Decarbonising North Sea maritime operations

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The UK Department for Transport and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have unveiled the Department’s ‘Operation Zero’, which aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) vessels working in the North Sea’s offshore wind farms.

At an event as part of COP26 in Glasgow, Maritime Minister Robert Courts announced the initiative, which will convene a coalition of 28 founding signatories from across the offshore wind supply chain from the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium, including industry majors Siemens Gamesa, Orsted, RWE, Vattenfall, ScottishPower Renewables, Equinor, ABP, Lloyds Register, Bibby Marine, North Star Renewables and the ORE Catapult. The vision of ‘Operation Zero’ is... ... More: Official Press Release ORE Catapult

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UK, ORE Catapult, offshore, vessel, Operation Zero, decarbonisation, O&M, maintenance, wind farm, emissions