 | Pollard, Elizabeth
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Carroll, James (Co-investigator) Pollard, Elizabeth (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
Contact
Professor
James
Carroll
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: j.carroll@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted