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SPONSORS OF EAST OF SCOTLAND
Mad for Marine Energy Wind
for South East Scotland
The waters off the South East
of Scotland are set to become
an European hot spot for
offshore renewables and Royal
HaskoningDHV’s team, based in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, are a key
part of this drive.
Offshore wind energy support
Royal HaskoningDHV, the international
engineering and environmental consulting
firm have nine offices in the UK. Working
out of their Edinburgh and Glasgow offices
Royal HaskoningDHV is supporting several
of the largest offshore wind developments
in the UK. The offshore applications for
the first phase, of over 1GW of offshore
wind for the Firth of Forth Round Three
Zone being developed by Seagreen Wind
Energy (a joint venture between SSE and
Fluor Limited) has recently been submitted
to the Scottish Government.
Paolo Pizzolla, Royal HaskoningDHV’s
EIA project manager says: “Working on
such a large site off the coast of Angus
and Fife was a real challenge. This is
one of largest infrastructure projects
planned in Scotland, spanning the wind
turbines up to
70km offshore
to an onshore
grid connection
20km inland
to Tealing in
Angus. As you
can imagine
there have been
a number of
environmental
and consenting
challenges to Alistair Davison
overcome.”
Leading consultancy in Scotland
Scotland’s charge towards predicable
energy from the sea is being led from
many firms in South East Scotland. Royal
HaskoningDHV are one of Scotland’s
leading consultancies supporting the wave
and tidal boom across Scotland. Frank
Fortune Royal HaskoningDHV’s Technical
Director leading many of these projects
said: “We’re delighted to have been at
the forefront of tidal and wave energy
project development for over nine years
now. We’re proud to be providing
environmental consultancy services to
support the consenting of a number of
‘world first’ developments including two
very large tidal power projects in Orkney,
the world’s largest wave power projects
in Lewis and two further tidal arrays in
the west of Scotland.”
“The buzz in the marine energy sector
is all about Scotland at the moment and
our team in Edinburgh and Glasgow
are plugged in and ready to help.”
concludes Fortune.
Alistair Davison, Royal HaskoningDHV
www.royalhaskoningdhv.com
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College invests
in renewable
future
With the renewables industry
predicted to generate not just energy
but £100billion over the next 10 years,
Dundee College is taking steps to
ensure people have the skills to fill the
jobs needed to maintain this business.
Skills shortage
Having already identified a skills shortage
in the industry, the college committed to
ensure the infrastructure needed, in terms
of the training and expertise, is in place to
encourage growth in this industry in the city.
Sustainable Industries Institute
Dundee College has launched SI2 –
the Sustainable Industries Institute, by
merging the expertise to be found in the
construction, engineering and science
departments.
“We see our commitment to the
renewable energy as being vital to both
the growth of the industry
and the future of certain
trades and crafts in this
area,” said Dr David Gourley,
director of curriculum
development with SI2.
“We already have training
facilities for welding and
fabrication – two crafts
which have been supporting
the North Sea oil and gas
industry since the very
first rigs were towed to
the Forties and Brent fields in the early
1970s.
“These skills are equally essential for the
installation and maintenance of wind
turbines.
“This area is set to be at the centre of
renewable energy with offshore windturbines
creating employment in the near
future.”
Arc centre of excellence
In November Dundee College launched
the Arc, a £500,000 centre of excellence
for engineering, its Kingsway Campus.
The Arc offers a capacity to accommodate
40 welding students.
Reaching out
Dundee College is also carrying the
renewables message beyond its own
students.
At a recent Engineering 4 Life event, local
S3 school pupils were introduced to a
series of technologies connected with the
renewables industry including calculating
optimum performance of wind turbines –
using table-top models.
Dundee College
www.dundeecollege.ac.uk
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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