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#44 Offshore Wind, Part 1: Becoming a World Leader
Over the past two decades the UK has become the world’s
leading offshore wind energy producer. Not only is it responsible for 40% of all
offshore wind generated electricity, it is set to quadruple the installed
capacity by 2030. Its journey to becoming a world leader began in 2000 with
construction of just two Vestas V66 turbines, at a site off the coast of Blyth
in Northumbria.
In the first of a two part episode we go back to those
turbines and to a time where a crane driver called Bobby Hazel was called in to
lift in these towers into position – something that no operator in the UK had
done before. And last year when Fugro began decommissioning these pioneering structures
for RWE Renewables, Bobby returned to the North Sea to take them down.
GUESTS
Bahzad Ayoub, Senior Analyst, Renewable UK
Bobby Hazel, Crane Operator, Fugro
Tony Hodgson, Regional Strategic Sales Director, Europe and
Africa, Fugro
Patrick Rainey, Offshore Logistics Manager, RWE Renewables
Tony Stevens, Project Manager, Blyth Decommissioning, Fugro
PARTNER:
This episode is made in partnership with Fugro
Fugro is the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, collecting and analysing comprehensive information about the Earth and the structures built upon it. Through integrated data acquisition, analysis and advice, Fugro unlocks insights from Geo-data to help clients design, build and operate their assets in a safe, sustainable and efficient manner.
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Over the past two decades the UK has become the world’s
leading offshore wind energy producer. Not only is it responsible for 40% of all
offshore wind generated electricity, it is set to quadruple the installed
capacity by 2030. Its journey to becoming a world leader began in 2000 with
construction of just two Vestas V66 turbines, at a site off the coast of Blyth
in Northumbria.
In the first of a two part episode we go back to those
turbines and to a time where a crane driver called Bobby Hazel was called in to
lift in these towers into position – something that no operator in the UK had
done before. And last year when Fugro began decommissioning these pioneering structures
for RWE Renewables, Bobby returned to the North Sea to take them down.
GUESTS
Bahzad Ayoub, Senior Analyst, Renewable UK
Bobby Hazel, Crane Operator, Fugro
Tony Hodgson, Regional Strategic Sales Director, Europe and
Africa, Fugro
Patrick Rainey, Offshore Logistics Manager, RWE Renewables
Tony Stevens, Project Manager, Blyth Decommissioning, Fugro
PARTNER:
This episode is made in partnership with Fugro
Fugro is the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, collecting and analysing comprehensive information about the Earth and the structures built upon it. Through integrated data acquisition, analysis and advice, Fugro unlocks insights from Geo-data to help clients design, build and operate their assets in a safe, sustainable and efficient manner.
The post #44 Offshore Wind, Part 1: Becoming a World Leader first appeared on Engineering Matters.
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