Bureau Veritas is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification, and the worldwide leader in the provision of a wide range of Conformity and Compliance services relating to Quality, Health, Safety, the Environment, and Social Responsibility. The Company was founded in 1828; currently employs over 72,000 people; has offices in 140 Countries; and a turnover of €4.6bn in 2017. It is able to provide expertise to Clients worldwide across a wide range of disciplines through Technical Centres in France, the UK, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, UAE, & USA.

As the industry started to develop devices to harness the power from wind, ocean waves and current environments, developers and investors looked to 3rd party evaluation, verification and certification to identify and mitigate risks. Bureau Veritas with its Marine & Offshore legacy was a natural partner. Bureau Veritas took a strategic decision to be active in early R&D projects to ensure its leading software tools and expertise can be utilized to reduce the risk of deploying this new technology. Therefore Bureau Veritas has developed an impressive reference list ensuring its engineers can bring expert knowledge and quality solutions to this new sector.Bureau Veritas has been active for more than 5 years in Offshore Marine Renewables and over 10 years in Offshore Wind Industry, including Type Certification of wind turbines, Project Certification of offshore wind farms, certification of substations for offshore wind farms, regulatory control of lifting equipment and electrical installations, manufacturing surveillance of wind turbine components, and on-site inspection of various wind turbine components such as blades and gearboxes. Notable clients include ENERCON, Nordex, Siemens Wind Power, Vestas, Acciona, Eon, RWE, etc.