Every project needs a strong foundation
Empire is an engineering consultancy supporting the offshore wind industry with advice, insight and technical know-how.
Building a sustainable future
Empire works in renewable energy because of the technical challenges it presents to us as engineers, and the benefits it offers to humankind.
Renewable energy is the cornerstone of creating a sustainable future. It’s exciting and rewarding – but forging this new path ahead comes with challenges.
Empire can help: quickly and safely. Whether your project needs structural analysis, concept design or hands-on support.
How we can help
Early Stage Design
Empire is at the cutting edge of
foundation engineering design.
Specifically we deliver FEED and concept design for fixed and floating structures.
Owner’s Engineer
Sometimes, an engineering project needs a little more horsepower.
We can deploy our team of world class engineers quickly, reliably and safely, wherever help is needed.
Specialist Engineering
Independent expert advice when you need it.
Whether it’s evaluating early stage opportunities, rethinking design choices or overcoming an immediate challenge.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
Our clients have entrusted us to deliver over 100 projects spanning more than a decade. We value being trusted partners and take our responsibility seriously.
Specialist
We are not generalists. Empire’s sole focus is the offshore renewable energy sector. When the project requires specialist knowledge, our engineers deliver.
Approachable
We field a team of brilliant engineers, who are also excellent people to work with. Our expert team is here to help, to share knowledge and provide clear explanations.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
We’ve been doing this a while, and Empire’s success is built on our clients’ trust.
Specialist
Empire’s sole focus is the off-shore wind energy sector. When only the best will do, our specialist engineers will deliver.
Responsive
Fast and pragmatic – but never reckless: Empire is on-call and ready when you need our help.
Articles
Articles
Life as a placement engineer at Empire Engineering
The importance of bringing new talent to offshore wind is a well known priority. Here at Empire Engineering, we've made a concerted effort to play our part. As part of our hiring strategy we have welcomed both senior and junior engineers to the team in recent months....
Exploring Wake Losses in Offshore Wind
By Saurabh Gunecha. Introduction With growing awareness about the environmental impact of carbon intensive energy generation, renewables have been gaining growing focus from governments and developers all over the world. Wind and Solar are the two major promising...
Empire Engineering Team days 2023
By Karl Davis In a few days from now it will be half time for 2023. At Empire Engineering, the year has seen a lot of action with several new faces joining and our numbers have grown to record levels. We’ve opened offices in Nantes, moved to bigger premises in Bristol...
Could ChatGPT replace our jobs in offshore wind?
With integration and further supervised training, ChatGPT could become a powerful and accurate tool with many potential uses in offshore wind.
Wave forces on large structures in offshore wind
The offshore wind turbine industry is developing larger wind turbines, and we need larger foundations to accommodate them in the oceans.
Floating offshore wind turbines will play a remarkable role in the future of the wind industry.
