German services outfit Offshore Wind Solutions is to cut up to 100 jobs, around one-third of the workforce, as part of a restructuring plan.
Staff were told in early February that jobs would go following the company’s failure to secure sufficient work in the German North Sea.
A contract to address defects at Bard’s 400MW Bard Offshore 1 project, which started in 2013, is now almost over. OWS will continue with regular O&M at the wind farm.
The project, situated some 100km northwest of the island of Borkum, has been operating at full capacity since early summer 2015 following problems with export.
The exact number job cuts have yet to be decided and the company is in talks with metal workers trade union IG Metall over the details of the restructuring plan.
Image: OWS struggled to secure work beyond Bard 1 (Bard)
Jobs go at Offshore Wind Solutions
Up to 100 workers in firing line during restructuring of German company
By EBS