G+ is the global health and safety organisation bringing together the offshore wind industry to pursue shared goals and outcomes. It is run in partnership with the Energy Institute, which provides the secretariat and supports its work.
The G+ has four main work areas:
- Incident data reporting
- Good practice guidance
- Safe by Design workshops.
- Learning from incidents
The members of the G+ are lead operators and owners of offshore wind farms and Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Senior executives of the member companies meet quarterly, as the G+ Board.
The Focal Group consists of members’ health and safety experts, who meet monthly to deliver the work programme of the G+.
There are European, APAC and North American Focal Groups.
Chair
David Griffiths
Head of Safety, Health and Wellbeing
SSE Renewables
Vice Chair
Lisbeth Norup Frømling
Vice President QHSE
Ørsted
Board members
Arianna Marinello
H&S Director
EDF Renewables
Beate Myking
VP Renewables
Equinor
Clark MacFarlane
CEO NE&ME and UK Managing Director
SGRE
Elena Caja Martin
HSSEQ Director
OceanWinds
Giles Mackey
Head of Health, Safety & Sustainability, Offshore Wind
bp
Karin Borg
Offshore Director HSSE & Asset Risk
RWE Renewables
Pablo Temiño López-Jurado
Offshore Business Head of HSQ
Iberdrola
Patricia Claverie
Senior Vice President HSE - Gas, Renewables & Power
TotalEnergies
Pavlo Malyshenko
Head of Generation, Offshore
Vattenfall
Rachel Porto
Global Head of WHSES
Corio Generation
Meet the team
Kate Harvey is the General Manager of the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation. Kate began her career in renewable energy at RWE in 2002. Kate then joined SSE in 2008, where she undertook the following roles: Consents Manager for Greater Gabbard, Project Manager for Galloper, SSE Asset Manager for Dogger Bank and Board member of Seagreen. Kate has been the G+ General Manager since 2016.
Beate Hildenbrand, G+ Head of the Americas is leading the strategic development of G+ in the Americas region with the aim to improve health & safety performance in the global offshore wind industry. Beate has supported the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation deliver their work programme since 2018 when she joined as Manager for Offshore and Onshore Wind. She joined the Energy Institute in 2010 as Technical Manager for Environment and Health where she managed the environment and health technical programmes at the EI and worked with the various Committees on issues relevant to the energy industry.
Mariana is the Technical Manager for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute, supporting the G+.
She started her health and safety journey at IOGP, launching Project Safira, which aimed to eliminate fatalities from the industry.
She holds a Chemistry degree from Imperial College London and a Masters in The Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials from UCL.
A veteran data analyst, Edwin Sheppard is a seasoned user of Excel, PowerBI, and a whole host of coding languages and software packages. Always happy to look deep into the numbers, and find any nuggets of insight which can be gleaned. Can be found writing reports and presenting insights in the day, and pouring over the numbers and code late into the night.
Caren Hsiao is the APAC Representative at the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation, and is currently based in Taiwan. Before joining the Energy Institute (EI), Caren served as the PR Associate at wpd Taiwan.
Jak assists and provides the G+ secretariat as the Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.
He first began his career in sustainability working with electronic scooters at Neuron Mobility.
He graduated from Newcastle University with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Renewable Energy Engineering.
Olivia assists and provides the G+ secretariat as a Technical Officer for Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute.
She graduated from the University of Reading with a master’s degree in Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability.
Case studies
The G+ aims to publish case studies of Health and Safety initiatives developed by G+ members, in order to assist with the sharing of experiences.
The G+ has published the below case studies:
Calendar
An events calendar for the organisations involved in the Industry Collaboration Committee (ICC) is listed below. This calendar lists external and internal events and meetings.
Should you require further information, please contact your relevant industry organisation represented on the ICC.
2024
January
9 January - G+ Developer Group meeting
17 January - G+ US Focal Group meeting
23 January - G+ O&M Group meeting
23 January - G+ Korea meeting
25 January - G+ Taiwan meeting
30 January - G+ Construction Group meeting
February
1 February - G+ European Focal Group meeting
21-23 February - ACP O&M and Safety conference
22 February - G+ Board meeting
27 February - G+ US Focal Group meeting
27-29 February - EI International Energy Week
March
6-8 March - G+ Stakeholder Forum, Paris
18 March - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting
20-22 March - WindEurope annual event – Bilbao
21 March - G+ European Focal Group meeting
25 March - G+ US Focal Group meeting
April
9 April - G+ Korea meeting
17 April - G+ Board meeting
22-25 April - IPF (hosted by Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for OW, US)
23 April - G+ Taiwan meeting
30 April - G+ US Focal Group meeting
May
7 May - G+ European Focal Group meeting
21 May - G+ US Focal Group meeting
23 May - G+ Japan meeting
21-22 May - IMCA DP Conference
June
20 June - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting
25 June - G+ US Focal Group meeting
27 June - G+ European Focal Group meeting
11-13 June - Seaworks
18-19 June - RUK’s Global Offshore Wind
July
18 July - G+ Korea meeting
30 July - G+ US Focal Group meeting
August
20 August - G+ Taiwan meeting
27 August - G+ US Focal Group meeting
September
3-5 September - GWEC Global Offshore Wind Summit Japan
6 September - Japan meeting
12 September - G+ European Focal Group meeting
26 September - G+ AGM & Board meeting
October
2-4 October - Energy Taiwan
8 October - G+ US Focal Group meeting
14 October - G+ Korea meeting
28-30 October - ACP's Offshore WINDPOWER 2023
29 October - G+ US Focal Group meeting
November
7 November - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting
14 November - G+ European Focal Group meeting
19 November - G+ US Focal Group meeting
28 November - G+ Taiwan meeting
December
3 December - G+ Japan meeting
5 December - G+ Board meeting
12 December - G+ Korea meeting