Marine Renewables
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Interested in the Marine Renewables sector?
The marine renewables offshore sector is a highly innovative industry, which is evolving rapidly as the demand for renewable power generation increases in line with the UK’s targets for reducing CO2 emissions in the fight against climate change.
The original wind farm projects were situated in estuaries, such as the Thames, or within UK territorial waters (i.e. up to 12 nautical miles from the coastline).
However, advances in technology and knowledge over recent years has enabled the geographic expansion of marine renewable offshore wind farms, which can now stretch out to the UK continental shelf boundary (i.e. up to 200 nautical miles from the coastline), and facilitated greatly increased turbine size and generation output.
The type of marine craft suitable for transfer operations has also changed as a consequence of the changing commercial environment. Small day-fishing vessels are being replaced by purpose-built catamarans with accommodation for crew.
Operating at greater distances from the UK coastline and a safe haven requires support vessels to be significantly larger, with many vessels now exceeding 24 metres in length. Some craft may spend a number of shift days on station at a wind farm site, only returning when necessary to replenish supplies and change crew members.
The following publication useful reference material: UK Marine Energy
Additional information is available from the following industry sources:
Academic Qualifications
Deck (Navigation) Cadets
- Higher National Diploma (HND) in Nautical Science
- Foundation Degree (FdSc) or Scottish Professional Diploma (SPD) in Marine Operations
- BSc (Hons) Degree in Nautical Science
Marine Engineer Cadets
- Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marine Engineering
- Foundation Degree (FdEng) or Scottish Professional Diploma (SPD) in Marine Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Degree in Marine Engineering
Marine Electro-Technical Cadets
- Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marine Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Foundation Degree (FdEng) or Scottish Professional Diploma (SPD) in Marine Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Degree in Marine Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The HND and FD academic and professional qualifications also allow progression on to an Honours Degree programme, if desired.
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