offshore wind

Offshore Project Management

WPRL Workforce

At Wind Power Renewables Ltd (WPRL) our workforce is built up from the most experienced and professional engineers with a proven track record. Our engineers for offshore projects each have in excess of 8 years experience of offshore wind farm construction, commissioning and operations management.

Our team approach means that our engineers are used to working together, maintaining close working relationships, relationships that ensure a smooth transition from project to project. The WPRL project team hits the ground running!

Services Offered

WPRL can offer a complete ‘Project Management Package' from senior managers to offshore engineers. We work with other specialist companies such as Offshore Marine Management Ltd http://offshoremm.com/  who provide specialised offshore marine engineers to the offshore cable sector, they provide designers, and offshore specialists who have managed many offshore wind farms cable contracts. WPRL manage and orchestrate the entire project management process from contract development; contracts negotiation, contracts management, installation, testing and commissioning to final project acceptance and hand over to the operations and maintenance. Our HSEQ partner is Edward Francis Ltd who specialise in the provision of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality personnel, http://www.edward-francis.co.uk/   

Why WPRL

The WPRL team has experience in a project management capacity of the following offshore wind power projects;

Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm - Client E.ON UK

This project (the first on the east coast of the UK) consisted of 30 Vestas V80 turbines each having a capacity of 2.0MW, a total wind farm capacity of 60MW. The management team worked with the E.ON (Powergen) project management in developing the various EPC Contracts, through negotiation, signing and implementation.  The project was then managed to a successful commissioning and hand over, on time and under budget. Still the most cost efficient offshore wind farm built to date 60MW for approximately £75 million.

Barrow Offshore Wind Farm - Client 50/50 JV Between Centrica Energy and DONG

This project consists of 30 Vestas V90 turbines, each having a capacity of 3.0MW giving a wind farm capacity of 90MW. The project also included the UK's first offshore transformer platform based on a mono-pile foundation.  Not withstanding the turbine manufacturing and initial reliability problems, the management team still managed to complete the job on time and very close to budget for approximately £135 million.

Lynn & Inner Dowsing Wind Farms - Client Centrica Energy

These two projects were combines to allow magnitudes of scale to help with the procurement and sizing of the plant and cabling. The project consisted of 54 Siemens 3.6MW machines giving a total wind farm project capacity of 208.8MW, thus taking advantage of the over capacity at the mid range output of the wind farm and therefore increasing output over the wind range. The project was managed by Centrica Energy with many of WPRL's personnel taking key rolls within the project team.

Greater Gabbard - Client Airtricity

The Greater Gabbard project located off the Suffolk coast and connected to a new onshore substation adjacent to the Sizewell Nuclear Power Station. WPRL worked with the project development team in Covent Garden developing offshore construction strategies, O&M strategies and advised on practicalities for construction sequencing, offshore construction and operations vessels. Worked with the Greater Gabbard team during the EPiC negotiations with Fluor, Siemens and various installation contractors.

Robin Rigg - Client E.ON UK

The Robin Rigg project located in the Solway Firth was completed in 2009 and as with the Scroby Sands project; it was managed by an integrated project team. The project consists of 60 Vestas V90 3.0MW turbines with an offshore substation, total capacity of 180MW.  Completed and operational in early 2010 the wind farm is close to being fully commissioned and is currently producing at over 90% availability.

The WPRL Offshore Wind Farm Project Management Team

The management team of a recently successfully completed UK offshore wind farm project have now joined the WPRL team, adding to our project management capabilities and services.

The accumulated knowledge and team structure of the WPRL team will allow WPRL to provide a very robust and effective project management team.

 See attached Offshore Capability Statement 

WPRL - ‘Your experienced management partners in offshore wind'

Also see www.andyhilton.co.uk

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