The material, which has incorporates publications developed over the last five years, will become part of the EI Knowledge Service and will help mitigate, reduce and manage risks and costs for the offshore wind sector.
This significant range of publications, developed over the last five years, aims to help mitigate, reduce, and manage risks and costs for the offshore wind sector. The EI Knowledge Service is an established online resource covering a number of energy sectors, including offshore wind. The collection has been categorised into eleven different themes covering asset management, construction, cost reduction, supply chain, skills, planning and consenting, health and safety, project economics and finance, grid, technology and innovation, and operation and maintenance. Supplementary material from the EI online archives has also been added enabling users to access a wide range of material from good practice guidance and industry news, to feature articles and academic literature.
The Crown Estate’s offshore wind portfolio is available free of charge to the public, as is access to a significant proportion of the EI’s accompanying material.
“As manager of the UK seabed, our part goes beyond that of a landlord and we play a strategic role in helping to identify the common challenges the offshore wind industry is facing and put them on the agenda” said Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind, The Crown Estate. “By making the wealth of knowledge we develop available through the EI’s well-respected Knowledge Service we can help create a ‘one-stop shop’ for industry that more effectively shares best practice, avoids duplication and therefore helps to bring down costs and further unlock the potential of offshore wind over the long term.”
Martin Maeso CEnv MEI, Knowledge and Technical Director, Energy Institute, added that the EI exists to provide skills, knowledge and good practice for the benefit of the energy sector and wider society and that the project is a classic example of how the EI collaborates with industry and other bodies to achieve those objectives. The material offers excellent opportunities for shared learning and knowledge transfer across the offshore wind industry and the EI’s partnership with The Crown Estate strengthens its resources. It will enable the EI to further support those working in offshore wind and provide guidance and research on a variety of technical issues facing the sector.
The Crown Estate already invests in a range of actions to encourage the development of the offshore wind sector. This includes direct activities, such as environmental and technical studies, through to on-going collaboration with industry to share data and best practice. The EI has supported the work of the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association since 2013. It is through this mutual interest that the EI and The Crown Estate have worked together to share their collection of offshore wind resources.
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