Companies by supply chain areas

Companies by supply chain areas Blades LM Wind Power Control Mita-Teknik Converters Converteam The Switch Generators Converteam Leroy Somer The Switch Large Bearing IMO? NSK Nacelle cover/spinner Bach Composites Industry Nacelle auxiliary system: Brakes Svendborg Brakes Pitch systems AVN Energy Fritz Schur Energy SSB Wind Towers Bladt Industries Marsh Wind Technology Sif Group/Smulders Cable protection Tekmar Foundations Ballast Nedam Bladt Industries Burntisland Fabrications Grontmij Carl Bro Marsh Wind Technology McNulty Offshore Construction MT Højgaard Per Aarsleff Rambøll SIF Group/Smulders SLP Engineering Heerema Fabrication Group McNulty Offshore Construction SLP Engineering Subsea cables JDR Cable Prysmian Substation electrical packages Siemens Transmission and Distribution EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction) contractors Ballast Nedam Fluor KBR SLP Engineering Offshore accommodation Ferguson Modular McNulty Offshore Construction ROV/Cable Ploughs SMD Tekmar Subsea cable installation Global Marine MPI Offshore Prysmian Technip (formally Subocean) Visser & Smit Marine Contracting Turbine and foundation installation A2SEA Ballast Nedam GeoSea MPI Offshore MT Højgaard Seajacks Offshore substation topsides Burntisland Fabrications Bladt Industries Harland & Wolff

Companies A-Z Company Production/HQ location Technology and Strategy Offshore wind installation and services company established in 2000 and now the market leader in the UK for turbine and foundation installation. Selected Customers Ballast Nedam Website A2SEA Offices in Germany and the UK Has a fleet of four vessels that have been modified for offshore wind applications. It has a specialist vessel on order that will be optimised for working in waters depths of up to 45m and is due to enter service in 2012. A2SEA was acquired by in July 2009. Siemens Wind Power took a 49 per cent stake in November 2010. and Renewables Fluor Vestas Wind www.a2sea.com Supplies hydraulic pitch systems and other smaller hydraulic systems for wind turbines (such as for braking and cooling). AVN Energy Has supplied hydraulic systems since the start of the wind industry in Denmark. It manufactures actuators and some other bespoke components in-house and sources other components externally, before assembling and testing complete systems. Siemens Wind Power Vestas Wind www.avn.dk In January 2011, AVN Energy was acquired by hydraulic component supplier Hydratech. This is likely to accelerate the growth of its footprint in India, China, USA and beyond.

Bach Composite Industry Production facilities in China, Denmark, USA, Spain and Lithuania Manufactures composites for nacelle covers, spinners and other polyester glass fibre components. Its first involvement in the wind turbine industry was in 1994 with nacelle cover production. The high logistics costs of nacelle covers means that it has favoured local production facilities in target markets. Vestas Wind www.bach-ci.dk EPC contractor offering design, procurement and installation services for offshore wind farms, with a particular focus on foundations. Ballast Nedam The Netherlands (HQ) The majority of its work to date has been undertaken by the heavy-lift vessel Svanen which has undertaken projects across Europe and has a strong pipeline of future work. MT Højgaard www.ballast-nedam.nl The company has also completed projects using chartered installation vessels, including A2SEA s Sea Worker jackup. Steel fabrication business manufacturing offshore substations and wind turbine foundations as well as offering turnkey and project management services. Bladt Industries Production facilities in Denmark and Germany Supplied its first offshore substation to Nysted offshore wind farm in 2002. In 2010, it expanded its Danish production facilities and established new facilities in Germany. New rolling facilities were also installed in 2010. A consortium has been formed with Erndtebrücker Eisenwerk to supply transition pieces and monopiles to offshore wind projects, including London Array. Aarsleff Bilfinger Berger RWE npower renewables Scottish and Southern Energy www.bladt.dk It has also supplied offshore towers since 2003 and has developed the capacity for serial production including mechanical and electrical internals. Burntisland Fabrications Fife and Isle of Lewis Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) designs and RWE npower www.bifab.co.uk

(UK) manufactures jackets, substation platforms and transition pieces for offshore wind projects. In 2010, it received 6 million from the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise to develop a new 12,000m² manufacturing facility at Fife Energy Park. Also in 2010, SSE acquired a 15 per cent equity stake in the business and announced a long-term framework agreement for the supply of at least 50 jacket foundations a year from 2014 for up to 12 years. More recently, BiFab signed a memorandum of understanding with SSE, Siemens Wind Power, Siemens Transmission and Distribution, Subsea 7 and Atkins to undertake joint work to reduce the offshore wind farm costs. Also in partnership with Atkins, Bifab jointly patented the design of a jacket substructure, capable of supporting 2MW to 6MW turbines in water depths of 15-80m. renewables Scottish and Southern Energy

Power conversion specialist that provides converters, generators and power quality/scada/grid connection solutions. It is collaborating with Alstom to develop the world s largest wind turbine direct drive permanent magnet generator (PMG) and plans to equip two 6MW prototypes that will be installed in the next two years. Converteam France (HQ) Facilities in China, US and the UK (main facility in Rugby) It is currently manufacturing 0-series volumes of PMGs and is investing in larger scale power conversion technology, including direct current (DC) wind farm architecture. In partnership with SSE, it has been awarded a 1million grant by DECC to take its DC architecture through factory and offshore tests. It has also received a 328,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise to develop a DC power converter for offshore wind farms. Alstom Power Schuler Pressen Siemens Wind Power XEMC Darwind www.converteam.com It has supplied its MV7000 medium voltage converters for the world's first 5MW permanent magnet direct drive wind turbine and has developed an 8MW direct drive high temperature superconducting generator (DD-HTSG) in partnership with Zenergy Power. Manufactures accommodation and workspace modules to be fitted on vessels used in offshore construction and for offshore platforms. Ferguson Modular Aberdeen, Scotland (HQ) Its parent, the Ferguson Group, has supplied offshore accommodation to the North Sea oil and gas market since 1976 and is currently undertaking a 75million expansion programme which includes investing 20m on its first offshore accommodation support vessel. Subocean (Technip) www.fergusonmodular.com

Fluor USA (HQ) Offices worldwide Offshore wind team based in UK (Farnborough) A US headquartered company with 3,000 employees worldwide. It provides engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project management services. It is a consortium partner in Seagreen Wind Energy along with SSE which is developing the Firth of Forth Round 3 zone. Scottish and Southern Energy www.fluor.com Fritz Schur Energy Facilities in China, USA Supplies a range of hydraulic systems used in wind turbines, the highest value being the pitch systems for adjusting blade angle. This consists of rotor-mounted hydraulic actuators. It has been supplying systems for wind turbines since the late 1980s and it established a strategic partnership with what is now Siemens Wind Power in the 1990s. Nordex Siemens Wind Power Vestas Wind www.fsenergy.dk It is part of the family-owned Fritz Schur Technical Group. Offshore contractor undertaking geotechnical site investigations and turbine installation. GeoSea Belgium (HQ) It owns a fleet of jack-up platforms and drilling and piling rigs. Three of its jack-up barges have been used in offshore wind farm installation but it is unlikely that they will be suitable for the installation of large projects further from shore. www.geoatsea.com GeoSea is part of DEME, the dredging and hydraulic engineering group. It is a member of the Future Energy joint venture with Fabricom and Lemants, which will design, fabricate and install substations.

Global Marine Chelmsford, UK Offices in China, Singapore and USA Offers subsea cable installation, maintenance and engineering services. It is currently investing in a new export cable installation barge and a specialist, long distance, deep water cablelaying vessel. With a range of dedicated and multi-purpose DP2 vessels available, it has the capability to install both array and export cables. In 2009, it established Seabed Power, a joint venture with Visser & Smit Marine Contracting, to install and maintain cables for the power and offshore renewable energy markets but plans were abandoned in 2009 because of concerns about EU competition laws. and Renewables RWE npower renewables Talisman Energy Vestas www.globalmarinesyst ems.com Grontmij Carl Bro Other European offices in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and UK. An engineering consultancy offering professional services including project feasibility assessment, site design and layout, geotechnical investigations, foundations design and engineering, operations and maintenance modelling. Its first involvement in an offshore wind farm was establishing the design for the foundations at Middelgrunden wind farm in Denmark, installed in 2000. Carl Bro was acquired by Dutch company Grontmij in 2006, forming Europe s fifth largest engineering consultancy. Ballast Nedam Scottish and Southern Energy www.grontmij.com

BARD Harland & Wolff Belfast, UK Specialist shipbuilder and offshore logistics and assembly base that can receive, assemble, store and discharge components. It also undertakes marine design and construction of substations, monopiles and transition pieces. Originally entered the offshore wind market in 1997 designing vessels to be used for the installation of wind farms and it is still active in the repair and maintenance of offshore wind installation vessels. Its main focus is currently on the manufacture of transformer platforms and turbine foundations (primarily jackets). and Renewables ODE Repower Seajacks Siemens Transmission and Distribution Vestas Wind www.harlandwolff.com Weserwind Heerema Fabrication Group The Netherlands (HQ) Production facilities in the Netherlands, Poland and the UK. Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) is an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor for offshore oil and gas and energy projects. It manufactures and fabricates substations topsides in production facilities in Hartlepool in the UK. HFG's yards build the transformer platforms, while HFG Engineering provides the engineering solutions. The company is seeking development partners to set up a production facility for turbine jacket foundations. ABB Areva Transmission and Distribution Siemens Transmission and Distribution http://hfg.heerema.com

UK (HQ) Engineers, designs and manufactures 33kV AC array subsea power cables and associated terminations. JDR Cable Main manufacturing and quayside facilities in Hartlepool, UK. Facilities in China, Netherlands, Norway Singapore, Thailand and USA Entered the industry in 2001 with involvement in the Beatrice demonstration project and in 2009 opened its new deepwater quayside production facility in Hartlepool. In 2010, it received a 2 million government grant to support an 11 million investment programme to develop high voltage export cable manufacturing facilities. Also in 2010, it announced that it intended to double its Hartlepool facility s footprint. and Renewables Fluor Talisman Energy Scottish and Southern Energy www.jdrcables.com Part of US-based engineering, procurement and construction group with 38,000 employees worldwide. It was a subsidiary of Halliburton until 2007. KBR USA (HQ) offices worldwide, offshore wind team based in Leatherhead, UK Provides construction and civil engineering services for offshore wind including environmental management and modelling, electrical design, GIS, asset management and pre-feed (front-end engineering and design) studies. KBR owns the Nigg Yard in Scotland which is considered a suitable site for offshore wind construction activities. Having decided not to develop the site in 2010, it is looking to sell the facility. The Global Energy group has been named as the preferred bidder. Centrica RWE npower renewables www.kbr.com Design centre in France (HQ) Designs and manufactures asynchronous and synchronous generators with power ratings up to 5MW. Sinovel Leroy Somer Factories in Eastern Europe, China, India and North America Part of the Emerson group and started making generators for wind in 1995. By the end of 2010 it had supplied components for more than 200GW of wind power. Vestas Wind www.leroy-somer.com

World s leading independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades employing 5,000 people globally. LM Wind Power Production facilities in Canada, China, Denmark, India, Poland, Spain and USA LM Wind Power has announced plans to establish a prototype manufacturing and testing facility for large offshore wind blades in China. The new facility will be capable of handling blades up to 100m long. The longest blade it currently makes is 61.5m for REpower but it has entered into a strategic partnership with Alstom to develop a longer blade for a planned 6MW offshore turbine. Alstom Power Repower XEMC Darwind www.lmwindpower.co m Marsh Wind Technology Facilities in Denmark and UK Formerly Hendricks Industries, Marsh Wind Technology manufactures steel monopiles and towers for wind turbines. In March 2011, Scottish and Southern Energy and Marsh Wind Technology entered into joint venture called Wind Towers to acquire the Skykon tower manufacturing business based in Campbeltown, Scotland. It was named as the preferred bidder in March 2011. To date, the Campbeltown facility has focused on towers for the onshore market but has recently seen investment that will allow it to serve the offshore market too. Repower Siemens Wind Power Vestas Wind Not applicable

McNulty Offshore Construction South Shields, UK Fabricator of oil and gas structures and offshore wind substations and jackets. It also offers project management services during the linking of the jacket substructures to substation topside platforms. McNulty s has a deep water quay on the south side of the River Tyne, with quays able to accommodate loads up to 8,000 tonnes. In 2005 it acquired Consafe Engineering Services and provides design, procurement and fabrication of onshore and offshore living quarters. Fluor Siemens Transmission and Distribution www.mcnultyoffshore. com It is seeking investment partners to develop jacket foundation production facilities. Independent supplier of wind turbine control systems employing 230 people worldwide. Entered the market in the early 1970s and has supplied more than 38,000 control systems to the wind industry. Mita-Teknik Production facilities in Denmark, China, India and Ukraine It provide complete control systems as well as hardware and programming tools. The company also supplies SCADA, condition monitoring, and electrical and control panels for wind turbines. Repower www.mita-teknik.com Its WP4x00 control system has been developed specifically for offshore use.

Offshore wind installation and services company that provides turbine, foundation and array cable installation services, and wind farm support vessels. MPI Offshore UK (HQ) It operates the MPI Resolution which has been the industry s leading turbine installation vessel with more than 200 turbines installed to date. The vessel also operates a array cable-laying tractor. A subsidiary, MPI Workboats, owns four workboats used for the transfer of equipment and personnel to and from wind farm sites. The company has commissioned two new purpose-built vessels with higher specifications. The MPI Adventure is due to start work in spring 2011 on the London Array projects and the MPI Discovery is scheduled for completion in 2012. Centrica and Renewables MT Højgaard KBR www.mpi-offshore.com The Dutch shipping group Vroon acquired a majority stake in MPI Offshore in 2006. Centrica MT Højgaard Provides the design, engineer, procurement and installation of steel and concrete offshore wind foundations. MT Hojgaard is one of Denmark s biggest contractors with 5,000 employees worldwide. MT Hojgaard claims to be the world s most experienced offshore wind installation contractor. and Renewables RWE npower renewables SeaScape Energy Statoil www.mth.com Vestas

Supplies bearings for the main shaft, gearbox, generator and auxiliary components to most of the leading wind turbine manufacturers. These include deep groove and four-point contact ball bearings, spherical, cylindrical roller and taper bearings. Repower NSK Japan (HQ) It has a widespread network of R&D and production facilities but with a strong Japanese core. In Europe, production is focused in Poland and the UK following the acquisition of RHP in 1990s. It is one of the few bearing manufacturers that can supply bearings for the largest wind turbines on the market today. Siemens Wind Power Vestas Wind www.nsk.com Per Aarsleff Facilities in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland Primary contractor for the design, manufacture and installation of concrete and steel foundations. Part of the Per Aasleff Group with subsidiary businesses in piling and pipe renewal. Has had a partnership with Bilfinger Berger since 2004 to supply the offshore wind market. Per Aasleff has supplied more than 350 offshore wind foundations with a further 300 contracted for 2011 and 2012. and Renewales www.aarsleff.com

Prysmian Cables and Italy (HQ) European HV factories including dedicated submarine cable facility in Italy Manufacturer of offshore export and array cables (both AC and DC) with onshore cable production facilities in the UK. Has a single vessel for installation of subsea cables giving it the capacity to offer turn-key high voltage systems. Formed from Pirelli Cables and ongoing acquisitions of other leading payers since 1872. Pirelli acquired the cable division of Siemens in 1998 which was responsible for the world s first offshore wind farm in Vindeby in Denmark. RWE npower renewables www.prysmian.com In 2011, it was announced that Prysmian planned to acquire a majority share in Draka cable to form the leading global supplier of cables. Rambøll Offices in UK Engineering consultancy with nearly 9,000 employees worldwide. Its core activity in offshore wind is the design of steel and concrete foundations but it also offers a range of services from site assessments to feasibility studies. MT Højgaard RWE npower renewables www.rambollwind.com Specialist offshore contractor providing jack-up vessels to the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors. Seajacks UK (HQ) Owns and operates two self-propelled installations vessels, Leviathan and Kraken, which entered service in 2009. In 2010 it commissioned a new self-propelled jackup vessel Zaratan designed for turbine and foundation installations, with an expected delivery date in 2012. An option on additional vessel of the same design was allowed to lapse. Fluor www.seajacks.com Seajacks was founded in 2006 and acquired by the investment company Riverstone Holdings.

Siemens Transmission and Distribution Germany (HQ) Significant office in Manchester, UK Designer, installer and operator of electrical power distribution and transmission systems. Offers turnkey substation solutions plus whole lifetime services. Designed HVDC Plus technology to connect more distant offshore wind farms to the onshore grid. In 2010, both the transmission and distribution and turbine divisions of Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding with SSE, BiFab, Subsea 7 and Atkins to undertake joint work to reduce offshore wind farm costs. RWE npower renewables and Renewables www.energy.siemens.com SIF Group/ Smulders Group SIF Group The Netherlands Smulders Group The Netherlands (HQ) Production facilities in Belgium Denmark, Poland and UK Partnership of two separate businesses manufacturing steel monopile foundations. The SIF Group undertakes the rolling and welding of monopiles while Smulders manufactures transition pieces and undertakes finishing works. Smulders has been supplying tubular steel towers to the wider wind industry since 1994. It acquired SLP Engineering in 2010 which has extended its capacity to supply offshore substation topsides. BARD Group Centrica and Renewables MT Højgaard www.sif-group.com www.smuldersgroup.com

Provides the design, civil engineering, fabrication, construction, installation and project management for foundations and substations. SLP Engineering Lowestoft, UK Acquired by Smulders Group in 2010 (see above). SLP Engineering has a history of involvement with offshore wind both as a developer and fabricator and installer of offshore foundations and met masts. Its former parent group, SLP Production, has production facilities on the River Tyne and is now called Offshore Group Newcastle. It has an investment programme for the development of production facilities for turbine jacket foundations. Siemens Transmission and Distribution Warwick Energy www.slp-eng.com SMD Tyne and Wear, UK Manufacturer of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), cable trenchers and subsea robotics, and supplier of offshore support services. Formed in 1971 as Soil Machine Dynamic, it provides vessel and offshore operators with equipment for a range of industries including subsea cabling installation. Global Marine Heerema Fabrication Group Saipem http://smd.co.uk Acquired Hydrovision in 2003 to add work-class ROVs to its catalogue. Subsea 7 Technip Nordex Svendborg Brakes Production facilities in China, Denmark and Germany Manufacturer of hydraulic braking systems for heavy industry, including yaw and rotor brake systems for onshore and offshore turbines. In 2009 it became part of the LM Wind Power Group. Repower Siemens Wind Power www.svendborgbrakes.dk Suzlon

Technip (including Subocean) France (HQ) Aberdeen base of offshore wind operations in UK (Subocean) Technip is primarily an oil and gas offshore specialist that acquired the subsea cable installation company Subocean in 2011. Subocean entered the offshore wind subsea cable-laying market in 2005 and also offers other subsea engineering and management services. Technip has a wider interest in offshore wind through its involvement in the Vertiwind vertical-axis floating offshore wind project and is responsible for its foundation design, cable and turbine integration and final installation. Centrica Fluor EDF Energy RWE npower renewables www.technip.com Tekmar Durham, UK Manufactures cable protection and ROV accessories. Entered the market in 2008 and has worked on UK and Continental projects. Also carries out design, production, commissioning and maintenance work in offshore oil and gas and wind. Key products include cable protection systems, bend restrictors and ROV handling. NSW Cables Parker Scanrope Saipem Acergy Subsea 7 www.tekmar.co.uk

Designs and manufactures permanent magnet generators and full-power converter packages. A relatively new player in the sector, the company was formed in 2006 by the merger of three other companies. The Switch Finland (HQ) Facilities in China and Finland Its focus is on applying converter and permanent magnet generator technology to the renewable sector and in particular wind. It offers direct drive generators with either inner or outer rotors as well as conventional mid and high speed machines. Its 4.25 MW direct drive generator is to be used in GE Wind's prototype 4 MW offshore turbine. GE Wind www.theswitch.com In 2011, it was announced that the company was being acquired by American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) AMSC says it plans use The Switch s background in advanced synchronous generators in the development of its 10MW SeaTitan offshore wind turbine Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC) provide cable installation and burial services. Visser & Smit Marine Contracting The Netherlands (HQ) Part of Royal VolkerWessels Group, it owns cable installation vessels and equipment and also has access to a wider fleet through Stemat Marine Services (a separate entity of VolkerWessels). In 2009, it developed Seabed Power, a joint venture with Global Marine, to install and maintain power cables for the power and offshore renewable energy markets but plans were cancelled in 2009 because of concerns over EU competition laws. and Renewables www.vsmc.nl