Natural Power's Director of Operations and Asset Management, Euan Fenelon, will be chairing the OFTO*/Transmission Asset workshop at the Offshore Wind Europe Conference which takes place on 14th and 15th November in London. *Offshore Transmission Owner

Alistair Parlett, High Voltage Systems Manager at Natural Power; Chris Veal, Managing Partner at Transmission Investment LLP and John Sinclair, Development Director - Power Transmission and Distribution at Balfour Beatty, will join Euan in hosting the workshop as part of the post-construction track in room 2 at 11.10hrs-11.45hrs on day one.

The workshop aims to:
• Promote an understanding of the practical considerations for preparing a control room to support OFTO projects, and the key responsibilities under transmission system codes and standards
• Review the challenges of up-skilling staff to deal with dynamic 24/7 HV operations and potential issues around alarm management
• Discuss what the requirements are for deployment of competent field staff and how the application of safety rules to OFTO projects can be optimised
• Review typical faults and recurrent issues

With over 12.6GW of operating offshore wind projects in Europe and around 63GW in total (including pipeline), Offshore Wind Europe brings together the leading project owners, most innovative developers and ambitious operators to discuss out how they will reach a sub €60/MWh continent, both reducing CAPEX pre-construction, and OPEX post-construction. The event brings together more than 40 expert speakers and features dedicated pre-construction and post-construction ‘tracks' so that visitors can tailor their own agenda.

To find out more about the event, view the full agenda and register, please visit http://events.newenergyupdate.com/offshore/conference-agenda.php

Natural Power provides expertise in every stage of the offshore renewable energy project lifecycle. Download the capability statement and read about the range of services here - https://www.naturalpower.com/sector/offshore-renewables/