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COST Action TU1003 MEGAPROJECT: The Effective Design and Delivery of Megaprojects in the European Union. Case Meta-Data Template Information provided by Naomi Brookes n.j.brookes@leeds.ac.uk. ABOUT THE MEGAPROJECT: Working Group Classification: ENERGY
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COST Action TU1003 MEGAPROJECT: The Effective Design and Delivery of Megaprojects in the European Union. Case Meta-Data Template Information provided by Naomi Brookes n.j.brookes@leeds.ac.uk ABOUT THE MEGAPROJECT: Working Group Classification: ENERGY Megaproject Title: Greater Gabbard Wind Farm Size of Megaproject (in EUR): 1.8bn total costs Stage in Project Life-Cycle: Execution Brief Description: Greater Gabbard is a 500 MW wind farm under construction 23 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, UK. Onshore construction activities commenced in early July 2008 and are due to be completed by 2012. ABOUT THE AVAILABLE DATA SOURCES: Please describe all sources of data available to investigate for this case (e.g. consultancy reports, journal papers, books, access to talk to stakeholders) and give a very brief description of the data available from each source. Where documents are electronically available, please attach. Please provide links for web-based information. General Information on stakeholder involvement ( especially contractor supply chain) http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2074046/balfour-beatty-consortium-bags-gbp317m-gabbard-grid-link http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/310134/rwe-npower-renewables/sites/projects-in-construction/wind/greater-gabbard-offshore-wind-farm/the-proposal/ http://www.sse.com/GreaterGabbard/ http://www.sps.gb.com/greater-gabbard-wind-farm.html http://www.jdrcables.com/RenewableEnergySolutions/GreaterGabbardOffshoreWindfarm/default.aspx http://www.fluor.com/projects/Pages/ProjectInfoPage.aspx?PrjID=64 http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/news_story.asp?id=56519&title=Siemens+awards+platform+contract+for+Greater+Gabbard+wind+farm http://www.ramboll.co.uk/projects/viewproject?projectid=73ECC849-CA51-44AD-B7CC-DFA17D4E554C General Report that may have useful implications: Case Study:EuropeanOffshore Wind Farms - A Survey to analyse Experiences and Lessons Learnt by Developers of Offshore Wind Farms http://www.offshore-power.net/ have copy of exec summary
ABOUT THE AVAILABLE DATA SOURCES: Academic papers on environmental impact of Greater Gabbard e.g. Assessing the responses of coastal cetaceans to the construction of offshore wind turbines Paul M. Thompsona, , , David Lusseaua, Tim Bartona, Dave Simmonsb, Jan Rusinb and Helen Baileya, 1 Marine Pollution BulletinVolume 60, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1200-1208 Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore windfarm and its potential effects on marine mammals Helen Baileya, , , Bridget Seniora, Dave Simmonsb, Jan Rusinb, Gordon Pickenc and Paul M. Thompsona Marine Pollution BulletinVolume 60, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 888-897 Project Performance Problems http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/renewable-energy-news/by-technology/wind/project-manager-fluor%E2%80%99s-earnings-suffer-from-greater-gabbard-charges.html Web-site of GreaterGabbard cases presented to professional institutions http://www.oes.org.uk/LDNmeetings.asp Personal Contacts Through ECI Project Directorlevel contacts for GreaterGabbardprojectat RWE and Fluor