SPONSORS OF EAST OF SCOTLAND ABERDEEN REMAINS ON THE MAP
Aberdeen City and Shire’s rapid emergence as a centre of excellence for offshore renewables demonstrates the unique role that the region can play in helping to develop an industrial-scale offshore wind sector.
40 YEARS OF ENERGY EXPERIENCE Key to the region’s success is its world- class energy expertise, gained from four decades of offshore oil and gas industry experience. These cutting-edge skills, combined with the region’s reputation for innovation and entrepreneurialism, underpins its industry leading position in offshore renewables, particularly offshore wind.
KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN Oil and gas related businesses and organisations across Aberdeen City and Shire are successfully supplying innovation, transferring skills and sharing their much- needed knowledge and capitalising on offshore wind opportunities across the world.
As a result, the region is also assisting in the development of the offshore wind supply chain which is essential for successful project delivery.
ABERDEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP (AREG) Driving forward the region’s sustainable energy credentials is award-winning AREG, a private-public partnership which works diligently to position the North-East of Scotland at the forefront of renewable energy.
Established more than 10 years ago when renewables barely featured in the UK energy mix, AREG set out with the aim of making Aberdeen as famous for renewables as it is for oil and gas.
MARKET REALISATION
It is fast realising this ambition with AREG having significantly increased participation in renewables. Its membership has grown
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to close on 200 members and spanning all renewable energy sectors - wind, marine, biomass, solar and district heating.
EUROPEAN OFFSHORE WIND DEPLOYMENT CENTRE (EOWDC) AREG also supports the development of projects and infrastructure to create a leading renewable position in Scotland with one of its most high-profile developments being the innovative EOWDC.
The EOWDC - a joint venture with Vattenfall, Europe’s sixth largest generator of electricity, and Technip Offshore Wind Ltd, a leading provider of subsea
existing and well advanced offshore oil and gas supply chain skills and know- how into offshore renewable as well as anchoring jobs and investment in Aberdeen, Scotland and the UK.
“We strongly believe that this wealth of oil and gas experience, as well as its globally-recognised practices and industry collaboration, is essential if the UK is to meet its challenging targets for renewable energy power generation. It is also vital to capitalising on the global, multi-billion pound offshore wind market.
“Not only do we have the assets and engineering and technical skills but many oil and gas mechanisms such as recognised codes of practice, sharing of information and supply chain management are transferable.”
AREG MEMBERS
Among AREG members at the forefront of offshore renewables are Vattenfall, Technip, Petrofac, John Wood Group, JP Kenny Renewables, Senergy, Rotech, Fugro Renewables, Balmoral Offshore Engineering, NCS Survey, OEG Offshore, Divex, Blue Water Shipping, Bond Pearce LLP, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP and the Aberdeen-based Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC) which played a pivotal role in securing European funding for the EOWDC.
Ms McCorkindale said: “A large part of AREG’s success is our aim to lead and participate in projects identified as having economic development value, and to promote the region both nationally and globally.
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engineering and construction products and services - will deploy up to 11 ‘first run of production’ offshore wind turbine models to demonstrate their capabilities.
RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION AWARD
As a result of its achievements, AREG received national recognition by being awarded with the Best Region accolade at the Renewable Energy Association’s 2010 British Renewable Energy Awards.
Morag McCorkindale, Chief Operating Officer at AREG, said: “Since AREG’s creation, our main objective has been to develop and build a local renewables industry. This includes transfering
“One of the most notable is the EOWDC off Aberdeen’s coast. The facility will accelerate the development of offshore wind in Scotland, the UK and Europe with the significance of the project having been recognised via a €40million European Commission grant.”
She added: “A number of recent Government reports have also concluded that, with an enormous ramping up of installed offshore wind capacity expected in UK waters by the end of this decade, deployment centres like the EOWDC will play a vital role in helping to reduce the cost of generation in offshore wind and deliver more than £7billion in added value to the UK economy.”
SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERTISE The EOWDC also harnesses the region’s leading position in offshore renewables’ supply chain expertise which is reflected
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