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At the G+ Annual General Meeting, TotalEnergies was formally approved as a Board Member of G+, and will have Board representation as well as participate in G+’s European, Asia Pacific and North American Focal Groups.

Based at the Energy Institute, G+ brings together the key players across the international offshore wind industry to drive the highest safety standards through incident data reporting, good practice guidance, learning from incidents, and safe by design workshops.

Commenting on the appointment, Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth FEI said:

“G+ continues to go from strength to strength, and I’m pleased to see major industry player TotalEnergies bolster its commitment to health and safety by joining the G+ ranks.

“Bringing together the key stakeholders across the offshore wind sector, G+ continues to lead health and safety collaboration, upholding best practice and shining a spotlight on HSE performance.”

Olivier Terneaud, Vice President Offshore Wind at TotalEnergies Renewables commented:

“By joining the G+ board, TotalEnergies is proud to contribute its know-how and experience to meet the safety challenges of the offshore wind industry”

G+ comprises 13 leading operators – bp, Corio Generation, EDF Renewables, Equinor, Iberdrola, Northland Power Inc., Ocean Winds, Ørsted, RWE, Siemens Gamesa, SSE, TotalEnergies and Vattenfall – as well as many associate members.

With expanding operations in the Asia Pacific and North American regions, G+ continues to utilise the lessons learned from high potential incidents that occurred during the early stages of offshore wind in Europe to develop good practice guidelines, in multiple languages, to support safe offshore wind operations in these regions.

As part of the drive to ensure lessons learned from these incidents are made freely available, G+ is continuing to make safety incident lessons available through Toolbox, the Energy Institute’s free-to-use incident lessons platform.

As well as formally approving TotalEnergies application for full membership, the AGM was a chance for the G+ Board to review the status of the 2023 work programme, and discuss plans for 2024 and the wider 3-5 year strategic themes.

Notes for editors

• For media enquiries, please contact Neil Michie on 020 7467 7132 or nmichie@energyinst.org
• G+ is the global health and safety organisation for the offshore wind industry.
  The Energy Institute provides the secretariat and supports the ongoing work of the G+.
  We bring together business leaders, health and safety experts and organisations operating in the offshore wind industry to drive good practice and promote world-class safety performance across the sector.
  Through an evidence based approach, we ensure key emerging risks are mitigated through co-operation and shared learnings, aiming for the highest levels of health and safety standards being pursued throughout the life cycle of offshore wind farms.
  We engage on important industry matters by facilitating discussion and bringing together industry stakeholders to speak with one voice for the offshore wind industry.
• The Energy Institute (EI) is the chartered professional membership body for people who work across the world of energy.
  Our purpose is creating a better energy future for our members and society by accelerating a just global energy transition to net zero.
  We do this by attracting, developing and equipping the diverse future energy workforce; informing energy decision-making through convening expertise and advice; and enabling industry to make energy lower carbon, safer and more efficient.