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Event

Webinar: Nature inclusive design of offshore infrastructure How can we design offshore systems to safeguard healthy marine ecosystems?

Event

Topic

Offshore Energy & Nature

Dimension

Energy & Nature
Calendar 27 November 2020
Location Online

Our webinar, “Nature inclusive design of offshore infrastructure” on 27 November includes presentations by and discussions with two practitioners closely involved in the search for solutions to ensure that healthy marine ecosystems are safeguarded in all offshore infrastructure development.

Achieving the target set out in the Paris Agreement of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C will require a significant and fast increase in renewable energy capacity, including offshore energy sources. A substantial amount of new infrastructure will be necessary, risking fragile marine ecosystems.

To create a future energy system that supports decarbonisation while safeguarding the environment, we must find new and innovative solutions to design infrastructure which reduces the risks to the environment and actively creates opportunities to support ecosystems.

The Dutch offshore project “The Rich North Sea” (De Rijke Noordzee) has been carrying out pioneering work, exploring different ways in which offshore infrastructure could be built or enhanced to provide ecosystem services.

The presenters are:

Annemiek Hermans, Biological Oceanographer and Marine Environmental Project Manager, TenneT

Eline van Onselen, Marine Ecologist, De Rijke Noordzee

contact

Dení Aguilar Bellamy

Coordinator – Offshore Energy and Nature

Dení Aguilar Bellamy

Coordinator – Offshore Energy and Nature

t: +49 30 2332 11029
Dení joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2018. She is currently coordinating the work of the ‘Offshore Energy and Nature’ team, and previously was responsible for RGI’s Business Plan and fundraising strategies. Prior to RGI, Deni worked as a consultant, managing and implementing international projects between the EU, Asia-Pacific and Latin-America in diverse sectors. She studied Sociology and Political Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and La Trobe University in Australia, and she holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Xiamen University in China.

Dení Aguilar Bellamy

Coordinator – Offshore Energy and Nature

Dení Aguilar Bellamy

Coordinator – Offshore Energy and Nature

t: +49 30 2332 11029
Dení joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2018. She is currently coordinating the work of the ‘Offshore Energy and Nature’ team, and previously was responsible for RGI’s Business Plan and fundraising strategies. Prior to RGI, Deni worked as a consultant, managing and implementing international projects between the EU, Asia-Pacific and Latin-America in diverse sectors. She studied Sociology and Political Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and La Trobe University in Australia, and she holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Xiamen University in China.