PRESS RELEASE 26 October 2015 South American move for SgurrEnergy Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has announced the opening of a new office in Santiago, Chile, signalling a strategic move to further develop its South American base. The Wood Group company is already working across Chile on both wind and solar projects and this new office will help to support its growing client base. SgurrEnergy’s Vincent Burgmeier, an experienced renewable energy engineer currently based in the Paris office, will head up SgurrEnergy’s presence in Chile. The office space will be shared with SgurrEnergy’s Chilean partner, Coener. Vincent will be present at Chile’s leading renewable energy event, CIREC, from 27-28 October in order to meet potential new business partners and further establish SgurrEnergy within the South American renewable energy sector. SgurrEnergy will offer a full range of services in the region, with the support of its South American partners, focusing on technical engineering and advisory work in the growing wind, solar and hydro markets. The move follows an increase in SgurrEnergy’s pipeline of projects in the region and will enable enhanced local delivery of projects in Chile. In particular, the business will use its reputation for robust, accurate advice to support clients in optimisation of wind farm performance using their SgurrOptimiser package of performance improvement services, and remote sensing products such as leading lidar device, Galion Lidar. The Scottish-headquartered company aims to capitalise on the recent growth in renewable energy developments in Chile. The government passed a law in 2013 stating that Chile must source 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and the country is working towards this target. The opening of the Chile office, coupled with addition of three North American offices this year, highlights the considerable growth of SgurrEnergy, which currently has 16 offices worldwide and 250 members of staff. SgurrEnergy’s Vincent Burgmeier, Renewable Energy Consultant, said: “SgurrEnergy’s expansion presents more opportunities for us to utilise its global expertise to establish and grow renewable energy projects in Chile. This is an exciting time for renewables in the region and our strong reputation for robust, accurate advice means we are well placed to support the South American market.” Ends. Notes to editors: SgurrEnergy is a leading renewable energy consultancy, providing engineering and technical advisory services in onshore and offshore wind, solar, wave and tidal and hydro projects. Founded 13 years ago by technical director Ian Irvine and implementation director Steve McDonald, the company has been involved in more than 160GW of renewable energy projects in over 90 countries around the world. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, SgurrEnergy has over 250 staff in international offices in China (Beijing), Canada (Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal), Chile (Santiago), France (Paris), India (Pune), Ireland (Dublin), the US (Portland, Austin and San Francisco), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Norway (Stavanger), Germany (Hamburg) and South Africa (Johannesburg). www.sgurrenergy.com SgurrEnergy is a subsidiary business of Wood Group. Galion Lidar is a mature remote sensing technology for wind speed measurement and directional data capture. Coener is a renewable energy consultancy, with over 15 years’ experience in providing engineering solutions to clients on projects in Chile. Wood Group is an international energy services company with around $7bn sales and operating in more than 50 countries. The Group is built on Core Values and has three businesses – Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang – providing a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide. Visit Wood Group at www.woodgroup.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter. For further information please contact: Tom Sutton, Marketing Co-ordinator: press and online, SgurrEnergy Phone: +44 (0) 141 227 1754 Email: [email protected] .