Australia, Melbourne, Royal Institute of Naval Architects

Very proud to see Chris Carra of AMOG and Ralf Skowronnek of Skowronnek & Bechnak live at the Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne presenting on “Technical Challenges in Developing Offshore Wind” to the Victorian Section of RINA.

With both Commonwealth and State Governments endorsing offshore wind as the next frontier for energy generation, there will be significant offshore activity in our coastal waters. However, Australia remains behind the likes of China and Europe in developing our wind resource which is of higher quality than either region. This talk will outline some of the technical challenges in developing offshore wind and bringing these lessons learnt back into the Australian context. Specifically, this talk shall outline the challenge of Australianising different offshore wind technologies, present the what, why and how of some specific failures from Floating Wind in Europe and the lessons learnt from O&G operations conducted in Southern and Eastern Australia to ensure that Offshore Wind learns from these mistakes.

We greatly appreciate the unparalleled knowledge and long-term experience of our Australian partner AMOG, the “Australian Marine and Offshore Group” www.amog.consulting