Offshore Logistics: Vessels & Foundations, 17th -18th June 2020

09:00 - 09:10

Welcome Remarks & Explanation of Features of a Digital Event

09:15 - 09:45

Lara Juergens, Senior Energy Analyst, EIC (Energy Industries Council)

Presentation

Setting the scene: Developments in the Global Market: What, Where and How Much?

  • How much offshore wind capacity will be deployed over the coming 10 years?
  • At what pace will new markets emerge, and what will the significance of these markets be?
  • Which transitions are happening in the offshore wind industry?

09:50 - 10:35

(Moderator) Shaun Campbell, Editor, Windpower Monthly
Søren Lassen, Senior Offshore Wind Analyst, Wood Mackenzie
Giovanni Battista Picotti, Floating Wind Development, Equinor

Panel Discussion

What is in store for the future development of the offshore wind industry?

  • What does the next 5-10 years hold for the offshore wind industry?
  • The expansion of Floating Wind. Where and when? The transmission infrastructure challenge.
  • When will there be grid upgrades?
  • What is the impact and concerns surrounding the COVID-19 epidemic on the offshore wind industry?

10:35 - 11:15

Coffee Break

Coffee Break as well as an opportunity for you to use the networking features of the digital platform to chat to other attendees.

11:15 - 11:45

Vessels and Access

Presentation: The debate around the future supply and demand of vessels

  • Will the supply and demand of vessels balance out as the offshore wind market grows?
  • How can you optimise the use of the current vessels available on the market?
  • Is there enough invested in the vessel value chain by suppliers?
Jan Bachmann, Offshore Logistics and Vessel Management, E.ON Climate & Renewables

Future of Foundations Floating

Quantifying Decommissioning: What, when and where will decommissioning occur?

  • With the potential of 1,800 turbines in Europe being decommissioned between 2020 and 2030. What work needs to be done in order to decommission a wind turbine?
  • When will decommissioning start?
  • Where will the first decommissioning projects take place?
Athanasios Kolios, Professor in Risk and Asset Management, University of Strathclyde

Floating

Floating wind market update: What you need to know.

  • What is the status of current floating projects around the world?
  • Lesson sharing with operational floating developers. What can you learn from the demonstration projects on the market?
  • What technical certainties would help with the growth of the floating wind?
Alla Weinstein, Founder and CEO, Trident Winds

11:50 - 12:35

Vessels and Access

Panel Discussion: The next generation of wind turbines: What is the impact on vessel and port requirements?

  • What are the challenges for ports in the bigger better world? 
  • What will be the main challenges to the assembly and installation process for vessels due to larger turbines? 
  • What infrastructure changes need to be made to help integrate new fuel technologies into the market?
(Moderator) Sam Strivens, Associate, Carbon Trust
Dorothy Winters, Programme Manager Offshore Wind, Port of Amsterdam
Pablo Alberte Gonzalez, Offshore Installation Manager, EDP Renováveis

Future of Foundations

Panel Discussion: What are the major concerns and considerations affecting end of life strategies of offshore wind turbines?

  • At what stage in an offshore project’s operating lifetime does the operator need to decide on life-extension, (partial) repowering, or decommissioning?
  • What lessons can be learned from the oil and gas sector given that the wind industry has so little experience of offshore decommissioning?
  • How do the vessel and port requirements differ between these end of life strategies?  
  • What are the ecological implications of removing existing foundations and cables?
  • What steps are being made to ensure old wind turbines are ‘upcycled’?
(Moderator) Shaun Campbell, Editor, Windpower Monthly
Patrick Rainey, Offshore Logistics Manager, RWE Renewables UK Ltd
Athanasios Kolios, Professor in Risk and Asset Management, University of Strathclyde
Theis Gisselbæk, Operations and Business Development, Port of Grenaa

Floating

Panel Discussion: Commercialisation of Floating Wind: What are the challenges?

  • What revenue support is there from public sectors and third party organisations for floating wind projects?
  • There is a growing need for floating sites leasing rounds. What sites in the pipeline are suitable for increased scale of floating projects?
  • What infrastructure changes need to be made to accommodate and support large floating farms?
Mikael Jakobsson, Founder and MD, Cierco
Ralph Torr, Programme Manager, ORE Catapult

12:35 - 14:00

Lunch Break

As well as an opportunity for you to use the networking features of the digital app to chat to other attendees.

14:00 - 14:30

Vessels and Access

Presentation: Decarbonising Infrastructure in Ports & Harbours - a UK approach to the challenge

  • What infrastructure changes need to be made to help integrate new fuel technologies into the market?
  • Improved grid connection investment into ports is vital for the expansion of offshore wind. So why is it continually being stalled?
  • What technology exists for the storage and transport of hydrogen?
Mark Wray, Buildings & Infrastructure, Innovate UK - Knowledge Transfer Network

Future of Foundations

Presentation: How is the development of drone technology changing operations and maintenance strategies for offshore wind farms?

  • What drone technology currently exists for the inspection of offshore wind turbines?
  • How can machine learning assist with the analysis of inspection images?
  • How can you use thermal cameras to find damage and defects below the surface of the structure?
Kim Branner, Senior Scientist, DTU Wind Energy

Floating

Case Study: Floating and Oil & Gas: The ‘Hywind Tampen’ Project

  • Will this partnership encourage the decarbonisation of oil & gas?
  • What will this project do to increase investment into floating technology?
  • A logistical approach. How do you install a floating wind farm to power oil fields?
Giovanni Battista Picotti, Floating Wind Development, Equinor

14:35 - 15:05

Vessels and Access

Presentation: Presentation: The ‘bigger is better future’: What will be the impact of the bigger turbine trend on offshore operations?

  • How ready is the supply chain for the next generation of >10MW turbines?
  • When can you expect these projects to be in the pipeline?
  • Are current foundations stable enough to support ‘bigger better’ or will they need to be replaced? What are the cost implication
Elson Martins, Associate, Carbon Trust

Future of Foundations

Presentation: Reducing High Cable OPEX: How do you reduce cable failures and increase reliability within offshore wind?

  • What is the best practise to ensure cable repair is carried out as efficiently as possible?
  • Examining causes of cable failure including: weather, faulty repair and fishing incidents
  • What technologies exist to help preempt these costly cable failures?
  • What new techniques can we incorporate into cable repair?
Tony Zymelka, Chairman, ESCA - European Subsea Cables Association

Floating

Presentation: Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence – a new collaborative model

  • How can stakeholders collaborate to accelerate the commercialisation of floating offshore wind?
  • How can you accelerate the commercialisation of floating offshore wind to support the delivery of net zero?
  • How can the commercialisation of floating offshore and the decarbonisation of the O&G sector support one another?
Ralph Torr, Programme Manager, ORE Catapult

15:10 - 15:50

(Moderator) Bruno Geschier, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of IDEOL + Executive VP and Chairman of WFO’s Floating Offshore Wind Committee
Sam Strivens, Associate, Carbon Trust
Theis Gisselbæk, Operations and Business Development, Port of Grenaa
Allan Macskill, CEO, Floatation energy
Antoine Aula, Installation Lead, Principle Power

Panel Discussion

Understanding the logistical challenges to the construction and installation of floating wind farms

  • What are the different cost considerations for different FOWT concepts?
  • Global deployment of floating wind: How do you bring down the levelized cost of energy while ensuring local content requirements are met?
  • What are the differences between logistical installation of fixed and floating wind turbines?

16:00 - 16:10

Closing Remarks from Tidal Transit

16:10

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