General

This standard provides general safety principles, requirements and guidance for platform installations associated with offshore renewable energy projects, collectively denoted as "offshore substations".

Objectives

The objectives of this standard are to:

 - provide an internationally acceptable standard for safe design of offshore substations

.- promote a holistic, risk-based approach to health and safety of personnel, environmental protection and safeguarding of the installation considering economic consequences

- define minimum design requirements for installations and supplement these with options for improving safety

- serve as a guideline for designers, suppliers, purchasers and regulators

- serve as a contractual reference document between suppliers and purchasers

- specify requirements for offshore installations subject to DNV verification and certification services. Reference is given to DNV-OSS-901 "Project Certification of Offshore Wind farms".