IMPACT: Offshore Wind (Issue 01 I 2012)

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HSSE for offshore wind turbine design Innovative wind turbine

design and certification

Benchmarking inno vative O&M strategiesEarly identification of

realistic strategies

Offshore wind in ChinaLearn from Europe

and leap ahead

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CONTENTS

03 Editorial

04 Country-specific offshore wind

turbine design: Respecting HSSE

and managing liabilities

06 Benchmarking innovative

O&M strategies

08 Offshore wind in China:

Rapid expansion planned –

Europe's lessons useful

10 News & Market

12 Developments & Trends

14 People

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3sustainable energy for everyone

While the UK is leading the pack in

off shore wind energy with more than 2

GW of installed power, Germany retains

its leading European position in terms

of total installed capacity in on- and

offshore wind energy. This position

has been further strengthened by the

recent decision to fully phase out nuclear

energy by 2022. Moreover, amendments

have been made to seven laws, including

the Renewable Energy Sources Act. These

amendments continue to provide stable

support for onshore wind power and

have improved the support framework

for offshore wind power.

Within this new political scenario,

activities are ramping up in the

development and realisation of

offshore wind projects off the coast of

Germany. The Hamburg region is rapidly

developing into one of the key centres

for offshore wind development and

installation. 25 offshore wind projects

have been licensed, bringing the overall

licensed capacity to 8,500 MW.

Most offshore wind projects are located

relatively far from the coast (20 – 60 km)

in fairly deep waters (20 – 40 m).

Consideration is being given to

innovations in foundation concepts and

operation and management (O & M) in

order to bring down installation and

operation costs. Important lessons can

be learned from more than 50 installed

offshore wind farms with a total capacity

of 4.3 GW. The majority are off North Sea

coasts.

Our Ecofys wind team has been involved

in the development, realisation and

operation of more than 20 offshore wind

farms, including Prinses Amaliawindpark

and Belwind. The wind team‘s most

recent projects are the UK Round 3

Navitus Bay, the Dutch Luchterduinen,

the Belgian Norther and the German

DanTysk offshore wind farms.

This magazine takes a broad look at the

whole offshore wind energy sector –

with interesting market news, insights

into benchmark-setting O&M strategies,

reflections on country-specific offshore

wind designs, and an article on offshore

wind in China. We hope you enjoy your

read!

Michiel Müller

Head of Wind Energy Unit, Ecofys

PHASING OUT NUCLEAR AND SPEEDING UP WINDSince deciding in summer 2011 to completely phase out nuclear energy by 2022, Germany

has fully committed itself to a “path to the energy of the future – reliable, affordable

and environmentally sound”. A rapid expansion of Germany‘s offshore wind capacity

is foreseen, requiring opti mal use of the practical experience obtained throughout the

North Sea region.

Michiel Müller

Head of Wind Energy Unit, Ecofys

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Example of next-generation wind turbine designs

In South-East Asia, different companies have been responding

to this market opportunity and are currently looking for a

market base in Europe, and in particular in the UK. The forecast

size of the UK Round 3 is of particular interest to these new market

entrants. With strong and innovative technical designs, these

companies potentially offer a significant added value to the current

market. However, bearing European health and safety standards in

mind, several steps need to be taken before the EU and UK market

can be conquered.

Strict HSSE standards in UK

The UK, which is known for its high Health, Safety, Security and

Environment standards (HSSE) and commitment, also has a

strong legislative framework, including penalties in case of

noncompliance or related incidents. This has, for example,

led to the so-called Corporate Manslaughter Act, which is

considered a landmark in UK law and legislation that should

be adopted by the EU as well.

To be eligible for UK and EU market entry, these new wind

turbines will have to comply with the UK‘s HSSE legislation

and regulations. One of the governing standards for HSSE is

BS EN 50308.

Enercon 7.5 MW

Samsung 7 MW

Mitsubishi 7 MW

REpower 6.2 MW

Sinovel 6 MW

Goldwind 6 MW

Vestas 6 MW

2B Energy 6 MW

Siemens 6 MW

Alstom 6 MW

Source: The Crown Estate, Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Pathways Study

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE DESIGNS: RESPECTING HSSE AND MANAGING LIABILITIES

BS EN 50308

This British Standard (BS) is derived from the European

Standard that specifies requirements for protective

measures relating to the health and safety of personnel,

relevant to construction, commissioning and the operation

& maintenance of wind turbines. Requirements are

specified in a wide range of fields and have employee

safety in mind. This standard has been prepared for

horizontal axis, grid-connected wind turbines. For other

concepts, e. g. vertical axis turbines, the principles are still

valid, but the specific rules or requirements have to be

adapted to the actual concept. Not surprisingly, additional

provisions and procedures are necessary for turbines

installed in water, i.e. offshore.

What would you do if global targets for offshore wind were to add up to over 75 GW over the next eight years? Exactly: design a

new offshore wind turbine and sell it! But that is easier said than done. Global offshore wind targets are rocketing sky-high and

demand for offshore wind turbines is increasing accordingly. Since new locations will be in deeper waters and further offshore,

interest in new innovative wind turbines has been growing.


”In order to manage liabilities upfront and enable new players

to make a smooth market entry, we carry out an HSSE design

process,“ says Ed Wehnes, senior HSSE consultant at Ecofys.

The first stage in the HSSE design process is to create a design

choice register (DCR) and execute a design risk analysis (DRA).

This is the first step towards proving that a specific design

complies with relevant legislation and regulations.

DRA process benefits

When the choices have been made and the actual design is

determined, a design risk assessment takes place. Looking for

hazards from a bird’s-eye view through the entire spectrum of

occupational health and safety aspects encourages creativeness

and practical thinking. In this phase, design choices for a more

attractive operation & maintenance setup can be made. When

major hazards have been identified and risks mitigated to an

acceptable level (ALARP = As Low As Reasonably Practicable),

production of the prototype can begin. This does not mean the

DRA process comes to an abrupt halt. In practice, the opposite

is often the case. During the manufacturing process one can

keep track of additional improvements, which can be integrated

after the first prototype has been manufactured and tested. As

Ed Wehnes points out, ”the knowledge gained during the DRA

phase will improve the soon-to-be-launched series type, and

enable the turbine manufacturer to be distinguished from

its competitors“. His colleague Anna Ritzen, a wind energy

consultant, outlines the contribution the company can make:

”Ecofys has been involved in this process for both South-East Asian

and European turbine manufacturers. Our recommendations were

appreciated and the lion’s share included in the designs.“

Targets of the countries involved by 2020

UK 11 – 18 GW

GE 10 GW

US 10 GW

China 30 GW

UK Round 3 Includes nine zones

Zones provide available space for 32 GW

Design choice register (DCR)

A DCR explains the reasoning behind the design choices

and measures taken. A design choice is not, per se, good

or bad, but the overall goal is to design a more attractive

wind turbine than the competition. A wind turbine that

requires fewer visits offshore, for example, will enjoy a

large competitive advantage.

Design risk analysis (DRA)

A DRA is an in-depth analysis of the design and

consequential risks posed to people when a wind turbine

is in operation and operated by personnel. According to

the relevant legislation and regulations, one should always

bear in mind the people that work with the equipment,

and adapt the design to the personnel – unless this

makes the design obsolete. In order to avoid major non-

compliance issues with respect to the relevant standards, it

is worth undertaking a proper design risk assessment.

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BENCHMARKING INNOVATIVE O&M STRATEGIESWith offshore wind farms growing in scale and located at increasing distances from

the coast, the challenges and potential benefits of an optimised operation and

maintenance (O&M) strategy are increasingly important. Nowadays, determining the

right O&M strategy also involves looking at innovative O&M concepts, such as

advanced transfer systems, faster vessels, more reliable wind turbine components,

and increased redundancy in the wind farm design.

A crucial barrier to implementing an

innovative O&M solution in any

specific project is the fact that a

particular solution needs to be identified

as a realistic option early in the wind

farm development. Indeed, it needs to be

accounted for in the wind farm design and

reflected in a reliable way in CAPEX & OPEX

estimates for business cases. Moreover, it

has to be taken into account at an early

stage of the contracting strategy.

“To encourage these innovative concepts

early in the wind farm development, we

compare their performance against a

‘business as usual’ O&M strategy for large

and far-offshore wind farms,” explains

Jean Grassin, team leader at Ecofys.

The comparison is undertaken using

a time-based logistic simulation tool,

which focuses on the key parameters

that are typically part of business cases

and service contracts, e.g. warranted

availability, bonus-malus payments

and weather downtime.

O&M solutions that increase the

available weather window for repairs

and reduce the lead and travelling time

have been found to be essential for

successful operation of large offshore

wind farms. This applies even more to

wind farms further from the coast, where

access to turbines is further constrained

due to longer travel times and rougher

sea conditions.

Facts & figures

Largest offshore wind farm 300 MW

Furthest offshore wind farm 100 km

Average distance to shore of currently

installed wind farms20 – 60 km

Average sailing time to 60 km

offshore wind farm for O&M activities1.5 – 2.0 hours

Total installed capacity UK 2.5 GW

Total installed capacity DK 0.9 GW

Total installed capacity BE 0.3 GW

Total installed capacity NL 0.2 GW

Total installed capacity GE 0.2 GW


Loading of HV export cable at

cable installation vessel

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OFFSHORE WIND IN CHINA: RAPID EXPANSION PLANNED – EUROPE‘S LESSONS USEFUL With over 62 GW of installed capacity, the People’s Republic of China is currently the world

leader in onshore wind – not only in installed generation capacity but also in terms of

manu facturing. Following on from China’s onshore success, offshore development has now begun.

Offshore development has been

included in the current 12th Five

Year Plan as an essential next

step in renewable energy deployment

in China. Initially, a capacity target of

5 GW is planned for 2015. After that, a

total installed capacity of about 30 GW is

planned for 2020. Currently, the installed

capacity has reached 258 MW in offshore

and inter-tidal locations. Experience and

lessons learned from Europe can play an

important role in enabling further rapid

growth.

Fast offshore growth in Europe

Over the last ten years, offshore wind

in Europe has grown rapidly. With a

total installed capacity of over 4.3 GW

and a supply chain that is gradually

moving towards maturity, many lessons

have been learned and improvements

made. This development has already

generated regional economic growth

and created many jobs. Moreover, the

expected on-going growth will generate

added economic value and increase the

potential for exports of market-leading

technology to other regions.

Current challenges in China

Frank Wiersma, team leader of the

Ecofys offshore wind team, knows the

situation in China: ”There are a number of

challenges that still have to be overcome.

The rate at which projects would have

to be realised in order to reach national

targets requires a corresponding growth

rate of the supply chain and substantial

scale of investments.“

Some of the projects currently under

development have been hampered by

regulatory issues that have delayed

permits and approvals. In addition, the

costs for the initial projects have been

higher than scheduled, and design and

installation have taken more time than

initially planned.


Learning from Europe

Although some elements of the offshore

wind scenario differ between China and

Europe, many of the lessons learned and

challenges experienced in Europe are

relevant to China. Therefore, Ecofys has

compiled a five-day interactive training

course offering different modules that

can be selected and combined as a client

prefers. The topics include:

> Technical and design challenges, e. g.

foundation works, electrical works,

wind turbines (reliability), and layout

and yield optimisation;

> Regulatory and supply chain

challenges, e. g. policies, internal

cooperation strategies (national

government), hardware supply chain

issues, and sufficiently skilled staff;

> Financial challenges, e. g. O & M

strategies and costs, project costs

and risks, contracting and interface

management

Installation of blades at wind turbine

People’s Republic of China

> Population: 1.3 billion

> Area: 9.6 million square kilometres

> Regions: 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four central

administrative authorities and two special administrative areas

> Total CO² emissions: 7,711 million metric tons in 2010

(source: Energy Information Administration); this makes

China the world‘s largest emitter (in absolute terms)

> Total investment in renewable energy:

$ 48 billion in 2010 (source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance)

Targets under the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011 – 2015):

> Non-fossil fuel to account for 11.4 % of primary energy consumption

> Water consumption per unit of value-added

industrial output to be cut by 30 %

> Energy consumption per unit of GDP to be cut by 16 %

> CO² emissions per unit of GDP to be cut by 17 %

> Forest coverage rate to rise to 21.66 % and forest stock to increase

by 600 million cubic metres

> Carbon intensity to be reduced by 40 – 45 % by 2020

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Belgium: new shadow and noise

regulations

Belgium‘s modified onshore wind

shadow and noise regulations came into

force early this year. The stricter shadow

regulation reduces the maximum

permit t ed hours per year from 30 to 8

hours – with a maximum of 30 minutes

per day. If a wind turbine is expected to

exceed this limit, a shut-down system

has to be in place. In addition, the

wind turbine owner has to measure and

report its shadow casting for the first two

exploitation years.

The first amendment to the noise

regulations is that noise was previously

only considered within a 250-metre

radius. The new regulation also takes

noise beyond this radius into account.

In addition, noise limits have been laid

down with specific target values:

> Residential areas: 44 dB(A) in the

daytime, 39 dB(A) evenings and nights

> Rural areas: 48 dB(A) in the daytime,

43 dB(A) evenings and nights

Different limits apply within 500

metres of an industrial zone:

> Residential areas: 43 dB(A) at night

> Non-residential areas: 45 dB(A)

at night

Noise emissions have to be below these

target values unless a wind farm owner

can provide results from a measurement

campaign showing that the original

background noise exceeds these values.

In that case, the value of the background

noise can be set as a maximum value for

noise emissions, but the wind farm owner

is required to respect a distance of at

least three times the rotor diameter from

surrounding houses.

Benefits of cross-border MSP

The latest research study for Seanergy

2020, which is supported by Intelligent

Energy Europe Cooperation on Marine

Spatial Planning, revealed that

cross-border marine spatial planning

(MSP) can result in cost, risks and

planning benefits for offshore wind

development. After examining cross-

border MSP between the Netherlands

and Germany the study concluded that

with a limited amount of cross-border

cooperation an additional 900 square

kilometres would be available for

offshore wind energy projects. And if

progressive cross-border cooperation

were implemented, another 1,400

square kilometres would be opened up

for offshore wind development.

Export cables a

bottleneck

A recently published supply-chain

study by The Crown Estate revealed

that supplies of export cables are still a

bottleneck in the market. The demand

for export cables for offshore wind

farms competes with the demand for

submarine interconnection projects

and the planned increase in production

capacity cannot keep up with the

expected demand in years to come. Early

commitments are required in order

to secure and achieve the realisation

planning of offshore wind projects.

France: offshore wind

tenders awarded

France has awarded four offshore wind

tenders with a total capacity of 1.9

GW. A consortium of EDF, Dong Energy

and Alstom was awarded three sites

with a total capacity of 1.4 GW, and

a consortium of the Spanish utility

Iberdrola, RES and Areva the fourth site

with a capacity of 0.5 GW. Both Alstom

and Areva will install their new offshore

wind turbines at these sites. The second

tender round is planned to commence in

the second half of 2012.

NEWS & MARKET


Wind test site Lelystad celebrating second anniversary

The wind test site in Lelystad, Netherlands, is looking forward to celebrating its second anniversary on October 13th 2012. The test site

helps wind turbine manufacturers in testing and developing their wind turbines by providing meteorological measurements and data

connections to the turbines through a state-of-the art fibre-optics network. In addition to that, the test site makes use of new types of

instruments such as LiDARs that can be interchanged with LiDARs for measurement campaigns outside the test site.

Erik Holtslag, Operational Manager test site Lelystad at Ecofys, had this to say about the first results following almost 14 months of testing

and measuring: “The results on turbine behaviour are promising, data availability has been above contractual expectations and quality,

and interesting new meteorological insights have been gained. We are delighted with these results.”

Netherlands: allocation

of 6,000 MW capacity

The Dutch government will enter into

agreements with the country‘s provinces

to allocate a total wind farm capacity of

6,000 MW. This will be divided amongst

the Dutch provinces and secured by means

of a ”state vision note“ (structuurvisie).

This ”state vision note“ is to be approved

by parliament this year. The procedures

for state approval of wind farm sites larger

than 100 MW – without consent of the

provinces – have been temporarily put on

hold. After a period of six months (January

2013), the government will recommence

these procedures, with consideration

given to the „state vision note“.

Luchterduinen: technical design

of cable route finished

Ecofys has prepared and delivered the

drawings and maps of the route for the

offshore wind farm in Luchterduinen.

Designs and studies of ten horizontal

directional drillings have been carried out

for crossings with dunes, canals, roads

and railways. Ecofys coordinated meetings

with land-owners, communities, the

water board and other stakeholders. In

addition, an agreement for the lease of

server rooms (scada) near the cable route

has been prepared and signed. A major

obstacle for the project has been overcome

after receipt of the permit procedure (state

coordination scheme) for the land cable.

Germany: wind measurements &

assessments with LiDAR

Ecofys is providing the technical and

consultancy services to operate and perform

wind measurements and wind resource

assessments (WRA) based on Leosphere‘s

Windcube® LiDAR (Light Detection

And Ranging) technology. Prior to the

deployment of LiDAR in the field, the first

validation tests were done at the Lelystad

test site where the LiDAR results were

correlated against IEC-compliant reference

met masts. The tests delivered interesting

meteorological and technical insights. A

very good correlation with calibrated

anemometry was determined, in particular

on wind speeds and wind direction

results, although turbulence and extreme

gust measurements with LiDAR are still

to be further investigated by commercial

and research institutes. This validated

LiDAR equipment was installed and is

currently carrying out field measurements

over a period of nine months. Parallel

measurements with an identical unit have

been conducted during the field campaign

in order to add to the understanding

and acceptance of this technology. The

results obtained were interesting and

demonstrated the importance of validation

and verification tests before any commercial

deployment. Installed in complex-terrain

locations in the south of Germany, the

LiDAR equipment is measuring wind data to

quantify the resource and thus contributing

to the assessment and planning of new

wind farms in the region.

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Accessibility of offshore platforms

The already busy North Sea will see a

further increase in activities in the next

few years. Offshore wind is competing

for space with fisheries, shipping lanes,

and many more stakeholders, including

offshore platform operators. Since

offshore platforms are generally accessed

by helicopter, constructing offshore

wind farms in the vicinity of offshore

platforms is a challenging business.

Consideration has to be given to

helicopter safety issues and the amount

of time a platform is inaccessible should

not increase too much. Ecofys is currently

modelling the effects that offshore wind

farms may have on the accessibility of

platforms.

Remote sensing for wind

measurements

Onsite wind measurements are of

paramount importance in properly

estimating future production of offshore

wind farms, and hence a crucial part

of the project development business

case and risk assessment. At the same

time, installation of an offshore met

mast requires significant CAPEX early in

the development of the project. Remote

sensing technologies, and especially LiDAR

(Light Detection And Ranging), are rapidly

developing into a mature alternative to

acquire important local wind climate

data. Cost-effective solutions may range

from systems positioned on neighbouring

abandoned oil platforms to floating

LiDARs and long-range LiDARs positioned

on the coast.

Safety standards and O&M

strategy optimisation

Accessibility to offshore wind farms is

highly dependent on weather windows

and the technology chosen for the sea

transport and transfer of operation and

maintenance (O&M) personnel from

vessel to turbines. The overall O&M

strategy is very sensitive to the access

systems chosen and can be optimised

by means of adequate predictive

models in combination with effective

technologies. A wide variety of access

and transfer systems are available

for offshore wind parks, which focus

mainly on rapid access to the wind

farm on wider weather windows, while

avoiding sea sickness, providing offshore

accommodation and fully motion-

compensated transfers to the turbines.

Such systems are achieving higher safety

standards and allow for the optimisation

of the overall O&M strategy. As such,

they are having a considerable impact

on turbine availability and playing a key

role in a project‘s OPEX and yield return.

Asset management systems

Many different stakeholders, processes

and information streams have to be

kept track of during the development,

installation and operation of an offshore

wind farm. Such complexities can easily

create inefficiencies and interface issues,

which need managing. Through use

of an asset management approach, all

A Windcube ® LiDAR being validated at the wind

test site Lelystad, Netherlands

DEVELOPMENTS & TRENDS


procedures, responsibilities and states

of assets can be explicated in a central

holistic information platform. This

facilitates efficient working operations.

Acutely managing the interfaces between

installation contractors, for example,

avoids unnecessary vessel waiting time.

Since asset management potentially holds

numerous other cost and safety benefits,

Ecofys is currently developing an asset

management system for the complete

lifecycle of an offshore wind farm.

Cost price reduction

One of the focal points in the offshore

wind sector is cost price reduction in all

its facets: wind turbine costs (including

foundations and grid connection),

installation costs, and operation and

maintenance costs. All these factors can

result in a lower offshore wind kWh price.

The wind sector is currently experiencing

a boom in product development to

achieve such a cost price reduction.

Enabling wind turbine manufacturers,

construction companies and O&M parties

to develop, innovate and test their

newest technologies is an essential

element in this process.

Sea transport from offshore

wind farm to shore

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Jean Grassin

is the new team leader for the wind

resource assessment team and holds a

diploma in Engineering from the Ecole

Centrale Nantes and a M.Sc. in Wind Energy

from the Technical University of Denmark

(DTU-Risoe). His key projects at Ecofys

include the UK Round 3 bid preparation

and successful bid final negotiations,

primarily preparing the site selection and

preliminary design and later focusing on

the development planning issues; the

review and comparison of wind turbine

manufacturers bids for the O&M service

level agreement for the offshore wind farm

Q10; and project management of the pre-

feasibility of four 50MW wind farm in Oman.

Frank Wiersma

is the team leader of the design and technical work packages team and actively

involved in the O&M strategies for Dutch, Belgian and UK offshore wind projects. He

has 13 years of experience in wind energy, marine engineering and infrastructure,

and a background in civil engineering (Delft University of Technology) and economics

(London School of Economics). Early in his career, he worked on marine engineering

projects and met ocean information. From there he progressed to become a project

manager with experience in multidisciplinary projects both in the Netherlands

and internationally. His involvement ranged from feasibility studies to front-end

development and construction.

Her van Doorn

is involved in electrical package

management for offshore wind farms and

the Luchterduinen wind farm, where he

just reached a permitting milestone for

the onshore cable route. He graduated

in electrical engineering and has been

working in the wind energy industry

since 1993. Profiting from his experience

as an international project manager for

logistic systems, he has been construction

manager for several onshore wind

farms in the Netherlands. As such, he

was responsible for the design and

construction of foundations, supply and

installation of wind turbines, construction

of access roads, and grid connection.

Eef Brouwers

has recently been appointed foundation

package manager for the Norther project

in Belgium. He has over eight years of

experience in project execution, of which

the last four were in the offshore wind

industry, with expertise in foundation and

electrical package management. He started

his career working for a large American

project management company, initially as

a design safety engineer in a high-speed

railway project. He was then hired by Fluor

as foundation package manager for the

Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. His

tasks included engineering management

foundations, construction site engineering

management, commissioning and asset

handover.

PEO PLE


Marco Penk

recently joined the Ecofys wind team and

works as senior consultant with special

emphasis on offshore wind development.

Prior to joining Ecofys, he worked as a

consultant in the renewable energy industry,

focusing on distributed renewable energy

generation and efficiency projects for

Northern Canadian First Nation communities.

Prior to working in the Canadian North, he

was Vice President of WKA Montage Canada

Inc., a wind turbine foundation construction

company. Before this, Marco was an early

member of the Ventus Energy Inc. team. At

Ventus, he worked as a project development

manager and also managed Ventus’ R&D

projects, such as sea cable HVDC transmission

systems.

Dirk Schoenmakers

has been appointed electrical package

manager at two huge wind projects:

Luchterduinen and West Isle of Wight. After

a degree in Electrical Engineering he finished

a Master‘s Degree in Sustainable Energy

Technology at the Technical Universities of

Eindhoven and Delft with a specialisation

in wind energy. Before joining the current

Dutch and UK projects, he worked on the

grid connection of the Belwind offshore wind

farm off the Belgian coast. In addition to the

assignment for Belwind, he worked on an

assignment for the Dutch government entitled

”Connect III – Cable at Sea“, which included

a technical and economical analysis for the

grid connection of up to 6,000 MW of offshore

wind power to the Dutch onshore grid by 2020.

Ed Wehnes

just returned from South East Asia where he executed a Design Risk Assessment in the

development of a new generation offshore wind turbine. Ed has been working as a

Health and Safety professional for 18 years in the offshore oil and gas & petro chemical

industry e. g. on production platforms and drilling rigs. Before his HSSE career he worked

at Vestas Offshore on many of their offshore wind farms in the UK and the Netherlands.

He was the HSSE manager in contract negotiations with Blighbank. In Germany he

was involved in the feed study for offshore wind development for EnbW on offshore

windparks Hochsee and “He dreiht” and as HSSE advisor for Trianel on Borkum West II

where he laid the foundation for the HSSE management system.

Anna Ritzen

specialises in wind energy permits,

tendering, environmental monitoring

and wind energy cooperation agreements.

She completed her M. Sc. in Science &

Innovation Management in 2006 with an

emphasis on renewable energy supplies,

and gained extensive experience in

renewable energy supply issues while

working at the Rocky Mountain Institute

in the US and for UNDP in Cambodia. She

recently successfully wrapped up two

offshore wind projects in South East Asia.

sustainable energy for everyone

IMPACT: Offshore Wind (Issue 01 I 2012)

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