Renewable energy at Seawork

His paper will form part of an entire morning devoted to renewable energy which will also feature papers on the supply and demand of wind farm service vessels and the latest scientific developments in wind, wave and tidal energy.

Navitus Bay Wind Park, located off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts, is a 50-50 joint venture between Eneco Wind UK Ltd and EDF Energy. The proposed 1100MW project could provide significant opportunities for local businesses and the marine sector during the construction and operation phases.

If the Development Consent Order is granted by the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, pre-construction engineering and supply chain tendering will commence early in 2015.

Other talks on the day will include what is going on in what is going on in Europe in the wind farm service vessel market, by 4C Offshore. The talk will examine how many operational vessels there are in the European market and how many more are due to come into service during 2013. It will question if this growth is sufficient to fulfil a shortfall in the supply of vessels.

Steve Jermy, Tidepod Limited, will conduct a talk entitled Britain – Saudi Arabia of Tidal Energy? looking at the UK opportunity and the international opportunity, along with market forecasts.

The Seawork conference is CPD certified, meaning that points can be accrued towards qualifications just by attending.