A senior Scottish power manager has been appointed to a new role as chief
operating officer of a UK-wide wind power company.
Stephen Rose, head of wind operations for at Pearth-based utility SSE for
the last three years and a Director of G+ – the global offshore wind
health and safety organisation – has moved to 3sun Group
As well as the company’s extensive offshore wind operations, Rose will head
operations for 3sun’s oil and gas division RRC Controls, near Aberdeen, and
its new bigger Denmark base in Esbjerg.
3sun Group currently employs 5% of all people working in offshore wind in
the UK and has helped construct, maintain or inspected more than 70% of the
UK’s offshore wind turbines.
Meanwhile, US industrial conglomerate General Electric is to test the
world’s largest wind turbine in a five year deal for the 12 megawatt
machine at a government agency facility in Northumberland.
Currently the most powerful offshore wind turbine operating commercially
anywhere in the world is an 8.8MW machine.
A spokesman for the British Offshore Wind Industry Council, said: “This is
exactly the sort of collaboration that will ensure we continue to build on
our global leadership in offshore wind energy.
“This five-year research and development partnership will not only advance
new technologies but also empower the UK supply chain including smaller
SMEs to innovate and grow.
“Cutting edge innovation is a cornerstone of the ambitious sector deal
which the industry aims to agree with government. It is truly driving our
vision for 2030 of a globally leading supply chain, and generating a third
of the country’s electricity from offshore wind”.
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