Floating Offshore Wind: what does the South West need to do?

Professor Deborah Greaves

Deborah is one of the UK’s leading offshore renewable energy researchers. She is an ICE Fellow and a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Council.

In a career spanning more than two decades, she has consistently pioneered the development of new technologies in offshore wind, wave and tidal power.

This has included novel types of wave energy converter, analysis methods for offshore renewable energy farms and extreme wave-structure interactions.

In addition to her research, Professor Greaves has led high-profile national and international initiatives designed to ensure such technological advances can be applied in real-world scenarios to help meet the country’s future clean energy demands.

She was selected by EPSRC to head its £9 million Supergen ORE Hub. She has provided expert advice to organisations across industry and society, and is a strong advocate for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

Professor Greaves was made an OBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to marine renewable energy, equalities and higher education.

In 2020, she was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and listed by the Women’s Engineering Society among its Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability.

Peter Kydd

Peter is an ICE Fellow with more than 45 years’ professional experience. He specialises as a consultant engineer in carbon reduction, renewable energy, water and transport. Although he’s retired, he continues to advise national and local governments.

He’s also a strategic consultant to WSP, undertaking due diligence in areas such as climate change action planning, decarbonisation and tidal power.

Peter won the Gold Medal for his contributions to renewable energy use and decarbonisation across the transport and water sectors, along with his work to support economic growth in South West England.