Galloper still on track, exec says

Graham Moates, package manager for Galloper Wind Farm, told an offshorewind seminar in Lowestoft that “it's business as usual" at the project, a 50/50 venture between SSE and Germany's RWE.

Moates said: "RWE remain committed to the project and we arepressing on with procurement and negotiations,” and is confident of finding anew partner according to a statement from event organiser OrbisEnergy.

SSE threw the project into apparent confusion last month when itannounced it would seek an exit from its 50% share in Galloper as part of awider retreat from the offshore wind sector.

RWE told Recharge at the time that it had been inundated withsuppliers anxious to know the status of the project – having itself only beengiven a day’s notice of SSE’s...