Third Great West Floating Offshore Wind Seminar

27th June 2019 @ 09:30-15:30

As the interest in Floating Offshore Wind continues gain momentum, it is crucial that work already done continues to be built on. To this end, the third seminar in the series will take place on the 27th June 2019 at the Enterprise Space for Advanced Manufacturing (ESAM) in St Austell and will look to define priority actions for the remainder of 2019 taking into account the strategy topics previously discussed at preceding seminars.

This 3rd Cornwall FLOW Seminar is intended to have a very clear business planning focus, seeking to deliver the following key outputs which can be drawn into an overall FLOW Action plan, to guide CC/CIOS LEP actions over the next twelve months.  In line with previous events, this will be achieved by through an interactive event drawing on the experience and knowledge of the delegates.

Speakers

Mark Dudderidge, Chair Cornwall and Isle of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership – CIOS support for Floating Offshore Wind

Josie Gough, BEIS – overview of the UKG strategic context, e.g. Energy White Paper, Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Comprehensive Sector Deal

Gavin Smart, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult – Translating the macro opportunity into meaningful opportunities for industry including SME’s

Lee Richards, University of Plymouth – ORE SuperGen update

Claire Gibson, Wave Hub Ltd – WaveHub and Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone progress overview

Clive Goodman, Western Power Distribution - Overview of the South West Regional Development Plan produced in collaboration with National Grid

Cristoph Harwood, Simply Blue Energy and the Marine Energy Council - Update on revenue subsidy discussions

Matt Hodson, Marine Hub Cornwall – Feedback from the last FLOW Seminar

Steve Jermy, CIOS LEP – Task Force update & update on Cornish Energy Strategy/ Climate Change Emergency