Offshore wind majors form G9 health and safety group

Zwei Servicemitarbeiter im schwedischen Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund im Öresund zwischen Malmö und Kopenhagen. Siemens hat im Projekt Lillgrund 48 Windenergieanlagen des Typs SWT-2.3-93 mit einer Leistung von jeweils 2,3 Megawatt (MW) installiert. Der Windpark mit einer installierten Gesamtleistung von 110 Megawatt (MW) wird vom schwedischen Energieversorger Vattenfall betrieben und wurde im Juni 2008 offiziell in Betrieb genommen. Der Offshore-Windpark Lillgrund produziert genug Strom, um 60.000 schwedische Haushalte zu versorgen.Two service personnel at the Swedish offshore wind farm Lillgrund in the Øresund between Malmö and Copenhagen. For the Lillgrund project Siemens installed 48 SWT-2.3-93 wind power systems each rated at 2.3 megawatts (MW). The wind farm with a total installed capacity of 110 MW is operated by the Swedish utility Vattenfall and officially came on line in June 2008. The Lillgrund offshore wind farm produces enough electrcity to supply 60,000 Swedish households.

Nine of European offshore wind's biggest developers have formed an industry group to focus on health and safety in the fast-growing sector.

The new body, called G9, aims to put safety centre-stage, and to develop and share best practices across an industry that is highly international in its make-up.

“The G9 recognise that individual countries, developers and operators already take health and safety very seriously,” says a statement.

“However, in an industry where there is large-scale development involving companies from many different countries, it is vital to develop and ensure a common approach and understanding of health and safety standards.”

The founders of G9 are Centrica, Dong Energy, E.ON, RWE Innogy, Scottish Power Renewables, SSE, Statkraft,…

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