Keynote Address
Huub is a Director and board member at PMSS with specific responsibility for the Benelux region and leadership of the company’s newly established offices in The Hague.
Huub joined Shell Exploration & Production in 1984 and worked as a Senior Geophysicist until 1997. In 1998 he was tasked with exploring options for Marine Renewable Energy investment that met Shell’s criteria, offshore wind was subsequently supported by the company.
Huub successfully pioneered the first offshore wind investment for Shell through the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm in 2000. Huub was Project Manager for the development and construction phases – the first wind turbines anywhere in the North Sea. Since 2001 Huub has been Manager of Wind Power Development at Shell. Major achievements include overall leadership from inception to operations as Managing Director of the NoordzeeWind project – The Netherlands’ first offshore wind farm, as well as management of over 1000MW of additional on- and offshore wind projects in Europe and North America.
Vincent van den Breke
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Joe Corbett
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What can wind energy developers expect and what requirements should they look for in a plug and play wind farm with the new OFTOs
Adrian Fox
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First hand review of the UK offshore wind energy market: its challenges and opportunities and how it aims to be the European market leader in 2020
Marc Muhlenbach
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A comprehensive market overview focusing on expected profitability forecasts and a clear review of activity across all relevant Northern European markets
Per Regnarsson
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Assessing project finance options available for your wind farm’s construction through 2020. Learn how to get the cash for your project, then see how to eliminate the risk from the venture
Jerome Guillet
Head of Energy Dexia Credit Local
Assessing project finance options available for your wind farm’s construction through 2020. Learn how to get the cash for your project, then see how to eliminate the risk from the venture
James Whittall
Project Finance, Western Europe Department European Investment Bank
Assessing project finance options available for your wind farm’s construction through 2020. Learn how to get the cash for your project, then see how to eliminate the risk from the venture
Paul van Lieshout
Wind Power Group Manager Sinclair Knight Merz
What financial support can wind energy operators realistically expect in the construction phase over the next decade?
Keith Hartley
Partner, Energy Projects Group Pinsent Masons LLP
Evaluating real procurement and construction issues in offshore wind farms
Stefan Gsänger
Secretary General World Wind Energy Association
Which countries look to have the strongest outlook of offshore wind energy success over the next decade in Europe – and why?
Morris Bray
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Getting offshore wind connected: the OFTO outlook
Richard Cooke
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What can wind energy developers expect and what requirements should they look for in a plug and play wind farm with the new OFTOs
Norbet Giese
Senior VP Sales Offshore BU
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The alpha ventus project: lessons learnt in the installation of 5 MW turbines in deeper waters
Knut M. Aanstad
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The Hywind project case study: introducing the concept of a floating turbines to a real water situation
Alla Weinstein
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Floating Foundations: an Economically Viable Solution
Allan Meyer Duedahl
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How to schedule ongoing offshore maintenance when taking the limited time windows into account
Henrik Bording
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How to schedule ongoing offshore maintenance when taking the limited time windows into account
Axel Birk
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Delivering a workable O&M operational concept for far shore windfarms
Kaj Lindvig
CSO A2SEA
The future of offshore wind vessels
Ian Johnson
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Offshore supply logistics: a key assessment of part and supplier selection – is cost the only factor to consider?