To uphold a sustainable future, a considerable reduction of CO2 emissions is essential. DNV is assisting the wind industry manage the risk throughout the entire lifecycle of a wind energy project.
Helping the industry go clean
The interest for wind industry is increasing due to high oil prices and a cleaner public energy focus. Wind technology is evolving and new, challenging projects brings along immature technologies and commercial risk. More and more wind farms are now situated offshore, with demanding weather conditions and limited availability for repair and maintenance work. With more than 20 years of wind turbine experience, DNV is a world leader in helping stakeholders manage their technical risks.
DNV is serving the wind industry by offering a wide range of services covering the entire life cycle of a wind energy project from:
- Accredited type certification of wind turbines
- Accredited project certification of onshore and offshore wind farms
- Project risk management services
- 2nd and 3rd party independent verification services to the wind industry for all design and project phases
- Marine warranty for the installation of wind turbines offshore
- Ship collision risk management for offshore wind farms
- ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certification of manufacturers and service companies
- Validation of CO2 emission credits
- Environmental impact and SHE management services.
DNV offers risk management and certification services worldwide, and holds a wide range of national accreditations. With our global network of local resources, we can provide the risk services and certification services most appropriate to your needs and your company’s location. Through our technical cooperation with RISØ National Laboratory in Denmark since 1987, we are engaged in front-end wind energy research. Through a detailed understanding of the risks involved in the wind industry, DNV provides the independence required to improve the safety and environmental performance.
World class standards
DNV has been leading involvement in formal standardisation, through IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and European and national standards bodies. From this DNV takes the initiatives by developing DNV’s own standards in order to facilitate the use of the international standards.
Project certification
More and more wind farms are now being situated offshore, where winds are stronger and the turbines present less of an issue in terms of visual interference with surrounding landscape. Investors require guidance in the location of their installation, this is where DNV are the leaders.
Type certification
Since the early start of the wind turbine industry in the ‘80s independent certification by third parties has played an important role to minimise the number of errors in design and to provide confidence between the manufacturers, developers, owners, finance, insurance and the authorities.
Project risk management
With new projects come new risks and opportunities. DNV is acknowledged as a world leader in managing the risk of capital investments in a wide range of industries, including the onshore and offshore wind industry.
SHE risk management
DNV works with you to develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve best practices in safety, health and the environment (SHE) risk management.
Ship collision
If a ship collides with an offshore wind turbine installation, the consequences have economic, safety, and environmental ramifications. Authorities usually require analysis of related risks and identification of necessary risk reduction measures.
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