Fred Olsen Renewables has appointed Natural Power to deliver the service and maintenance contract at the 62MW Windy Standard wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The 30-turbine project, comprises 21 Senvion MM82 and nine MM92 2.05MW machines.
The site has been operational since 2017 and Fred Olsen Renewables was initially supported by Senvion.
Natural Power has supported Fred Olsen Renewables since the start of the project in 2017 with site management and control centre services, and with the new contract, now adds O&M delivery.
Natural Power director of service operations and asset management Stephen Brignall said: “This new contract is a real step forward for our team, and we’re not only adding the Senvion platform to our portfolio, but expanding the servicing team and upskilling our existing technicians.
“The contract award demonstrates our strong capabilities as a multi-platform service operations department, and complements the services we deliver across both asset management and control centre teams.”
The Windy Standard service hub, is headed-up by Natural Power’s site operations manager, Alasdair MacPhee, who has been involved with the project since it was commissioned.
Having previously been at Senvion, MacPhee worked on Windy Standard during its construction and through to its operation and maintenance to date.
He said: “We’re ideally situated geographically to support Windy Standard, with technicians on the ground and the back-up of our locally available resources.
“We’re already working on a programme of continuous improvement to enhance turbine performance: focusing on minimising breakdowns, shorten maintenance periods and therefore keeping the turbines on for longer, whilst looking after the overall health of the turbines to ensure maximum performance.”