US-based
Fluor
was
hired
as
engineering,
procurement
and
construction
(EPC)
contractor
by
Greater
Gabbard
Offshore
Wind
Limited
(GGOWL)
–
a
50:50
joint
venture
between
SSE
and
RWE
Innogy-owned
npower
renewables.
Last
autumn
GGOWL
notified
Fluor
that
52
transition
pieces
and
35
monopiles
–
worth
some
93MW
of
capacity
–
did
not
meet
the
“contracted
standards”.
Fluor
subsequently
claimed
£300m
($477.5m)
in
damages
from
GGOWL
as
compensation
for
delays
and
other
cost
impacts
arising
from
testing
and
repairs
at
the
project,
arguing
that
the
faulty
kit
was
“attributable…
