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Vattenfall
has signed a four-year framework agreement with 8.2 Consulting AG and OrangeWind
for wind turbine project engineering and interface management tasks for
offshore wind farms in Europe.
This is the third framework agreement signed by 8.2 Consulting AG with
Vattenfall this year. Prior to this, two contracts for quality surveillance
from wind turbine manufacturing through to final commissioning of offshore
wind turbines were concluded.
"We look back on a decade of successful cooperation in various
offshore projects of Vattenfall and are looking forward to ongoingly support
with our expertise in the future. We are happy to enter our third agreement
focused on wind turbine project engineering and interface management, together
with OrangeWind. The agreement creates conditions that enable us to react
more specific and flexible to personnel requirements and thus, results
in a faster and more efficient handling of the project requests."
says Benjamin Quader, Head of Offshore Wind at 8.2 Consulting AG.
“OrangeWind is happy to be given
the opportunity to contribute to Vattenfall’s ambitions. When 8.2 reached
out to partner up, we felt that our expertise with contracting, package
and project management would create a perfect fit with Vattenfall’s request.”
says Willem Schellingerhout, Managing Partner at OrangeWind.
“The consortium of 8.2 and OrangeWind
convinced us in terms of the qualifications and experience of its consultants
as well as the experience and track record of the two companies. We have
worked with 8.2 in the past and have found the company and its consultants
to be of a high calibre with a transparent and professional communication
style. We look forward to expanding this relationship to include OrangeWind
and are glad to have the consortium on board as a partner for future projects”,
says Nicholas Thompson, Manager of WTG Project Engineering in the BU Offshore,
BA Wind, Vattenfall.
Vattenfall is one of the largest wind
farm developers and operators in Europe with currently 3GW installed wind
power. By 2025, it plans to have grown its offshore wind portfolio to 7GW.
The company recently put the
Sandbank
offshore wind farm into operation off the coast of Germany and is currently
developing two more projects off the coast of Norfolk –
Norfolk
Vanguard and
Norfolk
Boreas.