Offshore Wind Industry Opportunity – Supply...

OffshoreWindIndustryOpportunity–SupplyChain

LiamCurran,SeniorTechnologist,EnterpriseIreland.

Offshore Wind

Opportunity

Offshore Wind

•  FixedWind–turbinetowerfixedtoseabedusingeithermonopile(<30mwaterdepth),jacket(30-60mwaterdepth)orsucIonbucketfoundaIon.Welldevelopedtechnology,withLCOEclosetoonshoregeneraIon.SuitableforNorthSea,EastCoastUKandIrishSea.•  FloaIngOffshoreWind–technologybeingdeveloped,(Hywind,Kincardineprojects),LCOEhigh,suitablefordeepwateroffWestcoastofNorway,ScotlandandIreland.

Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, Wick

Sequence

•  IrishCompaniesengagewiththeUKOffshoreWindIndustry.• Developtheircapability.•  FixedOffshoreWindintheIrishSea•  FloaIngOffshoreWindoftheWestCoast–10yearsout?•  EIShowcaseEventforIrishCompanieswithkeyplayersinUKOffshoreWindIndustry(Developers,Tier1s)onMarch21st,2019• MarketStudyvisittotheUK.

UK Offshore Wind Industry

• WorldleadersinOffshoreWind.• By2030,£48Billioninvested,30GWofinstalledcapacity,27,000jobs• Developers;SSE,Orsted,E.ON,MainstreamRenewables,FredOlsen.•  Tier1Contractors:Siemens,Subsea7,Atkins,etc.•  Tier2Contractors–ThisiswheretheOpportunityexistsfortheIrishSupplyChain.

Tier 2 UK Offshore Wind Opportunity

•  Environmental/Planning/ConsulIngEngineers.• Ports/Pontoons/Crainage/VesselHandling.• CrewTransferVessels(CTVs)/GuardVessels.•  Subseaservices–Cables/Cableburial/Repairetc• CivilEngineeringonCablelanding/SubstaIons• AncillaryEngineering.• OperaIonandMaintenance(O&M)

FloaAng Offshore Wind Development

• Ireland• Norway• Scotland!• AllthreenaNonsneedtoworkcollaboraNvelyonthischallenge!

Irish Capability – if you can build these……

….you can build these!!

Thanks for your aLenAon!

LiamCurran.Water,WastewaterandMarineTechnologies,ConstrucIon,CleantechandConsumerDepartment,EnterpriseIreland.Phone:00353(0)61777014.Mobile:00353(0)876813794liam.curran@enterprise-ireland.comwww.enterprise-ireland.com