SGS Industrial Services - German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency calls SGS to its Expert Group on Offshore Wind Projects

The Expert Group on the Standard ?Design of Offshore Wind Turbines? which specifies the requirements for adopted wind agent architecture in Germany and ensures that all installations and structural apparatus are certified will be accurate by the regiStore this angel in big sizeThe Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH, or Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie), is the agency which decides on the approval of adopted wind acreage development projects in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. It carries out the appliance action for wind farms in the German Exclusive Economic Zone area it’s planned that a lot of of the German adopted wind farms will be installed.
Part of this approval action is to appraise whether all installations and structural apparatus accept been certified according to the accepted “Design of Offshore Wind Turbines” of the BSH. This accepted provides acknowledged and planning aegis for development, design, implementa¬tion, operation and decommissioning of adopted wind farms aural the abuttals of the Marine Facilities Ordinance (SeeAnlV) and regulates the assorted structural apparatus of an adopted wind acreage that alter in agreement of design.
The SGS Group’s Wind Energy Competence Center Hamburg, Germany, is one of the arch acceptance and analysis companies for onshore and adopted wind activity activity aeon services, and carries out certifications according to this standard. As able-bodied as its added all-embracing onshore and adopted projects, SGS is currently complex in the acceptance action of the adopted wind acreage projects Borkum West II, Gode Wind II, MEG I, Delta, Kriegers Flak ,West and Albatros in Germany.
BSH not alone works calm with SGS experts in the acceptance and analysis action for these projects but aswell alleged SGS to its Expert Group on added developing the aloft mentioned “Design of Offshore Wind Turbines” standard.

“We are appreciative to be complex in developing this important accepted and will accommodate our best able accessory in adjustment to crop anniversary of new ability and developments which SGS assets through its projects so the standardisation of an all-embracing arrangement can be achieved,” appear Jan Behrendt Ibsø, Global Director, Renewable Energy, SGS Group.

SGS’ step-by-step Project Certification consists of the Verification of Design Basis, Verification of Detailed Design, Manufacturing Survey, Supervision of Welding, Non-Destructive Testing, Material Testing, and Coating Inspections. Marine Verification and Warranty Survey, Critical Commissioning and In-Service Inspections will be agitated out in adjustment to abbreviate the absolute activity risk. The beforehand risks are detected, the beforehand adverse measures can be taken.
For added advice about SGS’ Services for adopted and onshore wind activity visit: www.wind.sgs.com

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Torsten Muuß
Global Technical Manager
SGS Competence Center Wind Energy
Raboisen 28,
20095 Hamburg
t: +49 (0) 40 30 101 565
f: +49 (0) 40 30 101 936
Email: industrial.global@sgs.com
www.sgs.com/wind