Welcome to the IDEA Ireland project podcast series which looks at the offshore wind farm industry featuring experts on key aspects of the design and operation of a floating offshore wind farm. Through the series, you will get an overview of the industry, the stakeholders involved in developing a floating wind farm, and the opportunities and challenges that floating wind presents.
Gain open access to designs, data and guidelines to help researchers and industry move forward in planning and building large-scale floating wind farms in Irish waters.
The podcast is brought to you by a collection of industry experts, University College Cork (https://www.ucc.ie/en/) (UCC), Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (https://www.gdgeo.com/) (GDG) and Wind Energy Ireland (https://www.windenergyireland.com/latest-news?utm_term=about%20wind%20energy&utm_campaign=2022+General+Search+campaign&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4833425648&hsa_cam=18891906423&hsa_grp=144534598058&hsa_ad=645251578978&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1886650778574&hsa_kw=about%20wind%20energy&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxreqBhAxEiwAfGfndJFlMX_t8TI09XWpzJ6q6gsMAZTK3MvOawKxkTuUUaEp2RTowdcq-RoC1DAQAvD_BwE) (WEI) are working alongside an International Energy Association (https://www.iea.org/) (IEA) Wind Energy task 49 to develop Integrated Designs for Floating Offshore Wind Farms (IDEA).
The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on linkedin; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list
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We're setting sail to the North Sea heading towards the Shetland Islands to get insights to the Stoura Project, a large-scale floating windfarm project currently in development by ESB. The project, estimated to be completed by the mid 2030's is expected to produce enough energy to power 350,000 Scottish households. Joining host Kevin Leyne (https://www.marei.ie/people/kevin-leyne/), is Dr. Cian Desmond (https://ie.linkedin.com/in/cdesmond), ESB Project Director of the Stoura Floating Wind Project in Shetland, Scotland for insights and updates into the project that could change the wind energy landscape.
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7 Mar 2025
Ep.6 - Offshore Site Investigations With Green Rebel
What makes an ideal site for offshore wind and what are the key challenges in developing a supply chain for off shore wind? Well, this weeks guest has all the answers! Joined with Mitra is Eoin Cotter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoin-cotter-93804913), Head of Business Development at Green Rebel (https://www.greenrebel.ie/), a Cork based company that provides marine surveys, data and technology services to the offshore wind sector. We her about the supply chain in Ireland and how Ireland is, to quote Eoin: the Saudi Arabia of Ireland when it comes to off shore wind energy.
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22 Aug 2024
Ep.5 - Where There's A Will, There's A Way
Val Cummins (https://ie.linkedin.com/in/val-cummins-phd-aa9a8537?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F), Chief Impact Officer and Board Director of Simply Blue (https://simplybluegroup.com/), gives us her take on the current state of the FLOW sector and what’s required for Ireland to achieve our national ambitions to decarbonise the economy.
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23 Jul 2024
Ep.4 - Scaling-up!
Flotation Energy (https://flotationenergy.com/) operate the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm, which is the world’s largest grid connected floating project made up of 8 9.5MW turbines. We hear from Allan Mac Askill (https://flotationenergy.com/team/), Chief Technical Officer, Flotation Energy and Barrie McMullin (https://ie.linkedin.com/in/barrie-mcmullin) who is Flotation Energy’s Project Manager for the Irish projects. Our guests share their experience in the sector, future targets and key challenges to the large-scale roll out of FLOW.
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30 Apr 2024
Ep.3 - Wet Storage Floating Off Shore Wind Turbines
Wet storage and its relation to floating off shore wind energy is the talking topic of today. Given Ireland's goal of establishing large-scale floating offshore wind energy projects and the limitations imposed by offshore weather, research on "wet storage" looks into the benefits it offers to accelerate installation times and support floating wind turbine long-term operation and maintenance. Postdoctoral researcher at MaREI (https://www.marei.ie/), UCC, Ross O'Connell (https://www.marei.ie/people/ross-oconnell/) is here to give an insight to the current status of wet storage for floating offshore wind, what constitutes a suitable location for its implementation, and how it's going to be rolled out in Ireland.
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3 Apr 2024
Ep.2 - Marine Spatial Planning With MARA
Marine spatial planning the first key step in building off shore wind farms. To delve into deeper is Principal Officer at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (https://www.maritimeregulator.ie/) (MARA) Rory O'Leary who has over 20 years experience in the industry. Fiona and Rory discuss the planning process and the need to ensure off shore wind farms are implemented in maritime areas meet criteria that deliver all the while considering maritime environments.
The IDEA-IRL project (https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/)is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (https://www.seai.ie/) (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.
Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.
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13 Nov 2023
Ep.1: Going With The FLOW
To kickstart the podcast series we have Greg Bohan senior off shore consultant at Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (https://www.gdgeo.com/) to give an insight to the floating off shore wind industry, to breakdown what exactly off shore floating wind turbines are, what stage Ireland is at with it's introduction of floating off shore wind and what are the main challenges with their introduction to Irish seas.
The IDEA-IRL project (https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/)is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (https://www.seai.ie/) (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.
Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.
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10 Nov 2023
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