Reetec

Reetec (part of EDF Renewables) signed a new long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) contract covering the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm after it acquired Offshore Wind Solutions (OWS) in July 2017. The O&M engagement related to the continued servicing and upkeep of the project’s turbine fleet, following the earlier transfer of the project’s O&M responsibilities to OWS in 2014 when Bard Engineering ceased business. The contract was agreed with Ocean Breeze Energy, the project company referenced as the counterparty in the article, and was reported as being concluded in the course of Reetec’s acquisition of OWS. The article also noted that OWS had previously taken over Bard’s premises and ships, approximately 300 employees, and other operational resources, indicating that Reetec’s O&M scope was supported by an established service organisation and inherited project-specific know-how. The reported agreement was described as a ten-year O&M contract for BARD Offshore 1, intended to help maintain stable availability levels and support ongoing major maintenance needs; the last major maintenance campaign referenced in the article was carried out in 2017.