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Scotland's largest wind portfolio

UK Country Manager of Ocean Winds - Adam Morrison provides a deep dive into the formation and mission of Ocean Winds, including an overview of the key Scottish offshore wind projects totalling 17 Gigawatts of capacity and £2 Billion worth of investment, as well as the opportunity for Scotland and the UK supply chain in providing support to these key clean energy projects.

The evolution of floating wind

Chief Technology Officer at Flotation Energy - Alan MacAskill, talks to us about being one of the first pioneers in offshore wind with Talisman Energy, when in partnership with SSE, they decided to sanction the construction of the two turbines in the Beatrice field in 2001 and now with Flotation Energy they are continuing that work with the backing of TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) to provide fixed and floating wind to the global market.

Collaboration, disruptive tech and local content

Davis Larssen – CEO of global controls technology company Proserv joins us to discuss his company’s pivot into offshore wind and how partnership underpins the way his business approaches innovation. Davis references how offshore wind presents an opportunity for the UK to become a global leader, particularly in floating wind, creating new tech, new jobs and exportable skills, while it can provide a springboard to fresh methodologies around wind farm engine...

Renewable energy, CCS and green hydrogen

Executive Director of Aker Horizons - Philippe Kavafyan explains the make up up the new Aker family and how they are working together to deliver solutions across multiple energy sectors. Philippe articulates the broad range of technologies that Aker are investing in for the energy transition, all the way from renewable generation, solar PV, onshore wind, offshore wind, both bottom fix and floating technology.

The biggest opportunity in a generation!

CEO of Scottish Renewables - Claire Mack, joins us to discuss the evolution of the Renewable industry and how Scotland now has the largest floating wind opportunity in the world. Clair provides insights on the increasing Offshore Wind target of 28 GW and the employment statistics of over 27,000 jobs that are supported in the rebewable sector, as well as discussing the emergence of Hydrogen, Onshore Wind, Solar and pump storage hydro.

The Floating winds of change

Interview by Moray Melhuish – Founder of Annet Consulting, an Offshore Wind and Subsea Specialist. Chris Willow - Head of Floating Wind for RWE Renewables discusses how their business is undergoing a large corporate transition that aims to be carbon neutral by 2040. This transformation will see the formation and growth of businesses in Floating Wind, Solar and Hydrogen.  

The Power of Offshore Wind & Wave

Interview by Moray Melhuish – Founder of Annet Consulting, an Offshore Wind and Subsea Specialist. In our latest podcast for OGV Renewables Magazine, Moray Melhuish talks to Managing Director of Mocean Energy, Cameron McNatt about why wave energy matters in the renewable energy mix of the future and how their technology could help provide renewable power for a range of subsea applications in the field as well as grid scale power that can be used onshore.

The Baltic 'Seas of Change'

Interview by Moray Melhuish – Founder of Annet Consulting, an Offshore Wind and Subsea Specialist. Moray speaks to Head of Baltic Sea Area Development - Hannah Mary Goodlad about how Equinor are developing an offshore wind capability in the Baltic Sea region with three large-scale projects and the huge geopolitical challenges that this brings with many of the borders being shared with Russia at this time. Hannah explains that in spite of these acute challenges, the Baltic Sea countries...

Transforming Offshore Wind into Hydrogen

We speak to Director of Hydrogen Ventures – Molly Iliffe, about how ERM are helping to decarbonise the Energy sector with green hydrogen projects.  ERM are developing the 'Dolphyn Project' which is a 10 MW commercial demonstrator project that links floating offshore wind to hydrogen production and will create circa 400 jobs for the local economy. If successful and allowed to scale, then up to 10,000 jobs could be created by the end of the decade!

Installing 30 Gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030

Gabriel Davies – Global Program Director with Orsted, talks to us about their ambitious vision of installing 30 Gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030 Gabriel explains why they are one of the world’s leading offshore wind developers, with operations in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, the UK and soon to be developing in Taiwan and the US. We hear how they have secured a 1 GW floating offshore wind lease in the Scotwind round, their interaction with INTOG and about their future...

The case for fast-tracking Berwick Bank

OGV Renewables Magazine speaks exclusively to the Project Director of SSE Renewables, Alex Meredith, about the case for fast-tracking the Berwick Bank project. Located in the Firth of Forth, the project, if sanctioned, will become the biggest offshore wind project in the UK and deliver up to 4.1 GW of electricity, which is enough to power circa 5 million homes and create circa 10,000 domestic jobs.

Decarbonising the Offshore Industry

Decarbonising the Offshore industry Moray Melhuish speaks to Director of Cerulean Winds, Dan Jackson, about his ambitious £24 Billion plan to decarbonise the UK North Sea. Dan tells Moray how CW are bidding for  four seabed lease sites in Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG leasing round to decarbonise the UK’s oil and gas sector and with well over £6 billion of investment proposed for each 100-turbine site, how the scheme would abate tens of millions of tonnes o...

Defining a 'Just' Transition - Interview with Dan McGrail, CEO, Renewables UK

Defining a 'Just transition'  CEO of Renewableuk - Dan McGrail communicates exactly what defines a 'Just Transition' for the energy sector and how their organisation of over 450 member bodies are working towards  helping to reduce the cost of renewable energy, which is a key part of that solution, because it creates jobs, catalyses innovation and means that the energy transition will work for everybody in the end. Read full article HERE  

The wind revolution is here!

The Wind revolution is here Ben Backwell - CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), tells us how he went from a journalist in the Oil and Gas industry to leading a campaign for the wind industry in Paris that  resulted in the Paris agreement. GWEC now represent 99% of the entire global wind industry and Ben shares with us how their organisation is blazing a trail to speak to governments worldwide and hold them to task over their promises to hit their renewable energy targets....

Cutting-edge systems for pipeline monitoring & testing

"Cutting-edge systems for pipeline monitoring & testing" with Andy Marwood from Online Electronics Ltd   Online Electronics manufacture and distribute cutting-edge systems for pipeline pig monitoring, data communication and logging operations. An IK Group company, Online Electronics have 25 years experience in the design and manufacture of pipeline pig locating and signalling equipment and advanced pipeline datalogging and testing systems.    ...

Engineering the Future of Offshore Access

Engineering the Future of Offshore Access OGV Energy interviews Caspar Blum of Ampelmann to see how they are serving the offshore wind market with a strong focus on sustainability.  In this series, we aim to shine a light our OGV Community members and make the industry more accessible to those looking to get involved. Ampelmann is the global leader in Walk to Work solutions by operating motion compensated offshore access systems and services all over the world.    ...

Cyber Security Services and IT in the Energy Sector

"Cyber Security Services and IT in the Energy Sector" with Bruce Skinner  OGV Energy interviews Bruce Skinner from ALTO Managed IT and Cyber Security Services, to find out about the company and the services they provide. This comes as part of the OGV Community Catch-up, a series of podcasts where we learn about the fantastic companies within our OGV Community, making that information easily accessible to anyone looking to get involved in the sector.     &nb...

World's First Ex-proof Autonomous Legged Robot

"World's first Ex-proof autonomous legged robot" with Péter Fankhauser from ANYbotics OGV Energy interviews CEO and Co-Founder of ANYbotics - Peter Fankhauser, about the launch of the world's first explosion-proof, autonomous legged robot. This is delivered as part of the OGV Community Catchup, a series of podcasts where we learn about the fantastic companies within our OGV Community.  ANYbotics is a Swiss robotics company pioneering the development of auton...

Cost-effective Solutions for Subsea Equipment

"Cost-effective solutions for subsea equipment" with Matthew Blair from J+S Subsea   OGV Energy interviews Matthew Blair from J+S Subsea, to find out about the company and the services they provide. This comes as part of the OGV Community Catchup, a series of podcasts where we learn about the fantastic companies within our OGV Community, making that information easily accessible to anyone looking to get involved in the sector. J+S Subsea provides proactive, responsive and...

"Risk Management & Wellbeing" OGV Community Online Event -Dec 2021

Risk Management & Wellbeing   OGV Energy welcomes you to our OGV Community event for December, where we will be examining how organisations in the energy sector are managing risk and looking after the welfare of their environment and employees.  
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