After the hectic construction and installation phase of the offshore wind industry there is a long term legacy that will remain for the life time of the current wind farm, and who knows possibly the second generation wind farm. Operations and maintenance (O&M) will be there providing work for thousands of engineers and technicians around our coasts for the years to come. The coordination of the O&M operations will be done at the O&M base, and it is the siting of these bases that is being considered now for the planned wind farm.

Existing wind farms have bases already in operation and it is the Offshore Operations Manager of one of these bases who spoke to Offshore WIND recently.