Aberdeen-headquartered Wood wins $100m of wind work in US

Wood, the Aberdeen-headquartered energy and engineering services heavyweight, has grown its US renewables business with a series of onshore wind contracts worth $100 million (£79.5m).

Wood, the Aberdeen-headquartered energy and engineering services heavyweight, has unveiled a series of onshore wind farm contracts. Picture: John Devlin

The largest of those is for the next phase in American Electric Power (AEP) Renewables’ wind farm development in Kansas, where the Scots company will provide all of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the “milestone” project.

The Flat Ridge 3 wind farm follows the success of Flat Ridge 1 and 2, which combined represent some of the largest wind farms in the US, Wood noted.

The company has also secured an award from Black Hills Energy to support its Corriedale wind energy project in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which marks Wood’s first renewables venture in the mountain states.

In addition, the firm will deliver four new wind farms in Morrow and Umatilla counties in Oregon for Orchard Windfarms. Wood will be responsible for offloading and constructing the wind turbines, installing the associated collector system and civil and foundation work.

When combined, the US projects will see almost 100 turbines installed with a total generating power of 230 megawatts. Wood, which employs tens of thousands of people globally, said the projects would require the support of more than 400 people and take up to 12 months to deliver.

Stephanie Cox, chief executive of Wood’s Asset Solutions Americas business, said: “From the Pacific northwest state of Oregon and the western state of Wyoming, to the midwestern states of South Dakota and Kansas, these awards show the positive momentum Wood is generating across the United States in the renewables market.

“We are committed to playing a forward role in achieving a balanced and secure energy supply in the US.”

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