The Offshore Wind Podcast from GWEC

With the end of 2021 fast approaching, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti look back at some key highlights of Season 2. The Offshore Wind Podcast would like to extend a warm thank you you to all our listeners and subscribers for your comments and feedback over the past year.

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 The APAC region is experiencing rapid growth in many markets. Nations in the region are starting to exploit their natural wind resources, especially in offshore. But as countries come to terms with this opportunity, we are also seeing familiar patterns emerge in relation to the challenges each market grapples with before the market can truly reach its potential. 

This episode looks to provide some insight into the local supply chain developments & local content requirements in the markets. Hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by 
Danish Ambassador to Korea Einar Jensen for a deep dive into the Korean wind market, which shows a huge opportunity for the global wind industry. 

The country is extremely committed to delivering on their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and driving the green energy transition. But what will it cost to succeed in Korea? How should companies engage with the local supply chain? Will we see a sector deal like we have seen in other markets where government and industry come together to accelerate a smooth transition? All of these questions and more will be answered in this fire side chat.

The APAC region is experiencing rapid growth in many markets. Nations in the region are starting to exploit their natural wind resources, especially in offshore. But as countries come to terms with this opportunity, we are also seeing familiar patterns emerge in relation to the challenges each market grapples with before the market can truly reach its potential. 

In this episode, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Camilla Holbech, Energy Sector Counsellor Royal Danish Embassy in Hanoi to take a deep dive into life in Vietnam and find out what has been happening on the ground. This will include insight into the PDP8 discussions and the supply chain challenges in the market, including the impacts that COVID has had on mobility. 

 
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COP26 is here! After years of planning, a year delay, and a lot of preparation around the world, the summit is finally upon us. As world leaders, delegates and experts arrive in Glasgow, we've got two experts on the pod to talk about what the offshore wind industry expects from the event. 

In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Jon Lezamiz, Global Head of Public Affairs at Siemens Gamesa and Rebecca Williams,  Director of COP26 at the Global Wind Energy Council.

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Maritime spatial planning is central to how the industry shares waters with other sea users. That means doing it well is key to growing the industry as technological advances open up new waters to wind energy. How can the industry help preserve marine life, and integrate with other activities using the water?
In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Claudia Grotz, Head of Public Affairs for Europe at Siemens Gamesa, to discuss maritime spatial planning.

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Offshore wind energy is already one of the cleanest large-scale energy generation technologies, but as this sector keeps expanding there is an increasing need to integrate and uphold sustainability standards across the industry's entire value chain. In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Kristen Skelton, Sustainability and Environment Specialist at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, to discuss challenges and opportunities to integrate sustainability across the offshore wind industry.

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The 2021 Offshore Wind Report has been published and after a challenging year for everyone, we hear how the industry has battled through the Covid-pandemic to ensure the sector continues to grow. In this episode, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Feng Zhao, Head of Strategy and Market Intelligence at GWEC and Joyce Lee, GWEC's Head of Policy and Projects. 

Ahead of the Summer holiday season, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti reflect on some of the key highlights from the first 5 episodes of Season 2 of The Offshore Wind Podcast. The Offshore Wind Podcast will return in September 2021!

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As the offshore wind sector keeps expanding, it is crucial to apply the highest health and safety standards across the industry’s entire value chain. Cross-industry collaboration is key to establish strong health and safety training networks, and ensuring industry-wide alignment with global safety systems will guarantee the long-term sustainability of the industry. In this episode, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Jakob Lau Holst, CEO of the Global Wind Organisation, and Filip Rasmussen, Head of Corporate HSE at Siemens Gamesa, to discuss how the industry can work together, as colleagues not competitors, to meet its forecasted growth safely.

Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind project, promises to generate over 2 GW of clean energy – enough to supply around 20% of the State of Victoria’s electricity needs, power around 1.2 million homes, and support 8000 green jobs over its lifetime. In this episode, The Offshore Wind Podcast hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Erin Coldham, Chief Development Officer at Star of the South, to discuss key challenges and opportunities facing Star of the South, how this project can accelerate the energy transition in Australia, what lessons can be applied from the experience of established offshore wind markets, engaging local communities, and much more!

As the offshore wind industry eyes continued growth across the US and globally, it must consider potential bottlenecks to ensure it can deliver on its promise of supporting thriving local economies while helping decarbonise the economy. Local content requirements can support the construction of a resilient local supply chain, but to stay competitive the industry must be able to keep costs and risks low. In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Stewart and David are joined by Doreen Harris, CEO at NYSERDA, to discuss what local content requirements mean for the offshore wind industry, the role of regional collaboration in setting and meeting local content requirements, and how lawmakers see this challenge in the US and beyond.

The Biden Administration recently set a national target of 30 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030, a major push to demonstrate its renewed climate and renewable energy ambitions. According to the Government, this would create 77,000 new jobs, power 10 million homes, create $12 billion in capital investment, and cut 78 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions in the US. But how can the US reach 30 GW by 2030? In this episode, hosts Stewart Mullin and David Lenti are joined by Laura Morton, Senior Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Offshore Wind at the American Clean Power Association, and Steven Dayney, Head of Offshore, North America at Siemens Gamesa, to discuss challenges and opportunities to put the US on-track to deliver 30 GW of offshore wind installations by 2030. 


Find out more about the Australian Hydrogen Market Study as mentioned in the episode: https://www.cefc.com.au/media/nhnhwlxu/australian-hydrogen-market-study.pdf

Service technicians are the backbone of the offshore wind industry: they climb up tall turbines, troubleshoot technical issues, and perform repairs on blades and other components to ensure that turbines keep spinning and generating clean and affordable electricity. Life at sea offers a unique set of challenges and rewards for professionals looking to join this rapidly growing sector. In this episode, hosts Stewart and David are joined by Caroline Morrison, Technical Supervisor – Rope Access at Siemens Gamesa, for a behind-the-scene look at a day in the life of an offshore wind service technician, from health and safety and technical training to balancing family life with life at sea. 

Season 2 of The Offshore Wind Podcast is around the corner, and we have a surprise! GWEC and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have teamed up to bring you 15 more episodes of the offshore wind industry's favourite podcast series. In this episode, GWEC's Stewart Mullin introduces our new co-host, David Lenti, Head of Offshore Communications at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, before diving into what to expect from Season 2. Tune in for a sneak peek on some of this season's topics, such as offshore wind's role on the road to #NetZero, the importance of health and safety to build a strong and resilient industry, the industry's vision to install 1,400 GW of offshore wind by 2050, how the industry is working with other sectors like hydrogen and fisheries, and much more! The Offshore Wind Podcast is powered by Siemens Gamesa: https://siemensgamesa.com/
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The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the offshore wind sector like never before, but the industry demonstrated incredible resilience in the face of the crisis and achieved remarkable success. In this special end of year episode, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin reflect on some of the key events of 2020 and how they impacted the global offshore wind sector, and what the industry can look forward to in 2021 to support governments across the world to meet their decarbonisation goals. 

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As offshore wind continues to accelerate growth into new markets, the industry must keep looking to the future and anticipate growth to avoid any potential bottlenecks and be able to fulfil a growing demand for offshore wind. One potential bottleneck which could slow offshore wind installations is the availability of vessels. Fit-for-purpose vessels are critical for offshore wind farm installation and operations, and are key to enhance safety, efficiency and sustainability of projects. In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Ben and Stewart are joined by guest Mikkel Gleerup, CEO of Cadeler, to discuss how vessels have evolved to improve the logistics of installing an offshore wind farm, and how we can prepare ourselves now to ensure we have the vessels in place to meet future demand. 

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The offshore wind sector is growing exponentially, with over 205 GW of new  offshore wind capacity forecasted to be installed by the end of this decade. But, we  need to make sure that there is a workforce in place, especially in emerging  markets, in order to deliver this capacity and deliver on offshore wind’s incredible  potential. Skills, safety, and diversity are three key factors that need to be  considered in order to ensure the health and safety of workers, secure the long-term  sustainability of the sector, create thousands of local jobs, and inclusively power the  global energy transition so it benefits citizens across the globe.

In this episode, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin are joined by Joyce Lee, Policy & Operations Director, GWEC and Coordinator of the Women  in Wind Global Leadership Program, and Charles Battersby, Senior Consultant at Procorre to discuss skills, safety, and diversity as the three key factors that must be considered for building a strong offshore wind workforce.


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The offshore wind industry is a major contributor to economic growth in coastal areas, bringing in investment to revive critical infrastructure such as ports and creating thousands of jobs in the community.  However, there are many different stakeholders that are also part of coastal economies, such as fisheries, and it is crucial that offshore wind engages and works together with these stakeholders to benefit the wider community. 

In this episode, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin are joined by Benj Sykes, Vice President, UK Offshore and Head of UK Market Development, Consenting & External Affairs at Ørsted to discuss how the offshore industry can reinvigorate coastal communities and support development of state-of-the-art ports to create even more economic opportunities.

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Floating offshore wind has the potential to increase offshore wind resource by a factor of ten, and is set to play and increasingly relevant role in the global energy mix. As of the end of 2019, 65.7 MW of floating offshore wind capacity was installed globally, with up to 19GW forecasted to be installed by 2030.

In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin are joined by the Chair of GWEC's Floating Offshore Wind Task Force and industry pioneer Henrik Stiesdal, to discuss technology innovation in this growing sector, and the way forward to drive cost reduction and position floating offshore wind as a key enabler of decarbonisation and industry growth across the world. 

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Offshore wind turbines have come a long way since the first project was installed in 1991. One of the main reasons that the offshore wind industry has been so successful is thanks to technology innovation, which has helped to reduce costs and open new doors for the sector. Offshore wind turbines have become bigger and better at a rapid pace, with innovation driven primarily with the objective of lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE).

In this episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, Ben and Stewart are joined by Torben Larsen, CTO of MHI Vestas, to discuss recent innovations in the offshore wind industry, technology trends we are seeing now and into the future, as well as how offshore wind is coupling with other sectors such as Power-to-X and utilities to power a clean energy future.

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As offshore wind grows in scale as a power generation source, so does the need for large-scale interconnection between wind farms across different national boundaries. Energy islands, large-scale energy hubs with interconnections to surrounding countries, provide an innovative solution to this challenge. In this episode, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin speak with Hanne Storm Edlefsen, Area manager in Energinet Electrical System Responsibility at Energinet, about the challenges and opportunities for this technology around the world.

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China has quickly become the global new leader in offshore wind, and this trend is set to continue as we will see an installation rush over the next year as developers look to have their offshore projects connected to the grid before the subsidy expires after 2021. Hosts Ben and Stewart are joined by GWEC's Strategy Director Feng Zhao and the CEO of Azure International Hubert Beaumont to discuss how China has achieved this impressive growth, what makes the Chinese offshore industry different from other markets, and what to expect post-2021.

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Asia is set to become the new global leader in offshore wind, with China leading the way. But what other markets in the region are driving this growth?

In the latest episode of The Offshore Wind Podcast, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin are joined by GWEC's Asia Director Liming Qiao to discuss the challenges and opportunities in Asia's emerging offshore wind markets including Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and other markets with high potential to harness the power of offshore wind. From policy, to regional cooperation, to supply chain and how countries in the region are moving away from coal, this episode will cover everything you need to know about what's next for Asia's emering offshore wind market and how we can further accelerate the energy transition in the region.

Relevant Resources:

• Global Offshore Wind Report 2020

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Offshore wind growth has historically been in Europe, the birthplace of the technology, but we are now seeing more and more turbines on the ocean's horizon in countries all over the world. This episode, Ben and Stewart have a conversation with Alastair Dutton, Chair of GWEC's Global Offshore Wind Task Force and Lead Consultant at the World Bank Group, to look at what markets are 'up and coming' for offshore wind, why these countries should be excited about offshore wind and how the industry can tap into these markets now.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Global Wind Atlas
• Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE)
• Going Global: Expanding Offshore Wind to Emerging Markets
• GWEC's Global Offshore Wind Report 2020

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Offshore wind has quite literally blown away everyone's expectations, growing rapidly as an industry over the last decade to become a key piece of the energy transition puzzle. From its early days as a niche technology in Europe, to its current status as one of the fastest growing energy power sources in markets across the world, offshore wind has come a long way - and we are only just at the beginning of harnessing its potential!

In the first episode of the series, hosts Ben Backwell and Stewart Mullin discuss how the offshore industry has evolved and grown, their journey to becoming advocates of this emerging technology, and why policy makers and governments are increasingly turning their attention to offshore wind.