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Challenging Ground Conditions for Saint-Brieuc’s Offshore Substation

With the Saint-Brieuc offshore substation (OSS) jacket foundation recently installed off the coast of France, independent engineering consultancy, SLPE, who designed the substructure, have reflected on some of the project’s challenges, including its complex ground conditions and how these were overcome.

SLPE Awarded Funding for Innovative New Diagnostic Monitoring Tool

Renewable energy consultancy SLPE is pleased to announce a new research and development project in collaboration with University of Nottingham and Clockwork Engineering, funded by Innovate UK.

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SLPE Appoints New Junior CAD Designer – WTG Foundations

We are delighted to welcome Ahmad Abasi to our team, who has joined SLPE as a Junior CAD Designer – WTG Foundations.

Two New Structural Engineers Appointed by SLPE

We are pleased to let you know we have recently appointed two new Structural Engineers. These appointments come as we seek to further expand our service offering in the UK and overseas, following a significant time of growth at SLPE.

World Environment Day – Investing in the Energy Transition

Today (Sunday 5 June) is World Environment Day, the United Nations' day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. The event is one of the largest global platforms for environmental outreach, engaging individuals, businesses, governments, and communities with the importance of environmental action on a global scale.

Biohuts: A Sustainable Solution for Marine Habitats

Biohuts, or ‘fish hotels’ as they became affectionately known at SLPE, were part of our approach to creating a nature inclusive design for the Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore substation (OSS) substructure design.

Sustainability at SLPE

Sustainability is at the forefront of our thinking. Everything from our business conduct to the outputs we deliver utilise environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable solutions. With this in mind, we asked our team for their thoughts on sustainability at SLPE. This is what some of them had to say:

World Day for Health and Safety at Work

Today (Thursday 28 April) marks the UN’s official World Day for Health and Safety at Work. This year’s theme is focused on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has caused a shift in working arrangements, for instance, our dependency on meeting online. Attention has also been given to the benefits of occupational health and safety systems. At SLPE, are proud to have recently achieved our certification for ISO 45001:2018 (Health & Safety Management System), which reflects our health and safety-driven attitude.