Forth and Tay members
Alpha Offshore
Business type: Engineering
Contact: Tony Cumming, Senior Business Development Manager
Address: Seton House, Aberdeen AB23 8JW
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Countries worked in: United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Australia, USA, UAE, Singapore, India
Alpha Offshore, A division of Sparrows Group, was established in 2007 to support onshore and offshore wind. We have extensive experience in balance of plant, cable lay services, blade repair services and turbine maintenance.
With over 350 GWO certified wind technicians as part of the 2000 strong Sparrows Group we have become an established service provider for the operation and maintenance of wind turbines and offshore substations.
We operate directly for OEMs and Operators and have a proven track record on multiple offshore wind farms and substations.
Capabilities
Established supplier with significant experience supplying the sector
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Project Management & Programme Management
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Health & Safety Training
- CAPEX - Turbine Services: Blade or Composite Services
- CAPEX - Turbine Services: Shoreside Lifting Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Export & Array cables & components
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Offshore Equipment Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Offshore Labour Services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Turbine Maintenance & spare parts
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Wind turbine blade access, Inspection & Repair
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Offshore substation maintenance
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Export & Array cable Surveys & Repairs
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Lifting, climbing & safety equipment & inspections
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Training & provision of technicians to carry out BoP maintenance
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Training & provision of wind turbine electricians
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Testing and Certifications
Good capacity and some experience in supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Access Vessels
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: QA Management & Document Control
- CAPEX - Turbine Services: Shoreside Engineering Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Civils support services including plant hire & QS services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Onshore Electrical
Capabilities to supply, but no/limited experience in the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Met Mast Survey & Inspection
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Electrical system including backup generator, switchgear, transformers & converters
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Salvage & Recycling / Waste Management
Other services offered
- Alpha has an established GWO Accredited Training Centre in the USA and a Training school in Aberdeen delivering a range of lifting and hydraulic training services.We perform main component exchanges on MHI Vestas and Siemens Gamesa turbines and blades.Scope and Camera blade inspection services.NDT and UKAS accredited inspection services
Case studies
Balance of Plant EA1 Designed, manufactured, installed and commissioning 102 Davit cranes for the Scottish Power EA1 project. Provided electrical engineering and mechanical support during commissioning working with yards in Spain and UAE to ensure safe and on time delivery.
Contract type: Manufacture
Value: >£10m
Design and manufacture of Sparrows designed crane systems. LOLER inspection services Hook up and comissioning Ad hoc trouble shooting on other balance of plant systems
Blade repair and turbine services Delivered multiple offshore blade repair and scheduled service projects working directly for MHI Vestas across various UK offshore sites (Burbo Bank, Walney, Thanet, Kentish Flats, Rampion, Robin Rigg etc)
Contract type: Frame agreements
Value: >£5m
Provision of over 100 GWO trained, OEM qualified technicians over multiple projects. Track record of 13 years in providing multi disciplined teams delivering rope access based repair to Cat 5 plus various Level C and B trained technicians to support specialist troubleshooting projects.
