OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
FEATURE SPONSOR
ULTRA-EFFI
ONE TURBINE, ONE TEAM, ONE PRICE – AND AN END TO SPIRALLING DAY RATES
Green Marine Solutions (GMS) is taking a radically new look at the efficiency, costs and logistics of delivering O&M offshore – in all weathers around the 12-month calendar. In recent articles, we examined key business-drivers behind good O&M and the benefits for HSEQ, marine co- ordination and even marine assurance. Now it is time to look at delivery.
O&M quality is as good as the teams that provide day-to-day services in a tough environment. In their review, they considered not only the team, but also the flexible scheduling of team tasks and transport around busy windfarms in all seasons and sea conditions.
The result is an innovative package that integrates all key O&M services into one guaranteed lump-sum bundle. Operators no longer have to worry about boats, downtime, delays and complex contractual negotiations. GMS takes care of everything – and adds peace of mind as a bonus.
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM “Our Asset Maintenance service is a comprehensive system that we have pioneered on C-Power’s Thornton Bank windfarm 30kms off the Belgian coast, with extremely positive feedback. It becomes particularly important as assets begin to age, which can happen quickly once farms move out of their warrantee periods.” explains GMS Director, Crispian Jones.
“Until recently, operators have often had to hire at least four different contractors to take care of fall-arrest equipment, plant, cranes and lifting gear, temporary power management, fire-fighting equipment, CCTV systems, plus essential guano and marine growth cleaning, maintaining sophisticated painting and coating systems and general fabric maintenance.
“Now, we look after all statutory and routine inspections and maintenance with one dedicated and highly-trained, multi- disciplinary team that can also double-up
at a point to form an experienced in-field search and rescue resource already tried and tested in traumatic situations.
“The benefit for operators is increased profitability and greater efficiency. We absorb and make productive use of lost weather time. Because our skilled crews cover so many areas, more seats are available on expensive boats for transporting other personnel. Fewer risk assessments are needed. The list of benefits goes on.” he adds.
CO-OPERATIVE NEIGHBOURS The North Sea offers near ideal conditions for co-operative O&M of the type that makes GMS’ packages so effective. Windfarms are close enough for well- scheduled work boats to move efficiently between them at short notice, but far enough apart to experience very different local weather day-by-day and often hour- by-hour. Modern software systems also make it possible to track, optimise and re- schedule essential O&M inspection, service and certification tasks continuously as new circumstances arise. This is so important that GMS now provides software at zero- cost in all its projects.
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