Operations & Maintenance of floating wind (FLOW) will involve the servicing of platforms the height of a sky-scraper many miles out to sea.

Around 260 such platforms are expected to be deployed in the Celtic Sea by the late 2030s. All will require scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the turbines themselves - but also the towers,  floating platforms, cables, moorings and anchors. 

There is much uncertainty on how O&M will actually be completed for FLOW. But a wide range of expertise will certainly be required in; marine operations, vessels, sub-sea inspection, remote monitoring and more. There is therefore a real opportunity for ambitious approaches to service provision.