Speakers
Session Four: UK ports, infrastructure and supply chains
Many coastal governments have ambitious targets to increase electricity generation by renewable energy in order to achieve Net Zero by 2050. Future commercial-scale projects with a high generation capacity will result in significant impacts on port requirements and their associated wet storage requirements. Wet storage (which is principally a concept that is useful for construction logistics), involves the temporary storage of either partially or fully constructed floating offshore wind turbines in port or coastal waters.
Alan Crowle is a naval architect studying for a Master of Philosophy at the University of Exeter. The focus of the research is on the load-out, fit-out, tow-out, and installation of floating offshore wind turbines and floating substations.
He has 55 years of marine engineering experience in the design, construction, and offshore installation of marine structures for renewable energy, oil and gas, and LNG terminals. He is a fellow of IMarEST, RINA, and the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors and a member of the Energy Institute.