Draeger: Safety in the renewables sector

Draeger: Safety in the renewables sector

The momentum behind the UK’s renewable energy industry has increased considerably over recent months and, as the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) prepares to take place in Glasgow later this year, global attention on the topic has rarely been greater.

But whilst the urgency around climate change targets and net zero is accelerating and the rush for renewable fuel sources intensifies, there is a steadily developing sense of urgency on another, related, topic within renewables: safety.

The Piper Alpha disaster of 1988 served as a significant wake up call for safety improvements across the oil and gas sectors. Thirty-three years later, there is a growing recognition that safety standards in the UK’s clean and renewable energy sector needs to keep pace.