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Granada score Gwynt y Mor work

By: Lewis Holdsworth 27/05/2015 Granada Material Handling Ltd

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Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has awarded a three year contract to Manchester company Granada Material Handling Ltd to provide specialist offshore personnel to look after, maintain and re-certify 160 crane units on its offshore turbines.

Each of the Granada ‘Python’ crane units was specifically designed for Gwynt y Môr and the challenging marine environment in which it operates. One ‘Python’ crane unit is fitted to each of the 160 transition pieces – the yellow bases of the wind turbines.

The scope of the contract is not limited to the cranes but also includes checks on climbing safety systems, complete tower inspections and onshore activities to assist with the safe running of the wind farm.

Mark Sidwell, director of Granada Material Handling Ltd, said: “We are extremely pleased to have been awarded this prestigious UK wind farm contract. The team are pleased to continue providing support now that the wind farm has moved into its operational phase.”

The three year contract secures works and income for the foreseeable future for Rochdale based, Granada, which employs 100 people across three sites in the UK. For Gwynt y Môr, a team of two local people will be based from the Port of Mostyn and will carry out daily maintenance trips offshore.

Gwynt y Môr’s Operations and Maintenance Manager, John Porter said: “Granada and their team have proved themselves an effective partner during the construction of Gwynt y Môr and we are delighted to secure their expertise and knowledge of the offshore site going forward into operations.”

At up to 576MW, Gwynt y Môr is the world’s second largest operating offshore wind farm and is a shared investment between partners RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München GmbH and Siemens(1). Once fully operational, energy generation from Gwynt y Môr is expected to be equivalent to the average annual needs of around 400,000 homes(2) - around a third of the total number of homes in all of Wales.(3)

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