RES Nets Walney 2 OFTO O&M Contract

RES (Renewable Energy Systems) has been awarded a fifteen year contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the Walney 2 offshore transmission (OFTO) asset owned by Blue Transmission Walney 2 Limited (BTW2L).

RES’ O&M services will include the provision of planned and unplanned maintenance including 24/7 control room services, fast response and the provision of offshore logistics.

RES already delivers O&M services for the Walney 1 OFTO asset.

Filippo Di Salle, General Manager AO&M for RES Support Services, said: “Winning this second long term O&M contract for an OFTO is a great achievement for RES and will give us the opportunity to keep expanding our offshore operations. In addition to our experience delivering O&M services for Walney 1 OFTO, we’ve been able to use our 10 years expertise in providing services to the offshore wind industry to great effect in successfully winning this project.”

The Walney offshore wind farm is located approximately 15km from the coastline of Walney Island in a north west to south-easterly direction covering an area of approximately 73 km2.

The wind farm consists of Walney 1 and Walney 2, each comprising 51 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 367MW.