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Renewable Energy: Garrad Hassan joins Germanischer Lloyd
Garrad Hassan (GH), based in Bristol (UK), is joining Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to form a fully integrated technical assurance and consulting company
for renewable energy.
The companies will merge to become a worldwide leading independent provider of
consulting, engineering, turbine design, certification, measurement, project management, strategic advice,
inspection services and software products for renewable energies. GH and GL will provide
technical services over the entire life cycle of wind, solar, marine and other renewable
energies, both onshore and offshore including safety, integrity, reliability and performance
management.
"The merger of GH and GL is a reflection of growing demand of customers for a single service
provider who offers solutions for challenges in technology, environment and asset performance
on a worldwide scale", said Pekka Paasivaara, Member of the Executive Board of GL, at a press
conference in Hamburg. "Together, we will offer a unique level of service expertise and global
presence across the whole project lifecycle."
GH and GL will form a business segment dedicated to renewable energy of over 600 staff with
highly qualified engineers and technical experts at 34 locations around the world. GL had
already acquired the Canadian wind energy consulting and engineering company Hélimax and the
German company WINDTEST who are experts on measurements for wind turbines and wind farms. In
addition, the offshore wind expertise of Noble Denton particularly in project management for
offshore windfarms was added to the GL Group in April 2009.
GL is pursuing a full service approach, with a broad range of consulting services including
the optimal design of wind farms, improvement in the performance of existing wind farms,
measurement projects (wind resource, wind turbine performance and structural behaviour),
inspection and certification of turbines. GH offers comprehensive engineering and consulting
together with a large array of software products and turbine design services. Together GH and
GL are at the forefront of developing a new greener and more sustainable energy mix for the
world.
"GH is delighted to be merging with GL. We have considered many potential partners but we have
chosen GL because we share the same values of independence and technical rigour. Both
companies have worked for 25 years together and hence know that this combination will be
successful. It brings benefits to our clients and employees alike. We are now able to provide
an even more comprehensive service offering with access to more engineers and this will enable
us to enter developing markets," explained Andrew Garrad, CEO Garrad Hassan, who will be the
president of the new combined renewables business.
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left to right: Pekka Paasivaara, Member of the GL Executive Board; Andrew Garrad, CEO Garrad Hassan; Dr
Hermann J. Klein, Member of the GL Executive Board
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About Garrad Hassan
Garrad Hassan and Partners Limited was established in 1984 to answer a growing need for
independent expert advice on wind energy. GH now employs over 360 highly skilled engineers and
consultants working in the wind energy, marine and solar renewables industries around the
world and is recognised as the leading independent authority.
GH is an international consultancy with offices in 18 countries. The client list includes
major wind turbine manufacturers, developers, banks and lenders. It demonstrates the worldwide
nature of the company's work as well as the broad spectrum of technical issues addressed by
its team of dedicated renewable energy experts.
GH's expertise covers every aspect of wind energy: The company has acted as banks' or owners'
engineer for over 22,000 MW of operating wind farms around the world and has carried out
energy assessments totalling over 100,000 MW. GH provides due diligence work, contract review
and supervision for banks and lenders. Energy resource assessment, wind farm design and
development services, onshore and offshore are major parts of the portfolio. For governments,
the EU and NGO's GH carries out analysis of energy policies, market surveys, regional resource
studies, and research and development. For manufacturers the services include design and
analysis of wind turbines, components, control systems, and software design packages as well
as certification support and on-site measurements.
GH offers a range of consultancy services to marine and solar energy device and project
developers, investors, contractors, financiers and other stakeholders. Services include solar,
wave and tidal resource assessment, design and testing of marine energy devices, project
feasibility and front end engineering studies, and technical due diligence.
More:
www.garradhassan.com
About Germanischer Lloyd
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is an international technical assurance and consulting company and
ship classification society. The company employs more than 6,400 engineers, surveyors, and
experts of various professions. GL's global network consists of more than 200 locations in 80
countries.
GL provides assurance, inspection, and consulting as well as project management on a worldwide
scale for the energy industries. The technical and consulting services focus along the entire
life cycle of oil and gas - upstream, midstream, and downstream - renewables and energy
installations onshore and offshore including safety, integrity, reliability and performance
management.
In the Renewables business segment GL provides technical expertise to all players in the
expanding renewable energy markets around the world, especially wind, including certification,
measurements as well as consulting and engineering.
In the Oil & Gas business segment GL's range of services extends to project consulting for oil
and gas production, storage, subsea technology, LNG terminals, pipeline engineering as well as
gas, electricity and water distribution networks. This is complemented with the corresponding
software solutions and consulting services for installation performance, maintenance and
process control.
GL, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, has a dedicated growth strategy, both organic and by
acquisition. In April 2009, Noble Denton, a provider of life cycle marine and offshore
engineering services, joined GL.
As a classification society, GL offers its services to ship owners, shipyards, the maritime
supply industry and 130 flag states. GL's fleet in service passed the 80 million gross tons
threshold in April 2009. More than 6,870 ships are currently surveyed on a regular basis by
GL. More: www.gl-group.com Posted
August 5, 2009
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