Exhibitor profile
All-Energy '08 will include companies supplying, or able to supply, the large range of equipment, components and specialist services needed by the industry - for onshore and offshore wind, wave and tidal, hydro, hydrogen and fuel cells, solar and biofuels. It is very definitely an event aimed at companies wanting to expand, eager to rise to new, exciting and profitable challenges, stake their claim on an involvement with a fast emerging and serious business opportunity, and to use as a springboard for exports.

It is not just equipment that is needed. The renewables industry offers opportunities for the sort of expertise for which Aberdeen-based offshore industry companies including offshore operators and lead contractors are world-renowned. This distinctive contribution includes project management and systems integration; strategic planning including management of planning consents, external and public affairs management and partnership issues; services, including offshore construction, facilities management (catering and accommodation), logistics and management of operations in remote locations; and asset management.

The following grid from the Scottish Enterprise project Winning Supply Business in Wind Power Projects was presented by Dr Andrew Fellows (then with Garrad Hassan and Partners) at the very first event in the All-Energy series. It not only encapsulates the types of equipment and services needed by the renewables industry as it moves offshore, but remains as true today as when it was presented in February 2001.

WIND TURBINE		WIND FARM	OFFSHORE
Ascent systems Equipment hoists Ladders Lifts Personnel hoists Safety equipment Blades Aerofoil technology Fibre glass shells Flexible spars Integrated CFRP blades Integrated fibre glass blades Integrated wood blades Low aerodynamic sound technology Root fixing inserts Separate spars Tip brake actuators Tip brake spars Cabling Connectors inc. unwind systems HV cables LV cables Slip rings Supports Control panels Capacitors Communications Computers Contactors Databus Displays Feedback control technology Monitoring system IF Panels Power line comms carriers Smart transducers Soft start units Supervisory control software UPS Drive trains Anti motor clutch Carden shaft Fluid couplings Fluids Gearbox spring damper systems High speed brake disc Hydraulic brake caliper Integrated gearbox/bearings Load carrying bearings Low noise gear box technology Oil coolers and piping Over-torque protection clutch Pneumatic brake caliper Rigid coupling Separate gearbox Speed sensors Torque compliant couplings Torque limiting gearboxes Variable speed gearboxes Earthing systems Generator Cooling fans Induction generator Local power sensors/switches Low speed generator Power metering Speed sensors Synchronous generator Temperature sensors Variable speed drive Internal communications Connectors Electric/fibre optic cables Electric/fibre optic slip rings Supports Unwind systems	Internal lighting Emergency lightning Lights Lightning protection Air termination Bearing information Blade protection Detection Load bearing structure AV mountings Castings Fabrications Soft mountings Unusual constructions Local power systems Fluids Hydraulic power packs Pneumatic power packs Transformers Mechanical actuation systems Actuator linkages & bearings Hydraulic accumulators Hydraulic pistons Passive centrifugal release systems Pneumatic accumulators Pneumatic pistons Position sensors Rotary hydraulic motors Servo drives Servo motors Nacelle cladding Access panels Aluminium panels AV mounts Cooling ducts Fibre glass shell Sound proof linings Steel fabrication Nacelle control panel Computers Databus Displays Overspeed protection Panels Rotor hub Blade bearings Elastomeric bearings Hub castings Hub fabrications Low speed shaft castings Plain teeter bearings Rotary hydraulic unions Rotary transformers Slip ring units Spar fixings/mountings Tower Doors Fittings (shackles, bolts, locks etc) Guy wires Lattice Rolled/folded steel Turbine anemometry Aerodynamic anemometers Aerodynamic wind vanes Other devices Yaw systems Angle/rate sensors Electric motors Hydraulic actuators Hydraulic motors Motor gearboxes Rolling bearings Rotary dampers Sliding/friction bearings	Consumables Lubricants Safety gear Workwear Earthing systems Erection systems A frame systems Cranes Self assembly gantries Self assembly hoists Self assembly technology Foundations Caissons (corrugated steel pipe) Piles Ready-mixed concrete Reinforcements Rock anchors General services Aerial access Commissioning Construction Craneage Design Financial Haulage Legal Maintenance Operation Project management Site surveys - soil, ecology etc Supervision Testing HV switchgear CBs/Fuses HV cable terminations Ring main units/switches Maintenance equipment Condition monitoring General Tools Motor vehicles Radio/telephone communications Site infrastructure Access tracks Cabling/trenching Drainage/culverts Hard standing Landscaping/restoration Office accommodation Portakabins Workshop accommodation Substation/control building LV switchgear Auxiliary supplies Commissioning Earthing system HV circuit breakers HV CTs HV disconnectors HV outdoor busbars, with supports etc HV switchgear HV VTs LV power supplies & domestic wiring Metering Substation civils Wind farm transformer protection Wind farm transformers Transformer Air cooled Amorphous core Enclosed oil cooled Enclosures External Internal Plinth Wind farm anemometry Aerodynamic anemometers Aerodynamic wind vanes Loggers Met masts Other devices Wind farm monitoring systems Communication equipment Expert fault finding software Remote access PC SCADA cabling SCADA PC and terminal equipment SCADA software	Goods Concrete caissons De-humidification systems Evacuation equipment (liferafts etc) Monopile foundations Navigation lighting Radar transponders Radio systems Structural steelwork Sub-sea cables Services Diving services Floating craneage Harbour services Helicopter support Marinisation Shipping Sub-sea cabling Sub-sea surveying Wind/wave load analysis