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Euskalforging chosen for Rampion

By: Lewis Holdsworth 16/06/2015 Euskalforging

Foundations General Windfarms

Euskal Forging, a supplier of seamless rolled rings, announces that it has recently won the contract to fully supply the flanges for the foundations for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, being built by energy company E.ON alongside partners the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB). The foundations will to be manufactured and supplied by SIF GROUP BV.

The scope of the project consists in 3 type of flanges (Top and Bottom TP and Mp) starting at 5.000mm of external diameter and finished machined for each of the 116 foundations that will be installed off the Sussex coast in the UK. Under the term of the contract, Euskal Forging will roll, heat treat, machine and deliver to the client 348 flanges adapting the production to the customer needs, following Euskal Forging´s flexible manufacturing set up.

Development of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm commenced in 2010, after we were awarded the exclusive rights to develop the area by The Crown Estate. The nearest turbine to shore will be 13km (8 miles) and the site will feature 116 turbines, each 3.45MW in capacity, giving the project a total generating capacity of 400MW. Each of the turbines will be 85m tall to the hub height, and 140M to blade tip.
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