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DNV Offshore Wind Director,

Americas hile Robert Galinski has served as DNV’s Off- tance to how cost effective this can be. The commitment shore Wind Director, Americas, for just about we see from the federal government is encouraging.” one year, he is well-versed and long-tenured While there remain numerous hurdles to jump before in the offshore wind sector in Europe and the offshore wind is running at speed in the U.S., Galinski

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U.S. for more than a decade, starting his career in offshore maintains that there is strength in numbers. “By mid- wind managing the fabrication, assembly and installation 2020s, we’ll see multiple commercial-scale projects com- offshore wind farms on the west coast of the U.K. and ing online,” he said. “We must ensure that we leverage the

Belgium. Relocated to Houston in 2019, today Galinski is experience from existing projects (both existing domestic) responsible for the management of operations and strategy and other parts of the world, especially in Europe, to avoid related to DNV’s classi? cation business for offshore devel- delays and negative ? nancial impact. It’s up to the supply opments in the Americas. chain to react as a collective to ensure that the 30 by ‘30

After numerous stops and start, the wind business in targets are met, and it’s encouraging to see this happening

North America is ? nally picking up steam, with the politi- already at a good pace.” cal will established and funding starting to ? ow to meet “Building a strong renewable industry for the future will the Biden Administration’s 30/30 mandate – 30 gigawatts be only successful once we create a strong supply chain lo- (GW) of offshore wind power by 2030. cally,” Galinski said. “Leveraging experiences from outside “The 30 by ‘30 target has really put the offshore wind (the U.S.) is important, but we can’t forget that we have a on the map in the U.S.,” Galinski said in a recent inter- pioneering workforce in the U.S. that triumphed in the oil view. “The potential for development of clean energy us- and gas industry and continues to excel in that segment. So ing offshore wind was known for some time, but there was being open to global experiences while using local exper- always—and there still remains in some circles—this reluc- tise is a very powerful mix and a winning formula to do in 8 | MN January 2022