Agenda Day 1
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Registration and welcome coffee
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Chairperson's opening remarks
Ricardo Rocha -
Head Offshore Substructures,
EDP Renováveis
9:40 am - 10:10 am
UK Offshore wind power market: Update
Elson Martins -
Associate,
CarbonTrust
Emily Northridge - Analyst, CarbonTrust
10:10 am - 10:40 am
The UK Contract for Difference (CfD) auction scheme
Gavin Smart -
Head of Analysis & Insights,
ORE Catapult
• CfD contract allocation process and auction design
• Results of CfD new projects
• CfD scheme and the recently achieved auction results in the UK from both a qualitative and
quantitative angle
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Speed Networking
This is the perfect opportunity to speak directly with your peers and network. Maximize your time by participating in this interactive networking session. Don’t forget your business cards.
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Networking and refreshment break
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Goldwind integrated design platform for offshore wind substructures in China - Presentation via VIDEO
Endi Zhai -
General Manager - Offshore Division,
Goldwind
• Integrated support structure design concept to standardize the work processes and documents
of machine manufacturers and design companies
• 10%-15% reduction of the engineering workload compared to traditional design methods
• Possibility of reiterated support structure optimization and breaks out of the conservative
designs produced by traditional methods
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm
Cross-market experiences & developments for steel based wind structures
Marc Vanderschueren -
BD Manager,
OCAS NV
• Material and technology developments
• Consequences for processing
• Challenging the (non-)conservatism in looking at the end of life
• Cross readings from different markets
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Fixed vs floating foundations
Jan Wigaard -
Principal Engineer, Structural and Naval Architecture,
Aibel AS
• Incremental vs disruptive design concepts
• Single turbine vs multirotor systems – Propeller vs other ways of capturing wind
• Overall challenges to obtain cost competitiveness
1:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Networking luncheon
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Floating foundations: Design concepts
Gordon Jackson -
Director Marine & Offshore Structures,
Arup Ltd.
• Floating foundations, by eliminating the depth constraint and easing turbine set-up, could open
the way for power generation from deeper waters
• ARUP’s research and development programme for floating foundations for wind turbines:
Foundation targeted at intermediate water depths of 60-100m that would be likely to feature in
future UK licensing rounds
• A conical floating foundation to support a wind turbine emerging from an evaluation of spar-type
structures
• Motion characteristics – configuration for quayside mass-production to give an efficient
cost-effective turbine support solution
• Results of scale model testing
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Design optimisation and risk management for drilled and grouted WTG foundations
Robert Mclean -
Lead Geotechnical Engineer,
Scottish Power Renewables
- Overview of the design development process for drilled and grouted jacket piles on a site with challenging heterogeneous shallow rock ground conditions
- Discussion of the tools at a Developer’s disposal to manage risk including effective site characterisation, pile load tests, design methodologies and supply chain engagement
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm
Networking and refreshment break
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm
Round Table A | Update on materials in foundation technology
Marc Vanderschueren -
BD Manager,
OCAS NV
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm
Round Table B | Health and Safety for foundations: Best practices, improvement areas, lessons learned and innovations
Elson Martins -
Associate,
CarbonTrust
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm
Round Table C | Joints: Industry wide standardization of manufactured parts for cost savings & reduction of design time
Jan Willem van Bloois -
Director Business Development,
KCI
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm
Interface management: EPCI or no EPCI?
Richard den Hollander -
Business Development Director,
Seaway Heavy Lifting
• Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) construction operations are expensive and complex; they require thorough and multi-layered design, verification and certification phases
• Absence of a common, holistic, understanding of the OWF project risk items among stakeholders as a major challenge: How can I maximize the potential of collaborations to make the most of an EPCI consortium?
• Reliable and efficient method statement for the substructure global analysis with the wind turbine manufacturer
• Procedures for substructure detail design to reduce the risks from the very beginning of the project to avoid delays and related costs
5:10 pm - 5:40 pm
Application of probabilistic RBI for lifetime extension of WTG jacket substructure – experiences from O&G
Jens UlfKjaer -
Principal Specialist, Steel Structures,
DNV GL
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Chairperson’s closing remarks
Ricardo Rocha -
Head Offshore Substructures,
EDP Renováveis
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
EVENING GET-TOGETHER
Join our evening Get-Together and take this opportunity to network and make new business contacts. Or just to relax and round off your first conference day.
