Developing Vessel Inspection and Accredited Vessels Inspectors in Offshore wind: A new player on the “offshore block”
Captain Mike Vanstone went to sea in 1976 in various commercial trades, then offshore into the Oil and Gas Industry in 1989 and having worked for an international marine consultancy has been working within the wind industry since 2010. He is now the Head of Offshore Logistics & Marine Operations at Vattenfall Offshore Wind. Vattenfall Offshore Wind is a division of Vattenfall the Swedish power generation company with offshore wind farm operations across Europe.
James Fisher
BY CAPT MIKE VANSTONE
Marine Operations and Technical Manager, Maritime Operations Department, Vattenfall
On a daily basis, the offshore wind sector can operate a wide range of differing vessels, jack ups and barges across its operations. This activity takes place during the initial installation and continues with power generation over the life cycle of the individual wind farm. This life cycle is around 5 years from planning to installation offshore followed by a further 20 to 25 years from installation for power generation before the final decommissioning. Each area of the offshore wind farm life cycle operation has its unique marine and logistical requirements supported by a wide range of associated vessel types and supporting technologies. These offshore vessels have many and various technical complexities.
In Photo reproduced with kind permission of James Fisher & Sons UK (Marine Services Worldwide)
most cases within the wind sector they have had to be developed to address specific marine challenges and are therefore at the forefront of new technologies within the sector. Marine vessels have also required greater development to address larger and greater numbers of wind turbines being installed
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