Lamprell

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Lamprell is a leading provider of contracting services to the global energy sector. Sustainability and innovation are common threads that drive strategy and growth through its renewables, oil and gas, and digital business units. Group HSES Manager David Enders, and HSES Bids & Sustainability Coordinator Mudashir Afolabi spoke to Andy Probert about the company and its desire to be net zero by 2050.

Sustainability works hand-in-hand with Lamprell's corporate responsibilities, whether that lies in its renewables, oil and gas, or digital business units. A leader in building complex offshore and onshore process modules, platforms, and in fabricating and refurbishing jack-up rigs and liftboats, Lamprell is actively involved in several sustainable initiatives. It has publicly committed to becoming net-zero by 2050 and driving sustainable gains across its supply chain.

It has established a reputation as an early mover and leader in the renewables sector since 2007. By the end of 2022, it had delivered 138 foundations for offshore windfarm farms on the East Anglia ONE, Moray East and Seagreen projects and it had concluded the Middle East’s first green trade finance facility for use on the Seagreen project.

Lamprell employs more than 5,000 people across multiple facilities, with its primary hub located in the Hamriyah Free Zone, in the UAE, which can produce up to 150 transition pieces annually, using its state-ofthe-art production line. The facilities cover

800,000sqm with over 1.5km of quayside, explained Mr David Enders, Group HSES Manager.

Underpinned by nearly 50 years of expertise, Lamprell has continued actively targeting the growing renewables industry in its traditional European markets and in new geographies, including the USA and Asia.

Key milestones

In September 2022, Lamprell was awarded a contract for construction of structures for deployment on the Moray Offshore Windfarm in the UK’s North Sea. The work includes constructing 60 wind turbine generator transition pieces and two transition pieces for offshore substations and shipping them to the UK.

Moray West is a new offshore wind farm comprising 60 turbines in the outer Moray Firth. Ocean Winds, a venture between EDP

Renewables and ENGIE, is developing it. Once operational in 2024-25, the project will provide reliable energy for the equivalent of 640,000 homes.

To complete the works on this new project, Lamprell will make use of its new production line, which will be completed in mid-2023 and which enables the expedited construction of jacket components, transition pieces and monopiles for renewables projects.

Transition pieces and monopiles form the foundations of the wind generator turbines. The transition piece is a reinforced part of the support structure connected to the wind turbine tower. Monopiles are steel piles which sit beneath the turbine tower, typically by way of a transition piece, and are driven into the seabed.

Mr Mudashir Afolabi, HSES Bids & Sustainability Coordinator, outlined how one of Lamprell's historic milestones

had been the delivery of six offshore windfarm installation vessels for various clients across the globe.

More recently, Lamprell has expanded its scope of products into floating offshore facilities, High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) platforms and jackets. These are part of Lamprell’s future renewables strategy, and the company is actively targeting and bidding on these projects.

As well as oil and gas, Mr Enders highlighted how the company was also focused on digital solutions in construction and operational projects to increase productivity and ensure its continuing world class safety standards.

Sustainable journey

“Our supply chain has a truly global scope, stretching from Asia to Europe,” Mr Enders continued. “One area of focus is the potential impact on sustainability. Mudashir and I are increasingly engaging with supply chain stakeholders to get

them to report on their Scope 3 emissions while promoting best practices in their sustainability management.

“Lamprell's sustainability journey has been ongoing for around ten years, with the reporting and monitoring on waste diversion on-site, and improving its external C0 2 reporting.” In launching its CO 2 reduction programme, Lamprell has reduced gross greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 48% since 2015.

Mr Afolabi noted that the company was considered a leader in the industry in managing ESG risks and opportunities, rated AA by MSCI and has decreased its gross diesel usage by 77% since 2015.

Lamprell's environmental stewardship programme is focused on the communities in which it operates, according to Mr Afolabi: “We are committed to protecting and enhancing local ecosystems through various initiatives, including our annual UAE Clean Coastline event, which was launched in 2018. We regularly engage with our stakeholders to increase sustainability awareness and encourage adopting environmentally conscious best practices.

“The construction industry as a whole is a significant polluter, being responsible for 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Lamprell, however, has implemented initiatives pragmatically supporting its strategic sustainable efforts.”

A case in point was a $500,000 investment for the implementation of recommendations from third party facility energy audit.

“Sustainability is part of Lamprell’s DNA and embedded in its procedures and workforce, overseen by our Sustainability Committee,” said Mr Afolabi. “Recently we initiated a sustainability awareness programme that was designed to improve the knowledge and behaviours towards sustainable practices among employees and their families.

“We want to take that to the next level, and Lamprell is planning to implement annual initiatives which aim to achieve and deliver the net zero road map by 2050.”

These have already included a change of diesel generators at its main facility to 'grid-connected electricity', helping

Mudashir Afolabi, HSES Bids & Sustainability Coordinator

David Enders, HSES Manager

to more than halve energy emissions between 2015 and 2022. Solar panels are also being considered as a way to provide further alternative-energy power sources at its facilities.

“We look to make our systems more efficient, in an effort to drive down emissions and become more energy-efficient,” explained Mr Afolabi. “We have a pipeline of other solutions that we are planning to implement. It has the added benefit of reducing costs to the business!”

“Our approach to net zero is structured around energy efficiency, replacement of fossil fuel where possible and engaging our supply chain,” said Mr Enders. “We are also seeking support from our supply chain, particularly in areas where sustainable frameworks are still evolving. We want to include key performance indicators

into our subcontracts, as a way to measure supplier progress on ESG matters and to drive more sustainable solutions to our clients.”

“We have seen over 100 per cent growth in our renewable bid pipeline in the last three years, and the renewables market is currently very buoyant. Lamprell’s bid pipeline for renewables projects currently exceeds US$2 billion. The trend is expected to continue as the drive for sustainability continues globally,” concluded Mr Afolabi. “Lamprell is well-positioned to benefit from this growth market and has invested strategically to capture some of this growth, with the major investment of the production line in our Hamriyah facility.”

“As climate change is a major driver for the energy transition,” Mr Enders concluded, “Lamprell is well placed to take advantage of forthcoming opportunities.” n