Gwynt y Môr Emergency Response Team Wins Safety Award

RWE Innogy has won this year’s Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award organised by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate.

Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Emergency Response Team was declared winner during the Health and Safety Conference, which takes place today in Birmingham.

The Emergency Response Team (ERT) is responsible for the entire offshore site, an area of 80km², located 18km off the North Wales coast. It has inducted 9000 people, and overseen more than 500,000 offshore transfers without any significant incidents.

RenewableUK Director of Health & Safety Chris Streatfeild said:

“We had an outstanding shortlist of candidates this year, which shows yet again how seriously health and safety issues are taken by the industry. Each entry had its own merits, and made a real contribution to addressing the often complex risks faced by companies on a day-to-day basis. The winners RWE Innogy and joint runners up Forewind and Wind Towers (Scotland) show the diversity of the health and safety challenges impacting on the onshore and offshore sectors – but more importantly a willingness to share the experiences and lessons learned to a wider audience.”

Previous winners include Centrica, E.ON and Technip.

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