PRESS RELEASE
Bureau Veritas publishes Current and Tidal Turbines guidelines
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, May 28, 2015 – International classification society and certification group
Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to help the development of current and
tidal turbines. The guidelines are backed by a separate guide to certification for marine renewable energy
devices including tidal turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conversion.
Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice-President and Head of the Marine & Offshore Division of Bureau
Veritas says, “Marine renewable energy offers promising sources of clean energy. Emerging technologies
that generate electricity by harnessing the power of tidal streams, waves and temperature gradients, are
moving from research phase to commercial use. We think that over the next five to ten years, the number
of tidal turbines in particular is set to multiply. There is a clear need for standards and certification in this
fast-developing field.”
To ensure the commercial viability of their projects, designers and operators involved in marine energy
must be able to demonstrate their technologies are safe and offer high quality and reliability. This can be
complex in an emerging sector with no real track record, and where international standards are still under
development. Bureau Veritas, as an established certification body with extensive experience in renewable
energy and marine and offshore energy issues leads the industry with these guidance notes setting
standards specific to current and tidal turbines and guidelines on certification for them.
NI 603 Current and Tidal Turbines sets down guidelines applicable to current and tidal turbines which are
installed on the seabed and which produce electricity from tidal power, underwater current power or
estuary water power. They cover the materials and loads for the support structure, including foundations
and turbine and also the requirements for the electrical installation. There are sections on life-cycle
considerations, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, maintenance and decommissioning.
The Marine Renewable Energy Guide to Certification sets out how developers in these emerging fields
can approach certification of their units and prototypes.
For a graphic of turbines go to http://bit.ly/1As4kK8 and for a copy of both guides e mail
[email protected]
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group
has more than 66,000 employees in around 1,400 offices and laboratories located all across the globe. Bureau Veritas
helps its clients to improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their
assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety,
environmental protection and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next
20 index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.
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