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. 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 and APAC Focal Groups, with consideration currently being given to creating a North American Focal Group.
Chair
Tove Lunde
Head of Safety, Security and Sustainability, New Energy Solutions
Equinor
Vice Chair
David Griffiths
Head of Safety, Health and Environment
SSE Renewables
Board members
Benj Sykes
UK Country Manager Offshore
Ørsted
Chris Randle
Senior Vice President Global Head Offshore Projects
SGRE
Dan Finch
Moray Offshore Renewables Director
EDPR
Don Mackay
Director of Operations
EDF Renewables
Jakob Nielsen
Director of Health and Safety Offshore
Vattenfall
Jill Lees
Director, HSE & Sustainability
E.ON Climate and Renewables
Jonathan Cole
Managing Director, Offshore
ScottishPower Renewables
Meet the team
Kate Harvey, General Manager
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, Manager Off/Onshore Wind
Beate Hildenbrand is the Manager of Off/Onshore Wind at the Energy Institute (EI) and supports the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation deliver their work programme. Beate joined the EI in 2010 as Technical Manager for Environment and Health. In this role she managed the environment and health technical programmes at the EI and worked with the various Committees on issues relevant to the energy industry. She took on the position of Manager Offshore Wind in 2018.
Aissa Tebani, Technical Manager Off/Onshore Wind
Aissa Tebani is the Technical Manager for Onshore and Offshore Wind at the Energy Institute (EI) and supports the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation deliver their work programme. Aissa began his career in medical device manufacturing at Kirton Healthcare in 2015. He then joined Airbus in 2017 managing aircraft configuration conformity topics for the A320 aircraft in Hamburg, Germany. Aissa joined the EI in 2020.
Arturo Andersen Chinbuah, Technical Officer
Dr Arturo Andersen Chinbuah is the Technical Officer of the G+. Dr Andersen is a PhD in Environmental Sciences specialised in Ecological Economics. His research was focused on understanding the relationship between energy and material use with socio-economic development. He joined G+ in 2018 after completing his doctorate degree.
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 Collaboration Committee is listed below. This calendar lists external and internal events and meetings from the G+, GWO, IMCA and RenewableUK.
Should you require further information, please contact your relevant industry organisation represented on the Collaboration Committee.
2020
January 2020
16 January - G+ Focal Group meeting (Amsterdam)
20 January - G+ APAC Focal Group meeting (Taipei)
22nd - 24th January - Workboat Association AGM
29 January - IMCA Marine Renewable Energy Committee (London)
February 2020
4 February - G+ participating in IMCA Roundtable meeting - Standardisation in the Offshore Renewable Energy Industry, London
11 February - G+ Board and AGM, Amsterdam
12 February - G+ 6th Annual Stakeholder Day, Amsterdam
March 2020
12 March - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
26 March - G+ presenting at Offshore Logistics: Vessels and Foundations 2020 (Postponed)
April 2020
21 to 24 April - G+ exhibiting and presenting at 2020 IPF (Postponed)
May 2020
5 May - IMCA Marine Renewable Energy Committee meeting (Postponed)
14 May - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
June 2020
9 & 10 June - G+ exhibiting at Seawork (Postponed)
10 June - Project Harmony meeting at the Irish Wind Energy Association conference (Dublin)
11 June - G+ Board meeting (Virtual event)
18 June - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
September 2020
3 September - G+ Board meeting (Virtual event)
9 September - IMCA Marine Renewable Energy Committee meeting (London)
10 September - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
October 2020
7 October - IMCA Annual Conference (London)
15 October - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
27 & 28 October - RUK Global Offshore Wind (Manchester)
November 2020
19 November - G+ Focal Group meeting (Virtual event)
December 2020
1 - 4 September - WindEurope Hamburg 2020