2021: Review of a Groundbreaking Year in U.S. Offshore Wind (Season 3 Ep 11)
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Join host Brandon Burke and Network staff members Aybala Sen, Laura Hastings, and Sam Salustro as they discuss the top ten developments in U.S. offshore wind during 2021.
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A.I. on the High Seas (Season 3 Ep 10)
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Join Brian Connon, Vice President of Ocean Mapping at Saildrone, and host Brandon Burke, as they discuss how uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) are making ocean mapping and offshore data collection easier, safer, and more accurate.
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From Nantucket Sound to Vineyard Wind: The Evolution of U.S. Offshore Wind (Season 3 Ep 9)
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The Biden Administration’s bold, unified approach to kickstarting U.S. offshore wind deployment has created a consistent advancement of projects through the federal permitting process. Guest Matt Palmer, President of Wood Thilsted USA, a U.S. offshore wind veteran, and host Brandon Burke talk about how these actions can create regulatory certainty and enhance investor confidence, all of which will be necessary to meet the 30 GW by 2030 national offshore wind deployment target.
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Washington State's Unique Opportunity in Offshore Wind (Season 3 Ep 8)
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Washington State has an extensive maritime history, advanced infrastructure assets including deep-water ports, a strong workforce, a culture of innovation, and experience with large-scale electricity generation. Guests Commissioner Ryan Calkins (Port of Seattle), Jennifer States (Washington Maritime Blue), and Brian Young (Washington State Department of Commerce) join host Brandon Burke to discuss Washington State offshore wind.
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Submarine Cables: Overcoming Supply Chain Bottlenecks (Season 3 Ep 7)
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Supply chains across the world are being impacted by the effects of COVID-19. LS Cable USA’s Project Director, Bill Wall, who has more than 47 years of worldwide offshore marine construction and development experience, joins host Brandon Burke to discuss submarine cables.
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Labor Unions and the Key to Getting Steel in the Water (Season 3 Ep 6)
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Our guest this episode is David Borrus (United Brotherhood of Carpenters).
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The Future of Wind is Floating (Season 3 Ep 5)
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Our guests this episode are Abby Watson (Siemens Gamesa), Paula Major (Mainstream Renewable Power), and Amisha Patel (Principle Power).
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California's Offshore Wind Future (Season 3 Ep 4)
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Our guest this episode is California State Assemblymember David Chiu.
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BOEM Director Amanda Lefton talks future of OSW (Season 3 Ep 3)
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Our guest this episode is Amanda Lefton, newly appointed Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
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Nse Esema (NYC EDC), Teaera Strum (Strum Contracting), Damian Bednarz (EnBW North America)
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Our guests this episode are Nse Esema (New York City Economic Development Corporation), Teaera Strum (Strum Contracting), and Damian Bednarz (EnBW North America).
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Our guest this episode is Lorry Wagner, president of LEEDCo, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation, and the developer of Icebreaker Wind.
LEEDCo is fairly unique as an offshore wind developer in that it’s a non-profit organization rather than a for-profit developer. So we start our conversation with the story of LEEDCo’s formation, and then we discuss the Icebreaker Wind project, soon to be the nation’s first and only offshore wind project in fresh waters. We cover the project details, where it stands in the permitting and approval process and the expected construction timetable. Lorry discusses his approach to partnering with Tier 1 suppliers and other businesses to make the project happen, and shares his thoughts on ways to develop a domestic supply chain of local content to serve this new industry. Lorry shares his observations about how the Business Network and the IPF — the Network’s International Partnering Forum conference — have evolved and grown, and we close with him sharing a neat but unexpected development with Icebreaker Wind.
In our conversation Lorry mentioned that Icebreaker Wind has received 13 of the 14 approvals it needs to move forward. Just a couple weeks after we recorded this episode, the project achieved an agreement with staff at the Ohio Power Siting Board. Lorry is optimistic that this agreement will move the project that much closer to getting final approval from the Board and hopefully a permit this fall.
References mentioned in the show:
- LEEDCo's Supply Chain Portal
- The Business Network for Offshore Wind's Supply Chain Registry
- The Business Network's Leadership 100 white paper
- Article: Oh, buoy! Lake Erie's mission to become a 'smart' lake just got a few more IQ points (FreshWater, May 9, 2019)
Recorded April 10, 2019. Published June 21, 2019.