Huw has a scientific background with a PhD in coastal processes from Southampton, but has spent most of his career in commercial roles supporting marine infrastructure developments across sectors such as LNG, O&G production and, over the last 20 years, offshore wind. Huw has held roles with Cefas, that of executive director of an offshore survey consultancy undertaking site surveys for array and export cable characterisations, a period with Orsted as Head of UK Environment and Consents and, more recently, as a Partner with ERM providing environmental and sustainability expertise to offshore wind developers and operators.
The Offshore Wind Conference 2024 is hosted by Scottish Renewables. This year, the conference is taking place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow from 24th January to 25th January 2024.
Key themes for this year include addressing the barriers affecting the deployment of offshore wind and the success of Scotland’s supply chain companies.
ERM at the event
ERM is proud to be exhibiting at Stand G6 and speaking at this year’s Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2024.
Huw Powell will be speaking on the second day of the conference (25th January at 15:15) at the Session 9: Towards the 2030 horizon and beyond – project updates panel.