Every project needs a strong foundation
Empire is an engineering consultancy supporting the offshore wind industry with advice, insight and technical know-how.
Building a sustainable future
Empire works in renewable energy because of the technical challenges it presents to us as engineers, and the benefits it offers to humankind.
Renewable energy is the cornerstone of creating a sustainable future. It’s exciting and rewarding – but forging this new path ahead comes with challenges.
Empire can help: quickly and safely. Whether your project needs structural analysis, concept design or hands-on support.
How we can help
Project
Delivery
Sometimes, an engineering project needs a little extra horsepower. We can deploy one of our world class engineers quickly, reliably and safely, wherever help is needed.
Concept
Design
Empire is at the cutting edge of engineering design. Specifically, we deliver early stage designs of Monopile, Jacket and Gravity Base Foundations.
Specialist Engineering
Independent expert advice when you need it. Whether it’s evaluating early stage opportunities, rethinking design choices or overcoming an immediate challenge.
Emergency Response
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
We’ve been doing this a while, and Empire’s success is built on our clients’ trust.
Specialist
Empire’s sole focus is the offshore wind energy sector. When only the best will do, our specialist engineers will deliver.
Responsive
Fast – but never reckless: Empire is on-call and ready when you need our help.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
We’ve been doing this a while, and Empire’s success is built on our clients’ trust.
Specialist
Empire’s sole focus is the off-shore wind energy sector. When only the best will do, our specialist engineers will deliver.
Responsive
Fast and pragmatic – but never reckless: Empire is on-call and ready when you need our help.
Articles
Articles
Webinar on demand: Developers vs Designers
By Karl Davis. This October we ran the fourth of our 'Tech sessions' webinars. For this session we aimed to generate some real debate under the title of Developers vs Designers. We decided to get both a developer and a designer around the table for some healthy...
The frontier between fixed and floating foundations in offshore wind
By Eric Paya and Aaron Zigeng Du. The frontier between fixed and floating foundations In the ScotWind Leasing Round, around 50% of the Draft Plan Option (DPO) areas are located in “deep water zones”, which have water depths greater than 50 metres. Considering the...
Empire Engineering supports the Big Blue Ocean Cleanup
By Karl Davis. Today we are proud to announce our support of Big Blue Ocean Cleanup and their Ocean Protection Project. At Empire Engineering we believe in the importance of the protection of the world's oceans and the increasingly fragile marine environment. Big Blue...
Webinar on demand: Designing the Monopile without a transition piece: why, how and when?
By Karl Davis. On the last Friday in August, we put on the third 'Tech Session' in our popular series. For this month, we looked at fixed foundations and specifically we discussed the topic of TP-less design. Andrew Hodgson on the Empire Engineering team was joined by...
Let’s talk risk: what if an offshore wind turbine fell over?
By Nick Howard. Cast your mind back a few years Had you happened to be standing outside a pub opposite Bristol Train Station on a dreary February afternoon in 2017, gently nursing a warm Fosters, you may well have seen me, peering out of a taxi window, my expression...