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GEV Wind Power meet with Ed Davey

By: Lewis Holdsworth 28/01/2015 GEV Wind Power

General Vessels Windfarms

GEV Wind Power Projects Director, Alastair Gadney, was among the energy industry leaders to be hand-selected to meet with the RT Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, at a recent roundtable discussion.

Hosted at the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce offices, the Minister led the group to discuss existing energy supply issues, the growth in job prospects and regional economy, as well as the exciting new opportunities for the renewable energy industry.

With offices in Great Yarmouth and Hull, GEV Wind Power hope to play a big role in the future of the renewable wind sector, with the development of its habitat structure to enable engineers to complete vital repair and maintenance work on remote wind turbines in a weather-protected environment. The GEV blade habitat is expected to 'save' the wind energy sector between three and five days lost to weather in each maintenance season. This, in turn, has the potential of returning a one to two percent increase in annual energy production, whilst also reducing the cost of maintenance for operators and owners. Ultimately, this innovation will have direct impact on driving down the cost of wind energy - a strategic aim for the entire global wind industry and one that GEV hope to contribute to.

Davey commented on the need to continue training of wind industry-specific skills within the UK, rather than importing from otherwise experienced countries; thereby developing national skill-sets in wind to create good quality jobs that will help local economies.

“Government and cross-party support and encouragement in driving the innovation for cost reduction and job creation is great news for GEV Wind Power,” said Gadney.

The Minister also reminded the round table gathering of the two most significant changes in legislation brought in, the Climate Change Act 2008 and his own Energy Act 2013, highlighting there is a clear and evident long-term cross-party conviction to support the UK’s future energy requirements.

Following the event, Gadney said: “I was delighted to meet with the Minister and hear of near-universal parliamentary commitment to climate change and to the innovation in the wind energy supply chain. The Secretary of State was clearly fully engaged with the sector and demonstrated an exceptionally well informed understanding of the multitude of issues across the energy sector. Whilst being pragmatic and forward-thinking, he was refreshingly open to input from SMEs on the improvements that government could introduce, particularly on the support to innovation within the supply chain.”

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