Meeting Offshore Wind Industry Council Meeting Date 7 March 2016 Place Westminster, London Next meeting 7 July 2016 Attendees Andrea Leadsom MP (Co-Chair) Minister of State, DECC Benj Sykes (Co-Chair) Head of Asset Management, DONG Energy Dan EU Country Manager, EDP Renovaveis David Currie Chief Executive Officer, JDR Cables Thomas Karst Chief Sales Officer, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Paul Cowling Director of Offshore Wind, RWE Innogy GmbH Jonathan Cole Managing Director - Offshore, ScottishPower / OWPB industry Clark MacFarlane Managing Director Wind Power & Renewables UK, Siemens Energy Jon Vatnaland Managing Director, Statkraft UK Ltd Halfdan Brustad Vice President for Wind Projects, Statoil Huub den Rooijen Head of Offshore Wind, The Crown Estate Piers Guy UK Country Manager and Director, Offshore Development, Vattenfall Declan Burke Head of CFD Design & Governance, DECC & HMG Co-Chair, OWPB Joshua Willison Deputy Head of Offshore Wind, Clean Electricity Directorate, DECC Carolyn Campbell Business of Energy & the Environment, BIS David Stevenson Head of Offshore Wind Policy, Scottish Government Giles Sibun (substitute) Commercial Strategy Manager, EON Colin Maciver (substitute) Commercial Manager, Repsol Nuevas Energias UK McFarlane (substitute) Director of Offshore Renewables, SSE Observers James Beal Chief Operations Officer, Offshore Wind Trade, UKTI Adam Bruce Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Mainstream Renewable Power Yuen Cheung Head of Offshore Wind, Clean Electricity Directorate, DECC Helen Dhoot Assistant Director, Clean Electricity Directorate, DECC Alan Morgan Supply Chain Team, Clean Electricity Directorate, DECC Simon Sharpe Senior Private Secretary to Andrea Leadsom MP, Minister of State Holly Marshall Senior Commercial Manager, DONG Energy Apologies Sven Utermöhlen Offshore Wind Director, E.ON Climate & Renewables Ronnie Bonnar Managing Director, Repsol Nuevas Energias UK Paul Cooley Director of Renewables, SSE Agenda Welcome Opening remarks and introductions The Minister opened the seventh Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) meeting. Benjamin Sykes thanked those members who have now stepped down from the group for their significant contributions to OWIC and welcomed the new members Apologies Apologies were received from Sven Utermöhlen (E.ON), Ronnie Bonnar (Repsol) and Paul Cooley (SSE). Formal adoption of the agenda Benjamin gave an introduction to OWIC.
Offshore Wind Programme Board and Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF) Jonathan Cole presented an update on Cost Reduction. Jonathan noted that the CRMF 2015 qualitative report is ready for publication. This is the second annual publication of a CRMF report. Jonathan Cole explained that CRMF 2016 will be both qualitative and quantitative and gave his recommendation on behalf of OWPB for OWIC to approve: A press release relating to the CRMF 2015 report; and OWIC’s contribution to the CRMF 2016 cost (£130k of £160k total). OWIC approved the recommendations. Jonathan Cole noted that each member will need to raise a PO for their part of OWIC’s contribution to the CRMF 2016, and all industry members are expected to contribute to the work OWIC noted that the OWPB priorities are to be reviewed and aligned with OWIC’s priorities. AOB and closing remarks Benjamin Sykes noted that membership of the East Coast Construction & Staging review group was provided by DECC. Benjamin Sykes noted that the Terms of Reference for the East Coast Construction & Staging Review would be circulated after the meeting. OWIC that the East Coast Construction & Staging review group kick off meeting will be scheduled for 16 or 17 March.