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
Floating wind
Empire offers engineering services for floating wind including independent technical advisory, engineering management, structural and mooring design and advanced analyses.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
Our clients have entrusted us to deliver over 100 projects spanning more than a decade. We value being trusted partners and take our responsibility seriously.
Specialist
We are not generalists. Empire’s sole focus is the offshore renewable energy sector. When the project requires specialist knowledge, our engineers deliver.
Approachable
We field a team of brilliant engineers, who are also excellent people to work with. Our expert team is here to help, to share knowledge and provide clear explanations.
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
The Principles of Damping
In simple terms, damping is the ability of any object to dissipate energy.
Event Review | Floating Offshore Wind 2023
Earlier this month the Empire team attended the RenewableUK Floating Offshore Wind conference held in Aberdeen over 4-5th October. FOW23 saw over 2,000 offshore wind professionals gathering together to discuss the opportunities and challenges with getting the large...
In-demand skills in Offshore Wind for the next decade
As the offshore wind industry matures and the plans to achieve carbon neutral targets start to materialize, it becomes increasingly clear that the current supply of skills in the industry falls short of meeting the growing demand.
Life as a placement engineer at Empire Engineering
The importance of bringing new talent to offshore wind is a well known priority. Here at Empire Engineering, we've made a concerted effort to play our part. As part of our hiring strategy we have welcomed both senior and junior engineers to the team in recent months....
Exploring Wake Losses in Offshore Wind
By Saurabh Gunecha. Introduction With growing awareness about the environmental impact of carbon intensive energy generation, renewables have been gaining growing focus from governments and developers all over the world. Wind and Solar are the two major promising...
