Sessions
Floating: is it coming or isn't it?
When: Thursday, 10 April 2025, 11:30 - 13:00
Where: Auditorium 10
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Session description
The future of floating wind energy hinges on overcoming challenges. Innovation, economies of scale, specialized infrastructure, and investment are crucial. Ensuring bankability and insurance is essential to mitigate risks and attract investors. Floating wind has the potential to become significant in renewable energy, but how can we address these issues and make it viable? Join the panel for their insights and thoughts.
Session chair
Henrik Stiesdal
Founder & CEO, Stiesdal Offshore Technologies
Keynote: Commercial floating wind offshore farm: a practical case from the Canary Islands
Julieta Schallenberg-Rodriguez
Vice-Minister for Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Energy, Government of the Canary Islands
Which turbines for the first utility-scale floating projects?
Gillian Martin
Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, The Scottish Government
Oscar Diaz Martin Forero
Chief EPCI Officer, Ocean Winds
Jim Scopes
Director - Commercial, Local Partnerships
Bringing costs of projects down
David Flood
Senior Vice-President for offshore wind, Statkraft
Daniel Sim
Executive DIrector - Power, Aon
Claire Hugues
Regional Council Vice President, Pays de la Loire Region
Bankability of projects
Paolo Ghezzo
Senior Renewable Energy Specialist, EIB
Daniel Rogstad
Head of Offshore Wind BD, Norway, Equinor
Knut Vassbotn
CEO, Deep Wind Offshore
