Acknowledgements

We would like to personally thank Dr Andrew Grant, our project supervisor, for his support and Prof Joe Clarke & Janet Harbidge for departmental support. We would also like to extend our thanks to the following people who also helped us with the project.

Project Supervisor
Name Status Organisation
Dr Andrew Grant project supervisor Strathclyde University
Industrial Contact
Name Status Organisation
Stuart Hall & Ted Leaming Industrial contact - wind Natural Power Co
Offshore Installations & Re-use
Name Status Organisation
Prof Chengi Kuo Head of Department Ship & Marine Technology Strathclyde University
Peter Clyne Offshore Project Engineer Amec Process & Energy, Aberdeen
Tony Waldram Project Co-ordinator Amec Process & Energy, Aberdeen
Tim Broad Offshore Decommissioning specialist Broad Abandonment, Aberdeen
Bill Waller Offshore Decommissioning Communications ODCP, London
Gillian Stephenson Offshore Installations (Administration) Aberdeen University
Electrical transmission
Name Status Organisation
Dr Slobodan Jovanovic Electrical Engineering Strathclyde University
Steve Guy Submarine Cable & Installation Pirrelli Cables
Julian Peace Submarine Cable & Installation Pirrelli Cables
Martin Grimsgard Submarine Cable & Installation Alcatel
Eivind Sande Submarine Cable & Installation ABB
Renewable Energy Systems
Name Status Organisation
Peter Fraenkel Renewable Energy Systems IT Power, Hampshire
Bernard McNellis Managing Director IT Power, Hampshire
Jamie Taylor Research Fellow Edinburgh University
Richard Kettle Renewable Energy Systems Dti, London
Bill Granger Renewable Energy Systems Border Wind
Jeremy Sainsbury Renewable Energy Systems Fred Olsen
Alan Thomson Director ART, Inverness
Brian Noble Entrepreneur & Project Development N/K
Desalination
Name Status Organisation
Calum McGill Mechanical Engineer Weir Westgarth, Glasgow
Fiona Finlayson Regional Sales Manager Weir Westgarth, Glasgow
Graham Skivington Phd Student NEL, East Kilbride
Hydrogen
Name Status Organisation
Professor Snappe Lecturer Strathclyde University
Real Case
Name Status Organisation
Rob Mills Environmental Adviser (Beatrice) Talisman Energy, Aberdeen
Others
Name Status Organisation
Dr Lorraine Steffani Education Strathclyde University
All the staff at ESRU for their remarks during the crits.
Members in the class of 98/99 (you know who you are) and confidential contacts that we unfortunately cannot mention.
Personal
Finally, but by no means least, many thanks to our partners and family who have been very understanding since the beginning of this intense course, September 1998, namely:
Alexis Reilly, Anne Robertson, Sandra Mclean, Rhonda Black.