A CONSULTANCY firm will supply safety management services for a £1.3bn wind farm.

Steel River Consultants is working with Eon on the energy company’s Rampion project, based off the coast of Brighton.

Bosses say the company, which has its headquarters in Stockton, will provide construction, design and management advisors, as well as safety managers, across the building of the 116-turbine Rampion scheme.

Graham Tyerman, managing director, said the deal is further proof of his company’s market-leading capabilities.

He also revealed it will further strengthen its links with Eon, having previously supported the business’ 73-turbine Humber Gateway wind farm.

Mr Tyerman said: “We have developed a strong working relationship with Eon over the past few years.

“The award of this contract not only strengthens our relationship, but also strengthens us as a leading playing in the supply of health and safety management to the renewables industry.”

Rampion is expected to be completed by 2018, with officials claiming it will generate enough electricity to power up to 290,000 homes.

The deal comes after Steel River Consultants picked up work to help install the world’s longest undersea electricity cable project, the £1.5bn UK-Norway interconnector.

Developers claim the North Sea Link (NSL) project will provide enough power to meet the needs of nearly one million homes.

Steel River Consultants will act as a hazard identification facilitator and provide construction design management and health and safety advisory services to cable supplier, Prysmian.

The NSL project, owned 50 per cent each by National Grid and Statnett, will be the first direct electricity connection between the UK and Norway.

At more than 447 miles, it will be the world’s longest interconnector running from Blyth, in Northumberland, to Kvilldal, in Rogaland, on the Norwegian side.

The interconnector is due to installed by the end of 2021.