ABOUT THE MEGAPROJECT:

Working Group Classification: ENERGYMegaproject Title: Greater Gabbard Wind FarmSize of Megaproject (in EUR): 1.8bn total costsStage 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:

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General Information on stakeholder involvement ( especially contractor supply chain)http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2074046/balfour-beatty-consortium-bags-gbp317m-gabbard-grid-linkhttp://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.aspxhttp://www.fluor.com/projects/Pages/ProjectInfoPage.aspx?PrjID=64http://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:European Offshore 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

COST Action TU1003 MEGAPROJECT: The Effective Design and Delivery of Megaprojects in the European Union.

Case Meta-Data TemplateInformation provided by Naomi Brookes n.j.brookes@leeds.ac.uk

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 Bulletin Volume 60, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 888-897

Project Performance Problemshttp://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 Greater Gabbard cases presented to professional institutionshttp://www.oes.org.uk/LDNmeetings.asp

Personal Contacts Through ECIProject Director level contacts for Greater Gabbard project at RWE and Fluor