ETI Appoints New Offshore Renewables Strategy Manager

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed Stuart Bradley to the post of Offshore Renewables Strategy Manager.

Stuart will be responsible for the strategy of its offshore wind and marine technology programmes, and will work closely with Simon Cheeseman, the ETI’s Marine programme manager and Andrew Scott, the ETI’s Offshore Wind programme manager. He will report into Richard Knight, the ETI’s Deputy Chief Engineer.

The ETI has invested £25m in marine and tidal technologies and £60m in its offshore wind programme. The aim of the marine programme is to address the key industry challenges by supporting the sea-trials of near commercial marine energy systems, and through the development and demonstration of key technologies, systems and tools that support the acceleration of the industry.

Meanwhile, its offshore wind programme is focused on achieving significant cost reductions and enhanced reliability for offshore wind. Stuart will work closely on developing and building the investment cases for the ETI’s proposed Floating Offshore Wind and Marine Array Demonstrator projects.

Stuart will be based at the company’s Loughborough headquarters and has joined the ETI from Rugby-based GE Power Conversion. Stuart is a marine engineer by profession and has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University. He has worked on technology for the rail, defence, automotive, power generation and marine industry, and has developed various Patents. Prior to joining GE Power Conversion, Stuart worked at Converteam in the R&D Department since 2006, collaborating on a range of projects with universities, suppliers and the Technology Strategy Board.

Commenting on his appointment, Stuart Bradley, Offshore Renewables Manager, said: “I am excited to be joining the ETI and to be working on such varied and interesting new technology programmes. Both offshore wind and marine are industries in their relative infancy. These programmes provide a lot of potential to accelerate the development of new technology helping to build viable business propositions through cost reduction and increased reliability.”

Richard Knight, the ETI’s Deputy Chief Engineer, said: “I’m delighted that Stuart has come on board. The marine and offshore wind technology programmes are two of our most challenging. Stuart’s experience and knowledge of these sectors will be particularly useful as the programmes and projects develop.”

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Press release, December 2, 2013; Image: ETI