Ep. 7: Diversity Through Innovation

KC Sahl, from VHB joins us to talk all things US offshore wind. In a short space of time, KC talks us through a brief history, the opportunities and challenges, required skills and the future of offshore wind in America. Please note this episode was recorded before the Biden announcement on Vineyard. 

A different kind of episode this week as we move away from slightly from Offshore Wind and towards a related technology. This week we are joined by Paul Slorach, who is the Business Development Director at EC-OG, who provide Subsea energy storage and remote power generation for the energy transition.

Rassim Hariz is Head of Business Development & Principal Consultant for OWC. Rassim has a truly interesting journey into the industry, an exciting role with OWC and is also on the shadow board for RenewableUK. Enjoy!

Toby Naylor is an Environment and Consents Specialist for Ørsted on the Hornsea Project Two. Here, he gives us a run through of his role and at the same time paints a great picture of how the building of these offshore wind projects play out, plus some great advice for students wanting to enter the industry. 

Stewart Mullin is the COO at GWEC, a fellow podcaster and a knowledgable chap about the wind industry. He talks us through his journey, market knowledge on a global basis and what the future looks like. Enjoy. 

Helen K Thomas is a Stakeholder & Supply Chain Manager at RWE, looking after Awel y Môr in North Wales and the cutting edge Sofia off the North East coast of the UK. We talk about the importance of the supply chain in the UK, a new cluster for the North Wales / North West region and a secret project relating to that ;) Enjoy!

Dan Greeves joins us to talk through his company, Pegasus Welfare Solutions, and the products they create which are unlocking a new phase of growth within the offshore wind industry, in terms of gaining access to a more diverse work force. We touch on engineering, entrepreneurship and diversity. Please subscribe and let us know your thoughts!  

Michaela ODonohoe is the Strategic Growth Leader at GE, with an impressive background in offshore wind. In this episode, Michaela does a fantastic job providing insights into her journey and advise on the industry and also what it's like operating at the top level and the intricacies of growing businesses in the offshore wind industry. Enjoy!  

A fantastic conversation with Juliette Sanders, the Head of Communications for Equinor's New Energy Solutions in the North Sea. Juliette talks us through her route from a Cambridge educated engineer and how she found her calling in the world of communications.   *Please note Juliette started work at Equinor in April 2020, not 2021 like mentioned* She's also passionate about sharing the key messages and the engineering accomplishments of the industry both through her day job and by the pseudonym @killah_jules (on twitter) and https://youtube.com/channel/UC85Ld9YGG6EPoiz3j0q9hyQ (youtube). Subscribe to the podcast, rate the episode and most importantly - Enjoy ! 

Welcome to episode 4, where we are joined by Georgia Fraser, a passionate wind turbine assessment engineer at RWE Renewables. Georgia talks us through her journey into offshore wind and how some key decisions whilst still at school helped shaped the path she took - which is important for the future generations who will eventually work in the industry, as awareness of which qualifications to pick is essential to getting involved.  Georgia also talks about women in STEM and the challenges faced as a female in industry, which is an important topic and one that will appear more in the series. Enjoy!