Andrew Elmes News

U.K. port bosses are scratching their heads as to how to meet demand as offshore wind, including new floating projects, ramps up around the country’s coastline.The U.K. government is pushing this source of energy and has a 40-gigawatt (GW) by 2030 target—ramping up from around 30 GW today—for offshore wind. While fixed bottom projects continue to roll out, through some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, a pipeline of 15 GW of floating offshore wind is also on the cards…

3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has appointed Andrew Elmes as Renewables Director. This is a new role which has been created to drive forward the company’s strategy for offshore and onshore wind turbine installation, operations and maintenance. Prior to joining 3sun Group, Elmes spent four years as Head of U.K. Projects with Siemens Energy Renewables, where he was responsible for establishing and leading the strategy, organization, profitability and resourcing of U.K. project delivery capabilities.