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Bibby takes the fossil out of fuel
14th Jul 2026
Battery powered Bibby Marine ship (image: Bibby Marine)
A somewhat conflicting fact for the clean energy produced by offshore wind farms is that they do have a carbon cost through the operation of commissioning service and operation vessels (CSOVs).
As it currently stands, these ships are not wildly dissimilar from the oil and gas offshore support vessels (OSVs) from which their design is derived and require various fossil-fuelled generators to generate electrical power to support their daily activities.
This represents an industry misalignment. Much of the work that these CSOVs undertake involves ferrying crews between shore – where, in many places, there is