Clearing Wind Farms of Unexploded Ordnance

Many offshore wind farms have been faced, and will face a problem with the unexploded World War II-era ordnance.

As the industry moves further out to sea, there is a growing demand for contractors, who will make sure that the offshore wind farm installation can proceed safely.

Former British Army Major Simon Cooke has established 6 Alpha Associates, one of the few companies that answered offshore wind developers’ demands, writes Bloomberg.

Around 1.6 million tons of weapons were dumped just in German North and Baltic seas.

Major Cooke believes that they will not run out of work any time soon.

 “There’s enough work offshore to keep us going in Europe for at least a decade easily, without going anywhere else at all,” he said.

Offshore WIND staff, January 30, 2014; Image: 6 Alpha Associates