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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.  

"Covid Pandemic - A Business Catalyst?" Leaders in Energy

"Covid Pandemic - A Business Catalyst?" In this third episode of "Leaders in Energy" podcasts, Stuart Broadley, CEO of the EIC, interviews four energy professionals who share their stories and experiences lived during the pandemic, and how some not only managed to overcome the situation but even found ways to thrive. Discover their stories!     Joining us for this discussion are the following speakers:   Ana Amicarella - Chief Executive...

"Service and Solutions - Recovering from the pandemic" Leaders In Energy

"Service and Solutions - Recovering from the pandemic"   Welcome to the second Podcast of a new series, "Leaders in Energy", chaired by Stuart Broadley, CEO of the EIC.  In this episode, we will be exploring how the service and solutions sector has survived and thrived after the pandemic.     Joining us for the discussion are the following speakers:   Colin Elcoate - CEO of Alderley Colin Elcoate has worked in the energy indu...

"Why is diversification the #1 growth strategy" Leaders in Energy

Why is diversification the #1 growth strategy   This is the first podcast of a new series, "Leaders in Energy", chaired by Stuart Broadley, CEO of the EIC.  In this first episode, we will be exploring the latest insights in the development of diversification for companies in the energy sector after what has been a very difficult period for business growth and how some of them have managed to not only stay afloat but how they actually managed to...

3D Scanning for the Subsea Sector

"3D Scanning for the Subsea Sector" with Richard Drennan, Director of Viewport3 Ltd. OGV Energy interviews Richard Drennan from Viewport3, to find out about his 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. Viewport3 are providers of high-end, useable 3d...

Inspection, Maintenance, and Intervention Services for the Offshore Energy Industry

"Inspection, Maintenance, and Intervention Services for the Offshore Energy Industry" with John Bloomfield of Film-Ocean   OGV Energy interviews John Bloomfield of Film-Ocean, to find out about the company, their equipment, and the services they offer. In this series, we aim to shine a light on companies in our OGV Community and make the industry more accessible to those looking to get involved. Film-Ocean is Subsea contracting company that provides inspection, maintenanc...

Managing Complex Projects Made Easy with Industral Software

"Changing how Stakeholders Plan and Execute Complex Projects and Operations" with Jason Brown from AIZE   OGV Energy interviews Jason Brown from Aize, to find out about the company and some of the software and services they offer. This comes as part of the OGV Community Catchup, a series of podcasts where we try to shine a light on companies within our OGV Community and make that information easily accessible to anyone looking to get involved in the sector. Aize are a new...
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