The leading trade body for the offshore energy sector, OEUK, launches its new Offshore Wind Insight Report at the All-Energy conference in a breakfast briefing sponsored by Deloitte at Glasgow’s SEC venue on Thursday 15 May.
The launch event with a theme of ‘Capturing wind opportunities for the UK – Looking to Clean Power 2030 and beyond’ will be followed by three roadshows. The first roadshow in Hull’s Village Hotel will be on May 20. The second roadshow will take place on May 22 at the Norfolk Showground Events Centre in Norwich as part of SNS Conference run by the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR). A third roadshow will take place the Cavendish Conference Venue in London on June 4.
Giving a voice to over 400 organisations and businesses throughout the country, OEUK’s members include those with an interest in offshore oil, gas, and increasingly carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen and wind. They vary from the largest energy producers and developers, to contractors, consultancies, and the smallest start-ups. All share the ambition to safely provide cleaner fuel, power and products to the UK as their commitment to delivering net zero emissions by 2050.
With fixed bottom offshore wind technology reaching a plateau by 2030, OEUK’s new Wind Insight focuses what is needed to deliver Clean Power 2030 and the future growth of floating offshore wind. Likely to play an essential role in helping the UK meet its energy transition targets, it’s anticipated that by 2040, a third of the UK’s wind capacity could be provided by floating offshore wind. This presents new opportunities for the UK’s energy supply chain, with decades of North Sea oil and gas experience helping to secure a competitive advantage across offshore wind.
The breakfast briefing and roadshows for OEUK’s Wind Insight report provide an ideal platform for people to hear more about the government’s Clean Power 2030 target of creating a clean power grid by 2030 plus a clear analysis of potential opportunities and the policy framework underpinning this objective. They will provide an arena for attendees to learn about successful commercial ventures from case studies as well as benefiting from supply chain companies sharing their experience.
Thibaut Cheret, OEUK’s Wind & Renewables Manager and lead author of the report said:
'The government’s Clean Power 2030 (CP30) target will need between 43 and 51 GW of installed capacity in offshore wind by 2030. A recent round of offshore wind leases released by Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) will help decarbonise offshore oil and gas production whilst accelerating deployment of the first projects globally at commercial scale but the pace needs to quicken. Our report will outline what steps need to be taken to achieve this.'
Speakers and panellists for the launch of the Wind Insight report at All-Energy include:
- Colin Maciver, Senior Director, Cerulean Winds
- Sarah Knight, Senior Development Manager (Decarbonisation), Crown Estate Scotland
- Susan McDonald MEng MIET, Energy Transition Lead, Deloitte
- Adam Morrison, UK Country Manager, OW Ocean Winds
- Thibaut Cheret, Wind & Renewables Manager, Offshore Energies UK
- Mark Wilson CEng CMgr, HSE & Operations Director, Offshore Energies UK
- Adrian de Andres, Director of Renewables Growth, Xodus
The event will be chaired by Emily Taylor, Head of Membership, Offshore Energies UK. The UK is in a world leading position for the development of offshore wind, alongside its ongoing vital role in supplying oil and gas. This places the offshore energy sector, and its people at the heart of the country’s aims to improve energy security, cut emissions and drive economic growth and provides a springboard to capture a huge international market.
Tickets for the Glasgow breakfast briefing are available here.
Source: OEUK
