On the 4th anniversary of the Block Island Wind Farm going into commercial operations, US offshore wind veteran and US Wind‘s new CEO, Jeff Grybowski, returned for his second episode of Offshore Wind Insider. Jeff joined podcast host Brandon Burke to talk about his new role, Maryland’s increased state offshore wind target, transmission, regional collaboration, and more.  

Credits: 

Content, audio engineering, and sound design by Brandon Burk. Editing by Brian Zabinski. Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor. 

Fara Courtney (Outer Harbor Consulting) and Michael Goggin and Rob Gramlich (Grid Strategies LLC) joined us to discuss Oceantic Network’s Offshore Wind Transmission White Paper, published on October 26, 2020.   

Credits:

Content, audio engineering, and sound design by Brandon Burke. Editing by Brian Zabinski.Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor.  

Recorded October 19, 2020. Published October 26, 2020. 

Tim Sullivan and Brian Sabina (New Jersey Economic Development Authority) joined us to discuss the New Jersey Wind Port, the WIND Institute, and other developments in New Jersey’s offshore wind program.

Credits:
Content, audio engineering, and sound design by Brandon Burke. Editing by Brian Zabinski. Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor. 

Recorded September 17, 2020. Published October 1, 2020. 

Erik Milito (National Ocean Industries Association) and Feng Zhang and Max Cohen (Wood Mackenzie) joined us to discuss Wood Mackenzie’s August 2020 report “Economic Impact Study of New Offshore Wind Lease Auctions By BOEM.” 

Credits:

Content, audio engineering, editing, and sound design by Brandon Burke. Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor. 

Recorded August 18, 2020. Published September 1, 2020. 

Our guest this episode is Steve Dayney, head of Offshore North America for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. We start our conversation with the company itself—what is Siemens Gamesa and what does it do? Then we get into some of the challenges facing this still emerging industry, and we discuss some ways in which Siemens Gamesa is working with stakeholders to deliver a trained workforce and a robust business supply chain to build the industry. 

Then we shift gears a little bit. Steve shares some news about an historic award that Siemens Gamesa was conditionally awarded. 

We close by looking to the future. Steve shares his thoughts about how he sees the industry developing in the near-term, mid-term and long-term, and he shares an area that Siemens Gamesa will be focusing on. 

Recorded July 25, 2019. Published September 1, 2019. 

My guest this episode is our own Liz Burdock, President and CEO of Oceantic Network, formally the Business Network for Offshore Wind. Our conversation covers both strengths and challenges facing the US offshore wind industry today. 

We begin by looking at where the market stands today in terms of its potential capacity, current state commitments and the project development pipeline. We discuss recent lease activity, the entry of major international companies into the US market, what that says about investor confidence and what it may mean for the industry’s growth. We obviously talk about the IPF, the Network’s International Partnering Forum which is just a few weeks away in New York, as well as other activities the Network has planned later this year. Liz shares how the industry’s rapid growth also poses significant supply chain challenges, and she wraps up by looking West and discussing the possibilities for offshore wind in the Pacific. 

At least I thought she was wrapping up, but then she turns the tables on me and starts asking me questions. So, I share some of what I’ve seen and learned as someone who’s still relatively new to the industry. 

References: 

• US Offshore Wind Market Update and Insights report 
• 2019 International Partnering Forum 

Recorded March 12, 2019. Published March 20, 2019. Episode ID number: 9077918