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NEWS February 2017 SNS2017 preview Future contracts revealed for East Anglia ONE Decommissioning Market intelligence in new Focus on… feature Skills for Energy New East Coast Energy Centre project Issue sponsored by: Contents 02 February 2017 EEEGR's mission statement SNS2017 Preview EEEGR’s mission is to be the source of new 04 SNS2017 – Opportunities Through Energy Transition. opportunities and knowledge to enable member companies to strategically grow their businesses. Focus on… Next issue 06 Renewables – Industrialisation and innovation in EEEGR News is for members to share their news. offshore wind. 08 Oil & Gas – Market intelligence on decommissioning. If your company or organisation has a new contract, is expanding, re- locating to larger premises or is releasing a new product, please get in touch. 10 Nuclear – Benefits of nuclear power. Send in your stories of no more than 200 words, in a Word document with a separate high quality photo in jpeg format. To promote your business by advertising in EEEGR News, please contact the EEEGR team. Member News 14 Wind farm radio system developed with £50k grant. Editorial deadline: Friday 19 May, 2017. Email: [email protected] 17 New wind work for Technicus Consulting. 18 New cylinder testing service for Great Yarmouth. 19 150 new jobs for Bilfinger. 22 Gee-Force extends on-the-spot service to offshore. Skills for Energy 24 Industry skills course evolves. 25 Launch of East Coast Institute of Technology. 27 More than 600 students and parents connect with industry. 06 Focus on Renewables 08 Focus on Oil & Gas 10 Focus on Nuclear Contact www.eeegr.com EEEGR (East of England Energy Group) Visit our website for the latest energy stories and events, and to download this and previous versions of EEEGR News. 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Welcome 03 Transition of the energy sector As we face decades of change on the energy But it doesn’t explain how, apart from limited ref- landscape, we all, from operators to small erences to Hinkley nuclear power station, and to: Catalyst for the suppliers, need certainty and clear strategy to help us prepare for future business. > Ensure the energy infrastructure is updated energy industry > Consult on storage and demand response grid Transition touches every sector EEEGR technologies represents, which is why we chose the theme > Deliver affordable energy and clean growth Opportunities Through Energy Transition for > Move towards energy being supplied by our conference stage at our flagship event competitive markets without the requirement SNS2017 in March. for on-going subsidy > Continue with offshore wind cost reduction As we progress from high carbon energy production burning coal to low carbon generation Often when the Government talks about the oil using renewables and nuclear power, our supply and gas industry it means the oil and gas industry chain and skills providers need to know exactly in Aberdeen. It rarely mentions the mature and where they fit into the new world. productive industry in the East of England. When extra support is given to Scotland, will the To achieve that, we need clarity of strategy from Government commit to supporting the other the government. Without it, how can we expect regional centres of excellence in a similar way, so investors to fund projects? that we can all contribute equally? Simon Gray, EEEGR CEO How can we plan what we need from our work- We need it to tell us what it needs from different force and what skills they will need? methods of generation. For SNS2017, we have chosen our speakers Will future rounds for offshore wind be “ We need clarity specifically to bring new information about energy supported? Will Sizewell C and Bradwell B still transition - to rejuvenation of the SNS gas basin, have its backing? of strategy from Maximising Economic Recovery in gas, new build the government. nuclear generation, cost reduction in offshore Will gas be the interim fuel of choice for the next wind, new decommissioning practices and a 20 or 30 years as old nuclear is decommissioned Without it, how can lower carbon future. and we stop burning coal? we expect investors In the government’s Industrial Strategy Green Many questions will be asked at SNS2017, to fund projects? ” Paper (2017), one of its 10 pillars is “delivering but the industry must still demand more affordable energy & clean growth”. answers from Westminster. EEEGR / SfE Events March 2017 May 2017 1st-2nd SNS2017 28th Inter School Boat Challenge 10th All-Energy Exhibition and Norfolk Showground Arena, Norwich. Lowestoft College LRC & Water Lane Conference 2017 1st SNS2017 Dinner Sports Centre. SECC Glasgow. Norfolk Showground Arena, Norwich. 28th Leavers’ Link – Norwich 23rd Leavers’ Link – Norwich 8th-9th Norfolk Skills and Maids Head Hotel, Norwich. Maids Head Hotel, Norwich. Careers Festival 30th Lowestoft Skills Conference Norfolk Showground Arena, Norwich. East Point Academy, Lowestoft. 13th-17th OPITO Platform of Opportunity Week April 2017 17th MPs’ Event Ipswich Town Football Club. 25th Leavers’ Link – Norwich 23rd Careers & Enterprise Maids Head Hotel, Norwich. Conference 2017 27th ESFP Presentation Evening John Innes Conference Centre, Norwich. Lowestoft College. EEEGR NEWS | FEBRUARY 2017 SNS2017 Preview – Opportunities Through Energy Transition 04 Jonathan Cole, Managing Director, Iberdrola Renewables Offshore Wind Division, speaking at the last supply chain event for East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in Norwich in 2015. SNS2017 – all about new business East Anglia ONE supply chain event Opportunities from energy transition in the Southern North Sea (SNS) will be out- Work scopes and business opportunities on East Anglia ONE offshore wind lined at EEEGR’s flagship two-day conference and exhibition on 1 and 2 March. farm will be revealed at ScottishPower Renewables’ supply chain event on the second day, 2 March. A top line-up of national industry influencers, leading SNS operators and companies in oil & gas, nuclear and offshore wind will forecast their sectors’ More than 10 tier one and two companies on the £2.5billion wind farm will future from the SNS2017 conference stage at the Norfolk Showground. reveal details and requirements for tendering for work on one of the UK’s biggest energy projects. Operator Centrica and leading oil & gas company Perenco have speaker representatives on day one of the event. Networking sessions at the event offer the opportunity for companies to discuss their services and skills with the people who make the decisions. Opening the conference will be Deirdre Michie, Chief Executive (CEO) of Oil & Gas UK, with Hugh McNeal, CEO of Renewables UK, Tom Greatrex, CEO, EEEGR General Manager Jennie Kevis-Stirling said: “We are proud to be Nuclear Industry Association, Andy Samuel, CEO, Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) able to provide this unique opportunity to hear the requirements for contracts and Ken Cronin, CEO, UK Onshore Oil & Gas, all speaking. for the next few years. In the Late Life and Decommissioning session, Brian James, General “This will be the only event of its kind for the East Anglia ONE project this Manager at Perenco, will talk about the company’s recent decommissioning year with the developer and all the major contractors in one place making experience, its five-year overview and opportunities ahead. themselves available to meet supply chain companies.” In the SNS Rejuvenation session, Stuart Wheaton, UK Business Unit Head and Suppliers will deliver time-scales of their projects, how to become approved Director, will outline Premier Oil’s plan for the SNS and its new acquisitions. suppliers and more opportunities for work outside the East Anglia ONE contracts. Oil & UK Business Analyst Karis Vieira will forecast the next decade for the SNS in her Decommissioning Insight Survey. Jonathan Cole, Managing Director, Iberdrola Renewables Offshore Wind Division, and Charlie Jordan, East Anglia ONE Project Director, will also In offshore wind, Benjamin Sykes, VP, Head of Asset Management and UK update the conference on the project’s progress. Country Manager DONG Energy, developers of the massive Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm – to invest another £6billion in offshore wind by 2020 will speak. To book, visit www.eeegr.com or call 01493 412199. Also on the platform will be Andy Paine, Project Director for Norfolk Vanguard and Head of UK Offshore. The free SNS2017 exhibition hall will also feature more than 70 stands. 05 Network with: > Seaway Heavy Lifting, leading offshore contractor in the global energy industry. > Navantia, contractor for the farm’s offshore substation and 42 jacket foundations and jacket piles. > Lamprell/Harland & Wolff, fabricating 60 steel foundation jackets. > Van Oord, to transport and install the foundation. jackets utilising Seajacks’ Scylla jack-up vessel. > Prysmian, awarded the £27million contract to supply and install the land cable connection. > Siemens, supplier of all 102 7MW turbines. > Boskalis subsidiary VBMS, winners of the £85million contract to supply, install and complete burial, termination and testing of the 66kV inter-array cables. > Nexans/DeepOcean, to fabricate and install the export cables to carry the electricity from the windfarm onshore via two 85 km submarine cables with embedded fibre optics. > Associated British Ports, ABP Lowestoft will be the operations and maintenance base for the 30-plus year lifespan of the project. > Peel Ports, Great Yarmouth, the base for construction and installation activities. > Roadbridge, civil engineering leader. Top left: Andy Samuel CEO, Oil & Gas Authority and Deirdre Michie CEO, Oil & Gas UK will be speaking at SNS2017. Far left: Hundreds of companies flocked to the last supply chain event by ScottishPower Renewables for East Anglia ONE in 2015.