Four authorised service providers for wind turbine manufacturer Endurance, which went into administration in December following the collapse of its Canadian parent company, have joined forces provide spare parts for owners.
The four businesses, which between them manage over 76% of the UK’s fleet of 900 Endurance farm-scale turbines, are Aeolus (based in Bristol), Earthmill (Wetherby), Natural Generation (St Ives) and Silverford (Northern Ireland). They have jointly acquired £600,000 of spare parts from the company’s administrators.
The businesses say this ensures full continuity of service for the 900 UK farmers who have installed Endurance turbines.
Steve Milner, managing director of Earthmill, which maintains over 250 farm-scale Endurance wind turbines for customers across the UK, said: “While the collapse of Endurance, in Canada and then here in the UK, has been a huge shock to everyone involved, by working together and taking swift collaborative action, the four service providers have been able to achieve the best possible outcome for turbine owners.
“Not only have we successfully acquired the entire stock of Endurance spares and components from the administrators, Grant Thornton, but we have also managed to re-establish the production of those components and spares by working with the original manufacturers that produce them. ”
The Endurance turbine parts and components are being stored in a central parts depot accessible to each of the four service providers.
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