Are you interested in building an understanding of the components, works and services that form part of an offshore wind farm?

Continue or embark on your journey as a renewable professional in offshore wind, with this introduction course by the Renewable Construction Academy in partnership with JUMBO Consulting Group

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Elements of an Offshore Wind Farm is designed to take you through all the major elements comprising an offshore wind farm, showing you what the components look like, how they work and what is required to install them. Following this module, you will have a basic understanding of what you are looking to build, so that you in your role and with your actions, can play your part and work towards that goal.

  • Topic: IN 05 Elements of an Offshore Wind Farm

  • Estimated study time: 4 - 6 hours of self-paced studies

  • Introduction Price: € 249, ex. VAT*

  • Language: English

  • Instructors:
    JUMBO Consulting Group
    Morten Søjborg - CEO and Founding Partner
    Henrik Lenstrup - Senior Director
    Jacob Thiesen - Senior Consultant

  • * VAT is subject to Student and/or Clients country of registry. VAT exemptions may apply .

Course Curriculum

    1. Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions. Your responses will help us better assess your preliminary understanding of the topic.

    1. Module Introduction

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    2. Meet Your Instructors

    3. Instructor Biographies

    1. High Level Presentation of an Offshore Wind Farm

    2. Offshore Wind Farm Overview

    3. The Offshore Wind Farm Lifecycle

    1. Introduction to Onshore Works

    2. Onshore Works Top View

    3. Onshore Works Side View

    4. Electrical Grid

    5. Exploring the Power Grid

    6. Onshore Export Cables

    7. Onshore Substation

    1. Introduction to Offshore Site Investigations

    2. Offshore Site Investigations

    1. Offshore Export Cables Design & Fabrication

    2. Offshore Export Cable Transport & Installation

About this course

  • €249,00
  • 32 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

IN 05 Elements of an Offshore Wind Farm is for you if you can say yes to at least one of the following statements ...

  • I am interested in offshore wind

  • I work, or have a desire to work, in offshore wind or related industries, and wish to increase my knowledge about how projects are developed and built

  • I would like to learn fundamental terminology used in offshore wind

  • I am a graduate and want to start my career in offshore wind

  • I am a professional with several years practical experience in the offshore wind industry who wants to structure and consolidate my knowledge of what an offshore windfarm consist of and how it works

Your Instructors

Senior Instructor & Academy Partner, JUMBO Consulting Group Morten Søjborg

Morten Søjborg is an experienced offshore wind professional having worked in the industry for more than 15 years. His educational background is in economics and law, and his career spans working as in-house and external counsel for both project developers and contractors, as well as acting as a procurement consultant and lead negotiator for multiple offshore wind projects. He has represented contractors, such as MT Højgaard and Vestas Offshore, and project developers, such as Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, to name a few, and is a co-founder and CEO in the international procurement and contract management consultancy, JUMBO Consulting Group. Morten knows the ins and outs of the procurement and contracting process within offshore wind. Being a strong believer in successful projects being a result of a high degree of alignment and understanding between the parties of their roles, expectations, and obligations, Morten is looking to pass his knowledge as an instructor in procurement and contracting from the viewpoint of both project developers and the supply chain on to the students in a structured way.

Contributing Instructor & Academy Partner, JUMBO Consulting Group Henrik Lenstrup

Henrik has more than 20 years of experience in procurement, negotiation, business development and contract management matters, both nationally and internationally, of which 10 years has been in the offshore wind industry. Henrik’s educational background is in business administration and commercial law. Henrik is a very experienced leader and specialist with in-depth and cross-scope knowledge of building complex global sourcing strategies, making and negotiating supplier contracts and having a focus on all commercial areas within offshore wind technical packages and in particular the offshore construction areas. Henrik’s key competences and main interests are within strategic sourcing, supply chain development, and building long-term supplier relations. Having worked as both business developer, sourcing specialist and leader allow Henrik to apply a wide range of approaches to diligently navigate and advise at all organizational levels providing a balanced and tailor-made approach ensuring that the parties make balanced, transparent, and informed decisions.

Contributing Instructor & Academy Partner, JUMBO Consulting Group Jacob Thiesen

Jacob has more than 11 years’ experience working with Contract Management in offshore wind. He brings extensive experience with both the sourcing and post-signing execution side of his profession. Jacob comes from a business-education background and has worked for more than a decade with Ørsted on the very largest projects in the industry. Jacob has experience in sourcing processes from A-Z for many different scopes both on- and offshore: development of sourcing strategies, ITT, supplier selection, tendering, negotiations, evaluation and award. In many of these contracts, Jacob has also carried into execution until completion. Jacob is eager to combine his experiences from sourcing and contract management, and his deep knowledge about the offshore wind industry, to find the optimal and pragmatic solutions for any project he works on to ensure not only the best achievable contracts, but more importantly, the best possible final project.

Learning Goals

When you have finished this course ...

  • Role

    You will obtain a broader understanding of offshore wind, helping you to navigate the different elements, interfaces and stakeholders of an offshore wind farm project, and thereby be successful in your role.

  • Method

    You will have learned a structured way of looking at and breaking up all the major elements comprising an offshore wind farm, showing you what the components look like, how they work and what is required to install them.

  • Knowledge

    You will have obtained an overview of the elements of an offshore wind farm and will have built your vocabulary with the terminology used in the industry.

About IN 05 Elements of an Offshore Wind Farm

Whatever your role is, in the giant machinery that is required to develop, construct and operate an offshore wind farm, it is essential to understand what it is you are taking part in building.

This introductory course, Elements of an Offshore Wind Farm, is designed to take you through all the major elements comprising an offshore wind farm, showing you what the components look like, how they work and what is required to install them. 

The course is structured very much in the same way as an offshore wind farm is developed and constructed, starting with the initial site explorations where the site-specific conditions are established through studies, surveys and geotechnical investigations, the onshore and offshore works, comprising the transmissions systems and foundations, all the way to the very end where the last wind turbine is installed and commissioned at the offshore site. 

By studying the elements of an offshore wind farm at a high level, you will have gain a good overview and understanding of what you are looking to build, so that you in your role and with your actions, can play your part and work towards that goal.

Whether you are a newcomer to the industry or a seasoned professional, we are confident that you will take some learnings with you from this course, that will support and benefit you in your work life and your career.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • You will gain an understanding of the main components and works that are required for developing and constructing an offshore wind farm,
  • You will gain an understanding of what the components forming part of an offshore wind farm look like, where they fit it, what they are intended to do, and what they consist of,
  • You will gain an understanding of the onshore and offshore construction works that are required to transport and install all such components; and,
  • You will learn what the key decision drivers are for design choices required to be made during project development.

 

The various sections of the course broadly cover: 

  • What is an Offshore Wind Farm
  • Onshore Works
  • Site Investigations and Other Works & Services
  • Offshore Export Cables
  • Offshore Substation and Substation Foundation
  • Inner Array cables
  • Wind Turbine Foundations
  • Turbines

The education material includes:

  • Video

    In some of the videos the instructor will talk directly to you. In other videos you will be presented with relevant material while the instructor speaks in the background.

  • Illustrations

    Photographs are used to illustrate important parts of the education process. They will help you to visualise and identify the subjects presented by the instructor.

  • Audio

    An audio sound track together with text subtitles is provided for most modules. You have the option to hear or read the content of each module.

  • Text

    Some lessons are presented as text. Many of these are accompanied by pictures or videos. You also have the option to listen to the text lessons as an audio presentation.

  • Graphics

    The graphics that appear in the lessons are carefully selected to support the education material. A complex operation is often better represented as an animated graphic than as a verbal or text description.

  • Downloadable Content

    Some of the learning material in this education will be downloadable. By downloading the material, it become easier to access it, even when you are offline.