Meet the Buyer - Rainpower ASA
Rainpower (pdf) is an innovative technology company serving the hydroelectric power industry. The company is rooted in traditional hydropower technology developed in Norway over the past decades, and is characterized by constant technological progress with new and effective products and solutions for hydropower. Today, Rainpower is a highly skilled and flexible company.
Their main focus areas are small and medium-sized hydropower projects in Norway and abroad. Their core business is to develop and deliver effective, reliable and innovative energy solutions based on water. We have state of the art technology for medium and high head hydropower turbines, pump turbines, turbine controls, inlet valves, gates and penstock. We are also the leading Norwegian company for excitation and governor equipment. We are a leading supplier of service and rehabilitation projects for the hydropower industry with focus on both hydro mechanical and electrical equipment and systems.
Rainpower's Aim
Rainpower ASA are looking to build and take advantage of the quality supply chain from the UK to supply products and services for their upcoming projects in Norway and around the world.
Rainpower currently spend around £20-30m per year on components and subcontracting.
Potential Suppliers must:
- look to be long-term partners not one off suppliers
- have quality throughout - Rainpower products have 60 year life span
- be able to operate openly
- have some experience in Hydro.
Rainpower are looking for the following products:
- Castings 1 metre to 5 metres, up to 60,000kg
- Forgings
- Machining capability in house or closely associated
- Components for large Pelton, Francis, Reversible Turbines
- Nozzles
- Shafts
- Bearings
- Control Systems
- Valves, Butterfly 2-5m diameter, Spherical 1-3m diameter
- Other, electrics, electronics, wiring
- Logistics
- Electric generation services
- Non destructive testing services.
- Gates
- Piping systems
- Servomotors
- Generators (Small Hydro < 10 mw turbines)
- Welding facilities
- Engineering services
Meet the Buyer
The Norwegian Collaboration Centre will be running two meet the buyer sessions for suppliers who provide the above products and services. These events will take place in Newcastle and Rotherham, June 2011.
28th June - St Ann's Wharf, 112 Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3DX
29th June - Advanced Manufacturing Park, Brunel Way, Rotherham, S60 5WG
TBC - Aberdeen event to be organised later in the year
To discuss this event further please contact Mike Pedersen on +44 191 645 1248.
The Norwegian Collaboration Centre is producing a Norwegian language procurement guide for Rainpower ASA. Rainpower will use this guide as a reference for future UK suppliers.
Companies attending must be included in the procurement guide.
- Companies with existing annual profiles receive a reduced rate for attendance (£100+VAT).
- Companies attending needing a Norwegian language profile for the event have the following rate for its production and attendance (£250+VAT).
New companies attending the event will receive a Norwegian language profile. This will appear in:
- Rainpower Procurement Guide
- eBook distributed to 15,000 contacts
- New Mobile App distributed across to Norwegian Buyers
- The Norwegian profiles of the companies attending the Rainpower event will be made available to other companies in Norway.