WCA MAY 2015

Industry news

Assets change hands at wind farm

SUB-STATIONS and cabling connecting the Gwynt y Môr wind farm in Wales have been sold in a £350m deal. The owners (RWE Innogy UK, Stadtwerke München GmbH and Siemens) announced the completed sale of transmission assets to Gwynt y Môr OFTO PLC, a consortium formed by Balfour Beatty Investments Ltd and Equitix Ltd. In July 2013, following a competitive tender, Gwynt y Môr OFTO PLC was selected by Ofgem as the preferred bidder for the Gwynt y Môr offshore transmission licence. The Gwynt y Môr transmission assets consist of two 132/33kV offshore substations, four 132kV subsea and land export cables and a newly constructed 132/400kV onshore substation at St Asaph. RWE and its partners will now pay annual network charges to use the transmission facilities. RWE Innogy UK’s Gwynt y Môr project director, Toby Edmonds, said: “The sale of the Gwynt y Môr OFTO assets on favourable terms brings in £352 million which is very good news, and demonstrates the quality of the assets we have designed, constructed and commissioned at Gwynt y Môr.” Gwynt y Môr consists of 160 turbines with an installed capacity of 576MW. A spokesman said: “The annual revenue required by the PLC (which is the basis for the transmission network charges that Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm will pay for the next 20 years) will be proportionally the lowest amongst all previous OFTO transactions. In this respect it is the most New Brazil site for motan-colortronic

beneficial OFTO assets disposal for an offshore wind farm developer to date.” ❍ The Gwynt y Môr wind farm. Photograph courtesy of Daily Post

RWE Innogy – Germany Website : www.rwe.com Stadtwerke München GmbH – Germany

Website : www.swm.de Siemens – Germany Website : www.siemens.com

technology, and how important it was to now have this support and service right on the doorstep. The managing directors of motan holding Germany, Sandra Füllsack and Ulrich Eberhardt, fully agreed.

The welcome speech was delivered by Pedro Kawai, a member of the Piracicaba City Council. Tomás Martins, managing director of Gerresheimer Brazil, emphasised the reliability and recipe constancy of the motan-colortronic products in medical

The of motan-colortronic do Brasil Ltda took place in Piracicaba in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was attended by a large number of representatives of customers and associations and high-ranking people from politics and administration. opening ceremony

Sandra Füllsack explained the decentralised approach of the company: “Our customers can rely on the ‘quality made by motan’ wherever they are. “With motan-colortronic do Brasil we have laid the foundation for further growth and sustainable development in the South American market.” Ulrich Eberhardt added that “our local presence will help us serve our customers even better.” motan-colortronic do Brasil Ltda – Brazil Website : www.motan-colortronic.com

The new sales subsidiary of motan-colortronic marks ano- ther step of the company towards becoming firmly established in the South American market. Among the guests were Antonio Dottori of the Brazilian Machines and Equipment Industry Association (Assoc- iação Brasileira de Máquinas e Equipamentos – Abimaq), Thomas Ulbrich of VDMA Brazil, as well as representatives of the Scha- effler Group, Toyota, TE Connectivity, Krauss Maffei, Engel, Pallmann and many other customers.

❍ Visitors were able to explore the plant in Piracicaba, São Paulo

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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2015