Masterclass: Offshore weather awareness and safety

Offshore weather awareness and safety
Maritime
Weather & Environment

Let’s talk about the most effective ways to protect what matters most

As the wind energy industry pushes farther offshore, unique weather challenges are increasing risks to safety and efficiency. At our upcoming Masterclass, experts from the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation and Vaisala will discuss innovative ways to protect crews and assets through every phase of wind farm buildup and maintenance.

What will we cover?

  • Today’s weather-related safety challenges, especially compared to the oil and gas sector
  • How wind lidar can improve offshore weather awareness
  • How greater weather awareness can mitigate risks and ensure safer offshore wind operations
  • Future visions for safety improvements, focusing on the importance of reliable weather monitoring for helicopter and vessel operations

This Masterclass is tailor made for:

  • Offshore wind park owners, developers, contractors and operators
  • Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) and other service vessel operators and contractors
  • Offshore substation operators and developers
  • Offshore helicopter operators
  • Offshore system integrators
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Beate Hildenbrand

Speaker: Beate Hildenbrand

Beate Hildenbrand is representing the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation as the Head of G+ Americas. With an educational background in geography, Beate started her career as scientific project manager in atmospheric research and data modelling before she became Technical Manager for Environment and Health at the Energy Institute.

In 2018 she joined the G+ as Manager Offshore Wind supporting them in delivering their work programme. In 2022 she was promoted to Head of G+ Americas to lead on the strategic development of the G+ programme and network in the Americas with the aim to improve health and safety performance in the global offshore wind industry.

Derek Tao

Speaker: Derek Tao

Dr. Ding (Derek) Tao is a Vaisala WindCube Scan wind lidar application manager specializing in maritime and aviation operations. He has a Ph.D. in remote sensing and has supported various lidar-based wind awareness projects, bringing sound technical expertise and R&D experiences to customized solution developments.

Speaker: Mikko Nikkanen

Mikko leads strategy and development for Vaisala’s Maritime and Ports segment. He has established Vaisala’s maritime focus in modern weather awareness solutions, bringing 20 years of global sales and business development experience to build innovative solutions with various partner ecosystems.