Offshore Wind Insider – Details, episodes & analysis

2021 was an incredible year for U.S. offshore wind. The Biden Administration matched the pace of state governments to jumpstart the nascent industry and its supply chain. Join host Brandon Burke, along with the Network’s Aybala Sen, Laura Hastings, and Sam Salustro, as they discuss the top offshore wind power news, industry accomplishments, and lessons learned in 2021.  

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Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor. 

Content, audio engineering, editing, and sound design by Brandon Burke. 

Technological advances are making ocean mapping and offshore data collection easier, safer, and more accurate. One company at the forefront of this opportunity is Saildrone, who are utilizing their innovative uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) to advance the U.S. offshore wind market. Join Brian Connon, Vice President of Ocean Mapping at Saildrone, and host Brandon Burke as they discuss these innovative technologies. 

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Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor. Production assistance by Alec Gomez.   

Content, audio engineering, and sound design by Brandon Burke. 

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. We talked about Jeff's new role, Maryland's increased state offshore wind target, transmission, regional collaboration, and more.   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 December 16, 2020. Published January 25, 2021.

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

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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.

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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."

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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.

Janice Fuller, Lawrence Mott, and Peter Shattuck from Anbaric joined us to discuss Anbaric’s unique approach to offshore wind transmission, including the company’s OceanGrid proposals and some critical observations about the onshore grid. During the second half of episode, we focused on a recent Brattle Group report examining the benefits of offshore wind transmission planning in the ISO-NE control area.

 

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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 June 30, 2020. Published July 22, 2020.

Mark Mitchell from Dominion Energy joined us to discuss the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, Dominion Energy’s recently-announced intention to construct a Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel, and Dominion Energy’s uniquely integrated approach to offshore wind development.

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Content, audio engineering, and editing by Brandon Burke.

Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor.

Recorded June 4, 2020. Published June 30, 2020.

Kent Herzog and Tony Appleton from Burns & McDonnell joined us to discuss offshore wind transmission, ports and harbors, and permitting.

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Content, audio engineering, and editing by Brandon Burke.

Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor.

Recorded May 18, 2020. Published May 26, 2020.

Mads Bernitt joined us to discuss Lautec's combined consultancy/IT approach to optimizing offshore wind development, including data integration and analysis for benchmarking vessel performance.

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Content, audio engineering, and editing by Brandon Burke.

Music by Brandon Burke, with contributions from Nathan Ezzo, Steven Reilly, and Miles Taylor.

Recorded March 2, 2020. Published March 12, 2020.