Development of an integrated system for personnel and equipment transfer to offshore wind turbines

The British organization Carbon Trust promoted a competition within the Offshore Wind Accelerator framework for solving one of the critical issues concerning the operation of far offshore wind farms. The maintenance of 200 turbines in the new offshore wind farms which will be built around the United Kingdom poses a considerable challenge, as turbine access and work platforms will be located 20 m above the water in open sea conditions, up to 300 km from the coast line.