Workers at a Scottish offshore wind farm will soon be able to relieve themselves at convenience thanks to an investment in purpose-built windfarm toilets.
Pegasus Welfare Solutions’ (PWS) loos may seem bog standard, but they will save time for workers at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, while boosting hygiene, welfare and efficiency standards. Construction of the toilets is now complete, and they will be installed on every turbine by the end of March.
Loos are a right
Dan Greeves, inventor and managing director of Norwich, UK-based PWS, is campaigning for loos on turbines to become standard across the offshore wind industry, where not one offshore turbine is fitted with a toilet.
“My mission here in Norfolk is to make hygiene and welfare not optional extras and nice to haves, but essential for the workforce. You wouldn’t turn up at any other workplace and accept no welfare facilities on site, so why should offshore wind workers?
“Vattenfall, as a responsible developer that cares about its workforce, is the first to invest in our units on every turbine on its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, that is renowned for its innovations and industry firsts.
“And I’m confident that our made-in-Norfolk product will be installed on their Norfolk projects, Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas, and have been involved with the team working in Norfolk for some time.”
Project partners
Seabed Scour Control Systems supplied bespoke rigging to lift the units, MDF Transport was contracted to take the units to Aberdeen, Kirklands Equipment Supply handmade waterproof PVC carry bags for the cassettes that will contain the waste, and Stag Plant Hire, based in Peterhead, Aberdeen will service the units.
The design of the cubicle was finalised at the end of last year in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, which also plans to trial the facilities at its 7MW Levenmouth demonstration turbine off the Fife coast later this year.
By Rebecca Jeffrey
