RossMarkStu, Author at Empire engineering

The Future foundations of offshore wind – thinking ahead

by RossMarkStu | Apr 26, 2021

By Karl Davis What does the Future of offshore wind look like? There are a number of market trends and new technologies that I believe will have an impact on the offshore wind industry and foundation design over the next decade. A key question is how are we to adapt...

Conservatism in Geotechnical Design

by RossMarkStu | Mar 16, 2021

By Martin Underlin Østergaard During recent years, the boundaries for offshore wind turbine foundations have been pushed further than ever before – deeper waters, bigger turbines and larger foundations, especially monopiles, dominate the latest auctions. To develop...

Why I’m choosing to grow Empire Engineering in the midst of a global pandemic

by RossMarkStu | Feb 9, 2021

By Karl Davis. At the start of 2021, it gave me a lot of pleasure to announce another new hire to the growing team here. Opening our Empire Engineering Aalborg office in Denmark was a major milestone in our history. By bringing Martin Underlin Østergaard onboard, we...

Monopile, Jacket or Floater, how do I pick the right option for my offshore wind project?

by RossMarkStu | Jan 19, 2021

By Wei-Ting Hsu. Monopile, Jacket or floater? Recently, Empire have provided technical advisory services to a number of offshore wind developers in both The Crown Estate England’s Round 4 and Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing Round tenders. While developing an offshore wind...

Chinese Steels in Offshore Wind, how do we ensure they meet the European Standards?

by RossMarkStu | Dec 4, 2020

By Aaron Zigeng Du. Europe and China will become two largest offshore wind markets in the next decade Despite this trend, it can feel like there is almost no overlap of supply chains between the two markets. To the casual observer over the past decade, China offshore...