SPONSORS OF SERVICING OFFSHORE WINDFARMS
KEEPING THE TURBINES TURNING…. PARTNERSHIP
The UK’s current installed offshore wind capacity is greater than the rest of the world’s combined, with a further 45GW set to be added as Round 3 projects come onstream. Of these, the Irish Sea developments, in particular, represent excellent opportunities for maritime sector companies based on Merseyside.
MERSEY MARITIME
Assisting them to enter or expand their business into what, for many, is a new but closely related market is Mersey Maritime, the sector representative body for the region’s maritime industry.
This private/public sector partnership works on behalf of the 1700 companies that make up the ports and maritime sector on Merseyside and is currently administering a sector development programme for small to medium sized businesses that is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
MEMBER COMPANY CASE STUDIES The case studies highlighted here represent three different examples of the world class expertise that exists on Merseyside and how Mersey Maritime’s ERDF supported programme is assisting companies like these to realise growth plans in the wind energy market.
FPI NORTHWEST LIMITED
An independent fluid power engineering company, specialising in hydraulics and pneumatics.
Set up in 2002, the company has already seen rapid growth in the wind energy market, with O&M contracts to
ATLANTIC ENGINEERING LTD
Widely recognised for its specialist engineering services, offering innovative engineering solutions in both specialist welding and precision machining services.
The company has centre lathes sized up to 17.5m between centres, a four- axis vertical machine centre and a lifting capacity of 25 tonnes and holds approvals from the major classification societies for its repair and refurbishment processes.
The Merseyside based company was recently approached by First Subsea, the UK’s leading supplier of subsea mooring systems, after two main beams of a 2600 tonne Subsea Mooring Connector (SMC) test rig developed cracks during the initial Minimal Breaking Load testing.
The failure of the beams was preventing contractual Proof Load Testing to
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be carried out. Atlantic Engineering responded quickly, working 24 hours a day to enable First Subsea to complete their project and avoid delays.
Joint Managing Director Les Molyneux said: “Atlantic Engineering has the capacity and expertise to handle both planned and urgent work. We work with many companies of all sizes including blue chip companies with extremely high value components.
supply services ranging from technical support and advice on equipment and maintenance, to diagnosing problems with wind turbine hydraulics such as cylinders and accumulators; and preventing contamination.
The company’s time-served engineers are highly skilled and able to respond quickly to supply, design, build or service enquiries, but as one of the few quality accredited companies to offer a complete package, FPI NorthWest also provides bespoke training.
FPI Director Colin Walker, who is also a committee member of the BFPDA (British Fluid Power Distributors Association) said:
“Mersey Maritime’s Maritime Sector Development Programme, which is supported by ERDF, is helping us to focus on business opportunities around wind energy. We’re excited by the potential of developments across the North West and are laying firm foundations now to prepare for future projects.”
FPI NorthWest
www.fpi-northwest.co.uk
“We can see real potential to expand our services into the wind energy sector and the support we are receiving through the Maritime Sector Development Programme is making a real difference to how we promote ourselves in this new and exciting market.”
Atlantic Engineering
www.atlanticeng.com
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