Jan Wigaard

Principal Engineer, Structural and Naval Architecture Aibel AS

30 years of experience with fixed and floating structure within Oil and Gas and Offshore Wind.

Structural and Marine Concept designer of ABB-Aibel GBS and Jacket HV-DC concepts.

Detail EPC projects and Early phase concept development and studies.

Currently head of Concepts & Studies and responsible for multidiscipline studies within Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind and Aquaculture.

Agenda Day 1

12:40 PM Fixed vs floating foundations

• Incremental vs disruptive design concepts

• Single turbine vs multirotor systems – Propeller vs other ways of capturing wind

• Overall challenges to obtain cost competitiveness

Agenda Day 2

2:10 PM PANEL DISCUSSION | How to minimize risks in installation campaigns

• Project management offshore foundations

• Development plans

• Contract regime: Uncertain time line: Difficulty for contractors to be “on” and “off”

• SS’s: Supply chain/ manufacturers/contractors/ experience and lessons learned from specific projects

Agenda Day 3

8:30 AM B Large scale floating wind parks: Overall challenges between design concepts & logistic

The Workshop will be organized with an introduction, a structured session with free thought remarks from all participants, a structured discussion and summing up with a closing remark.

The issues to be discussed are:

• Incremental vs disruptive design concepts, single turbine vs multirotor systems, propeller vs other ways of capturing wind

• Overall challenges to obtain cost competitiveness:

- Logistics inclusive construction, assembly, T&I

- Mooring and anchoring concepts

- Ballasting systems

- Dynamic cables

- Operation and Maintenance concepts

• Expected contracting and competition set up for floating wind, competition between concepts, or EPC competition on Developer chosen concepts

• Design concept implication on logistic and operation

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jan.

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