VAASA CITY HALL, Senaatinkatu 1 Wednesday 19 March OFFSHORE WINDPOWER AND ARCTIC TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, In co-operation with the Finnish Wind Power Association Conference Room A Moderator: Director, Sales and Marketing Jussi Vanhanen, The Switch 9.30 Selection for an offshore wind farm demonstration project underway and other current topics concerning the promotion of wind power Counsellor Anja Liukko, The Energy Department of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy 10.00 Offshore wind power, opportunities for the Finnish offshore cluster Project Manager Ari Sundelin, Prizztech Ltd 10.30 Foundations for offshore wind turbines in the Northern Baltic Sea Dr Esa Eranti, Eranti Engineering Ltd 11.00 Wind turbine on the rocks Chief Technical Officer Patrik Holm, Mervento Ltd
ANJA LIUKKO Counsellor, The Energy Department of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy Counsellor Anja Liukko is working at the Energy Department of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The main focus is on renewable energy sources. ARI SUNDELIN Project Manager, Prizztech Ltd Ari Sundelin has 25 years international management level experience. Two years of this have been within the offshore wind industry. Recently his has conducted national level development projects together with offshore wind power company partners and managed the national strategy of offshore wind business for the responsible ministry in Finland. ESA ERANTI Dr, Eranti Engineering Oy Dr. Esa Eranti is an expert in arctic offshore and coastal engineering. Dr. Eranti has developed new cost efficient wind turbine foundation technology for the Northern Baltic Sea and for the US. Great Lakes. The basic design of the first wind turbine foundation built to resist heavy dynamic ice conditions in the Tahkoluoto sea area was by Dr. Eranti.
11.30 LUNCH BREAK (at your own expense). Opportunity to visit the Vaasa Wind Exchange exhibition. 12.30 Wind farm design matters Architect Mikael Gylling, Gylling-Vikström Architects 13.00 Wind energy and logistics Director/Projects Xavier De Meulder, Meriaura Ltd 13.30 Financing wind farm projects Executive Director Kaj Morlock Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
PATRIK HOLM Chief Technical Officer, Mervento Ltd Mervento is a local developer and manufacturer of the next generation direct drive wind turbine. Patrik Holm is the founder of Mervento and works as the Chief Technical Officer.
MIKAEL GYLLING Architect, Gylling-Vikström Architects Oy Architect Mikael Gylling is a former teacher and founding partner of Gylling-Vikström Architect. As early as 2001 Gylling was a part of a workgroup investigating the possibility of placing a large-scale offshore wind farm outside Helsinki. Since this he has been involved in a number of wind farm projects in all parts of Finland. XAVIER DE MEULDER Director/Projects, Meriaura Ltd Xavier De Meulder is a project manager at Meriaura Oy and responsible for wind power logistics. With his lead Meriaura has implemented ocean wind farm projects including the Sheringham Shoal and Walney wind farms. De Meulder is also a sea captain.
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KAJ MORLOCK Executive Director, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Kaj Morlock is a project finance specialist at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW). LBBW is one of the largest banks in Germany and active in the windpower sector since approx. 15 years. Kaj has lead numerous windpower transactions in Germany and other European countries including recently a transaction in Finland.