16 Jul. () –
The business alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables will build a total of 21 monopiles for Iberdrola for the Windanker offshore wind farm, in German waters, which will have a capacity of 315 megawatts (MW) once it is operational in 2026, the companies reported.
Specifically, this is the second contract for monopiles for the energy company and the fourth contract for this type of foundation for the Navantia-Windar alliance to date. Production will take place at the monopile factory operated by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables at the Navantia shipyard in Fene (A Coruña).
The companies estimate that the manufacturing of the 21 pieces will take 420,000 hours over 10 months, generating around 210 jobs between Navantia, Windar and collaborating auxiliary industry. Each of these substructures will have maximum dimensions of 84 metres in length, 10 metres in diameter and 2,100 tonnes in weight.
Navantia Seanergies-Windar Renovables has added a new contract to those previously awarded for a value of over 1 billion euros, thus consolidating a relationship of more than nine years with Iberdrola, with orders for the group’s offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the United States.
IBERDROLA REAFFIRMS CONFIDENCE IN NAVANTIA AND WINDAR.
Navantia President Ricardo Domínguez stressed that this contract “reaffirms the trust” placed by Iberdrola in Navantia Seanergies and Windar as a supplier of offshore wind components.
“A relationship that has lasted for nine years, in which Navantia has supplied foundations and offshore substations for Iberdrola’s wind farms in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Contracts such as this contribute to boosting work at the shipyard and the development of the offshore wind supply chain in our country, preparing it for a growing demand, which has only just begun,” he said.
For his part, the CEO of Windar Renovables, Orlando Alonso, praised this new order with Iberdrola “as evidence of the high level of quality of the products and the reliability of the processes and the collaboration with Navantia Seanergies.”
“It also confirms the forecasts that we expect a strong increase in activity in the sector, for which Windar Renovables is strengthening its corporate structure and working to increase its capabilities to respond to this challenge and continue to deserve the trust of such important clients,” he said.
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