Siemens has awarded marine engineers Houlder a sea fastening contract for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm in England.
The contract covers the design of blade rack, tower and nacelle fastenings to be used during the transport of Siemens 6MW turbines to the project site.
It is the first such contract won by a UK company, according to Siemens
“Siemens is delighted to be able to award Houlder Ltd this important contract,” Galloper project procurement manager Christoph Schott said.
“It further underlines our commitment, as demonstrated by the construction of our blade manufacturing factory in Hull, to UK content and to keeping our operations and supply chain as close to the customer as we are able.
“Previously, all such design work had been sourced from Denmark or the Netherlands.”
Galloper is owned by RWE Innogy UK, the UK Green Investment Bank, Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Capital. The offshore construction phase is scheduled to commence this summer, with the project commencing operations in March 2018.
Houlder chief technical officer Frederic Perdrix said: “Keeping wind turbine components safe and secure in transit requires innovative seafastening design work. This is exactly the kind of offshore engineering challenge we thrive on, so we are delighted to have been awarded the work.”
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