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Summary
Higher interest rates and cost pressures in the supply chain have challenged Europe’s offshore wind sector in 2023, leaving some developers to abandon projects. At the same time, offshore wind players in Europe made a record €30 billion worth of final investment decisions during the year. European governments will hold auctions for around 50 GW of offshore wind capacity in 2024, eager to meet fast-approaching installation targets.
Join our guest speakers, consisting of energy developers, bankers, and analysts to discuss:
- How offshore wind auctions will adapt to these new realities in 2024
- How supply chains are coping with higher costs
- Whether Europe’s offshore wind targets can still be met
- What’s next for floating wind, a technology that still struggles to scale up
Speaker
Andrei Utkin
Associate Director, Clean Energy Technology
Andrei's responsibilities include global renewable market research, contribution to long-term forecasts, cost projections, and asset ownership worldwide.
Andrei's responsibilities include global renewable market research, contribution to long-term forecasts, cost projections, and asset ownership worldwide. His interests encompass offshore wind and nonmainstream technologies including geothermal and ocean energy. He assists with the global scenarios and with detailed Multiclient Studies. Andrei has more than eight years of project management experience in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Previously, he worked with Enertime SA, where he was a project manager of Organic Rankine Cycle cogeneration power plant projects based on renewable energy sources. Prior to that, he worked in Belarus as a project manager of energy efficiency projects and as an energy efficiency consultant.
Danielle Lane
RWE
Director Offshore Wind Development, UK & Ireland
Danielle is Executive Vice President and Director of Offshore Development UK & Ireland for RWE.
Danielle is Executive Vice President and Director of Offshore Development UK & Ireland for RWE. She joined RWE in January 2022 from Vattenfall where she worked from 2018 as Director of Asset Value & Partnering and Director of Offshore Market Development on the offshore leadership team. She was also Vattenfall’s UK Country Manager. Danielle previously worked for Ørsted where she headed their UK regulatory and public affairs team, leading engagement with UK Government for the first CFDs awarded to UK offshore wind projects. Prior to Ørsted, Danielle worked at The Crown Estate where she had responsibility for design and implementation of the Round 3 offshore wind leasing tender and Centrica where she was Project Manager for the Round 2 offshore wind farms.
Graham Meeks
Corio Generation
Development Director
Graham has been working in clean energy development, policy and advocacy for over 25 years.
Graham has been working in clean energy development, policy and advocacy for over 25 years. He is presently Director for Policy & Regulatory Affairs at global offshore wind developer Corio Generation, having joined the business initially to support development of its 1.5GW Outer Dowsing project in the Southern North Sea. Graham has extensive experience of operating at the interface of public policy and commerce, having previously been Head of Policy for Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, Director of Policy for the UK Green Investment Bank and CEO for the Combined Heat and Power Association, as well as Director of Policy for pioneering investment bank Climate Change Capital. In his spare time he likes to fix fences and clear scrub as a volunteer for his local Wildlife Trust.
Lisa McDermott
ABN AMRO Bank, Project Finance
Managing Director, Energy Transition Project Finance
Lisa has over 25 years of experience in structured finance and, since 2013, has been part of the Project Finance team of ABN AMRO, where she leads the bank’s energy transition project financing activities.
Lisa has over 25 years of experience in structured finance and, since 2013, has been part of the Project Finance team of ABN AMRO, where she leads the bank’s energy transition project financing activities. During that time Lisa has spearheaded ABN AMRO’s growth in the wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy sectors in Europe and is actively engaged in the development and financing of newer technologies to support the energy transition such as hydrogen, batteries, and advanced biofuels.
Moderator
Camilla Naschert
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Renewable Energy Reporter
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