Windar Renovables largest ever project
By:
Chris Anderson
18/05/2023
Windar
Iberdrola has signed an
agreement with Windar Renovables for the construction of 95 transition
pieces for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in UK waters. This
is the largest order of this type of foundations to date and the production
will be carried out mainly at the Asturian company’s facilities located
in Avilés, in addition to the collaboration of a large number of Spanish
suppliers in the manufacture of the secondary structure, which will be
integrated in the Port of Avilés, prior to its shipment to the United Kingdom.
The manufacture of the 95 pieces will require more than 2,000,000 working
hours during 23 months, creating 400 jobs. Production will start next June
and each of these pieces will have maximum dimensions of 20 meters in height,
8 meters in diameter and 300 tons in weight.
East Anglia Three, which will be located off the Norfolk coast and will
have a capacity of 1,400 megawatts (MW), enough to supply 1.3 million homes
with clean energy once it is commissioned in 2026.
East Anglia Three, will be part of the East Anglia Hub, consisting in 714
MW of installed capacity, with which it is possible to supply 630,000 British
homes, and for which Windar has previously built 42 jackets and 126 pin
piles.
With this new contract, Windar positions itself as a leader in the manufacture
of these offshore substructures and strengthens its relationship with Iberdrola
for more than 9 years, in addition to the contracts previously awarded
for Iberdrola’s offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, Germany, France
and the United States.
Windar Renovables is also involved in the manufacture of this type of product
for other large Iberdrola offshore wind farms, such as Baltic Eagle, in
German waters (50 transition pieces) and Vineyard Wind I (62 transition
pieces) off the coast of Massachusetts, USA.
According to Orlando Alonso, Windar Renovables Executive President: “the
contract represents a significant step forward for our group in the offshore
wind energy market that consolidates us as a world reference in the services
performance from which Iberdrola will be the first beneficiary”.