James Nichols is a Specialist working in Loads and Control at Vestas, who design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe. James has 11 years of experience in the field of aero-servo-elastic modelling of wind turbines, working previously in consultancy on wind turbine design and certification of offshore wind farms. He has been involved in the creation of an international Technical Specification for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.