APEM aims for US offshore sector

5 October 2012


Aerial survey firm APEM and environmental consultancy Normandeau have teamed up to target growth in the US wind energy sector.

The two companies aim to combine APEM’s expertise in aerial bird and marine mammal surveys with Normandeau’s established reputation in the US to take advantage of the projected growth in US wind energy installations, both on- and offshore.

APEM managing director Keith Hendry said: “Bringing the expertise our scientists and analysts have developed in the UK and Europe to the US market is an incredibly exciting step for us. The company has grown at around 50 per cent for the last two years helped by our successful aerial survey business, and we expect growth in the US to fuel further expansion.

“Crucially, in Normandeau we’ve found an ideal partner. Our shared ethos and experience make the companies a perfect fit.”

Normandeau and APEM anticipate significant growth in the both the onshore and offshore wind sectors in the US in the next five to ten years. The American Wind Energy Association predicts a total capacity of 300 GW by 2030, with offshore wind accounting for around 55 GW of this.

The US and European wind power markets have developed very differently. While the US is world’s second largest producer of wind energy and has the world’s largest single windfarm, all its windfarms are land based and it currently has no offshore windfarms.

However, this is expected to change as offshore windfarms are developed off both the east and west coasts, close to centres of population. Developer Cape Wind has gained consent to build America’s first offshore windfarm off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

APEM operates a fleet of five modern survey aircraft equipped with state of the art digital image capture systems and proprietary software and has carried out over 200 surveys for a diverse range of clients around Europe.




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