NSRI/ORE Subsea Technological Challenges in Offshore Wind Programme Prime 4, Kingswells 4 th October 2016 Organised by
9:00 Registration 9:45 Welcome Gordon has been working in the Subsea sector since 1994 initially offshore on Diving vessels and more recently in an engineering capacity. Gordon has a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering, PhD and MBA from the Robert Gordon University. In a work capacity after returning from offshore roles he has spent 10 years with IMES group and 10 years with Subsea 7. In both organisations he has be in some way or form involved with the development and commercialisation of value adding Technology. Presently he is the Project Director of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI). Gordon Drummond Project Director NSRI 9:50 NSRI s Work in Offshore Wind, Matchmaker and Latest News Give a brief overview of NSRI for those who haven t attended one of our events before. Present the Matchmaker offering and how it can assist delegates with advancing technology. Highlight some of NSRI s latest work and go over the format of the day. Jamie McCallum Project Engineer NSRI Jamie is the Project Engineer at the National Subsea Research Initiative responsible for Offshore Wind. He is responsible for incorporating the offshore wind technology challenges into the NSRI s Matchmaker database. Jamie is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen with a 1st Class MEng in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he joined Wood Group Kenny s Riser team in Aberdeen as a Project Engineer. 10:15 Overview of ORE, Help Offered to Developers and Companies Seeking Diversification, Summary of Technical Challenges Andrew Tipping Commercialisation Manager Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Andrew is the Commercialisation Manager at ORE Catapult, where over the last few months he has been working with the OEMs and asset operators for wind, wave and tidal energy, to identify key innovation challenges that could potentially reduce risk and reduce costs within the offshore renewables sector. He has created a set of targeted innovation challenges across the main technology areas including; installation, O&M, foundations & substructures, blades and powertrain systems, with the aim of stimulating needs driven innovation in the UK supply chain.
10:30 Company Who Have Successfully Developed Subsea Technology to Diversify Offering from Oil & Gas to Offshore Wind ROVOP is an independent provider of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) which operates across offshore wind, oil and gas, telecoms and power transmission industries. Moving seamlessly across sectors can pose a number of technological challenges. In his presentation, Business Development Director Moray Melhuish, explains why advances in technology, training and providing flexibility for customers are key in overcoming these challenges and realising the opportunities of diversification across sectors. Moray Melhuish Development Director ROVOP Moray Melhuish graduated in Law with Spanish and later completed a Masters in business at Aberdeen University. He began his career at Score Group PLC in Marketing where he became Group Business Development Manager and Commercial Director of Score Marine Ltd. Moray entered the ROV industry in 2007 when he joined the Triton (now Forum) Group. In 2010, Moray moved to Subsea 7 as Sales Manager before joining ROVOP in 2013. 10:45 Break 11:00 Sub-Structures and Foundations John Foley Head of Civil Engineering Atkins Offshore Wind Details of the latest technology challenges arising from experience of the upcoming deep water site at Beatrice in the Moray Firth. A site which will use a jacket form of construction across the site. Reference also to the latest UK monopile construction for Dudgeon where the larger diameter piles are currently being installed. Also a look at offshore substation topsides and foundations from a structural engineering and fabrication perspective. This will refer to Dongs UK portfolio of Burbo Bank, Race Bank and Walney which are just starting to be constructed in UK waters. A look at the potential market and technical challenges for floating foundations and how O&G experience will help deliver this new technology to the offshore wind sector. Almost twenty years as a Director with Atkins and the last six years leading the offshore wind division. A structural engineer starting off in Crouch and Hogg s Glasgow department in 1985, working on a variety of large and complex bridge crossings and the design of the nuclear facilities at Faslane.
11:15 Inter Array Cable Technology Development The presentation will focus on JDR s diversification from Oil & Gas to Offshore Wind over the last 10 years, the technological challenges, similarities and differences between the two markets, and lessons learned Jeremy Featherstone Product Development Director JDR Cable Systems Jeremy is a chartered mechanical engineer. He started his working career at SMD on subsea cable and pipeline burial equipment, before working at Cable & Wireless Marine (now Global Marine Systems) on installation of subsea telecommunication cables, then Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd on procurement and installation of offshore wind farm cabling, and now JDR Cable Systems, on development and supply of subsea cables to the offshore renewable energy sector. 11:30 Environmental Conditions Zoe will provide an overview of the environmental challenges, consenting processes and stakeholder concerns for offshore wind developments highlighting similarities and difference with the oil and gas industry. She will discuss the lessons learnt to date in renewables and where the expertise and knowledge from 40 years of development in oil and gas on the UKCS can benefit the offshore wind industry. Zoe Crutchfield Marine Environment Lead Arup Zoe has spent her career working in the marine environment, in the oil and gas industry, at the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, a statutory consultee for marine developments, and developing offshore renewable energy projects. She joined Arup to lead a marine environmental team and has recently worked on projects including harbour expansions, oil and gas decommissioning and carbon sequestration. 11:45 Installation Overview of the technological challenges associated with offshore wind installations in accordance with the NSRI / ORE agreed matchmaker themes. Alan MacLeay Engineering Director Seaway Heavy Lift Alan MacLeay has been working in the offshore renewable energy sector since 1998. He is currently the engineering director for renewables at Seaway Heavy Lifting. He studied engineering at the University of Aberdeen and is a chartered civil engineer. After graduating he spent 14 years at Arup in various roles in the design and installation of offshore structures. He joined Subsea 7 in 2003 and worked initially on the Beatrice demonstrator project. Recently he was project manager for Subsea 7 in the SSE Offshore Wind Alliance.
12:00 Operations and Maintenance 12:15 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Workshop 1: The Way Forward? Cables Operations & Maintenance Sub-Structures and Foundations Installation Environmental Conditions 14:00 Workshop 2: The Way Forward? Cables Operations & Maintenance Sub-Structures and Foundations Installation Environmental Conditions 14:30 Break
15:00 Workshop 3: The Way Forward? Cables Operations & Maintenance Sub-Structures and Foundations Installation Environmental Conditions 15:30 Meeting Wrap Up and Next Steps 16:00 Close