IDEA-IRL Podcast
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Welcome to the IDEA Ireland project podcast series which looks at the offshore wind farm industry featuring experts on key aspects of the design and operation of a floating offshore wind farm. Through the series, you will get an overview of the industry, the stakeholders involved in developing a floating wind farm, and the opportunities and challenges that floating wind presents.
Gain open access to designs, data and guidelines to help researchers and industry move forward in planning and building large-scale floating wind farms in Irish waters.
The podcast is brought to you by a collection of industry experts, University College Cork (UCC), Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) are working alongside an International Energy Association (IEA) Wind Energy task 49 to develop Integrated Designs for Floating Offshore Wind Farms (IDEA).
The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on linkedin; email [email protected]; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list
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Recent Episodes
S1E7 Ep.7 - The Stoura Offshore Wind Project
We're setting sail to the North Sea heading towards the Shetland Islands to get insights to the Stoura Project, a large-scale floating windfarm project currently in development by ESB. The project,…
S1E6 Ep.6 - Offshore Site Investigations and Supply Chain
What makes an ideal site for offshore wind and what are the key challenges in developing a supply chain for off shore wind? Well, this weeks guest has all the answers! Joined with Mitra is Eoin…
S1E5 Ep.5 - Where There's A Will, There's A Way
Val Cummins, Chief Impact Officer and Board Director of Simply Blue, gives us her take on the current state of the FLOW sector and what’s required for Ireland to achieve our national ambitions to…
S1E4 Ep.4 - Scaling-up!
Flotation Energy who's founders developed the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm, which is the world’s largest grid connected floating project made up of 8 9.5MW turbines. We hear from Allan…
S1E3 Ep.3 - Wet Storage Floating Off Shore Wind Turbines
Wet storage and its relation to floating off shore wind energy is the talking topic of today. Given Ireland's goal of establishing large-scale floating offshore wind energy projects and the…
S1E2 Ep.2 - Marine Spatial Planning With MARA
Marine spatial planning the first key step in building off shore wind farms. To delve into deeper is Principal Officer at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) Rory O'Leary who has over 20…
S1E1 Ep.1: Going With The FLOW
To kickstart the podcast series we have Greg Bohan senior off shore consultant at Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions to give an insight to the floating off shore wind industry, to breakdown what…
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IDEA-IRL Podcast has published 8 episodes since November 2023, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Nature.
IDEA-IRL Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes irregularly. Average episode length is 18m.
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