Iberdrola has taken delivery of the last monopiles for its 315MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea from Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables.
The components were manufactured at the companies’ joint XXL monopile facility at the Navantia Seanergies yard in Fene, northern Spain, as part of a second major supply contract with Iberdrola following East Anglia 3.
Each monopile measures up to 84 metres long, 10 metres in diameter and weighs as much as 2100 tonnes. Their production supported 300 jobs.
The order forms part of a strategic collaboration between Iberdrola and the Navantia-Windar alliance, which spans a decade and exceeds €1bn in total.
Navantia chairman Ricardo Domínguez said: “Last December, Navantia celebrated a decade of offshore wind since its first contract with Iberdrola. Since then, we have supplied offshore foundations and substations for its wind farms, helping to strengthen the national supply chain.”
Windar Renovables executive chairman Orlando Alonso added: “This order from Iberdrola is evidence of the high level of quality of our products and the reliability of our processes and our collaboration with Navantia Seanergies.”
The Fene facility was adapted with a €36m investment to produce XXL monopiles, including a new warehouse, high-capacity bending machinery, painting booths and upgraded storage areas.
Iberdrola offshore wind director Álvaro Martínez said: “This delivery is another example of Iberdrola’s driving vocation with the Spanish industrial fabric. We always seek to develop all our projects in partnership with local industry and Spanish companies.”
Windanker, which will feature turbines of around 15MW each, is scheduled to enter operation in 2026. It forms part of Iberdrola’s Baltic Sea hub, which also includes the operational 350MW Wikinger and the 476MW Baltic Eagle projects.
In parallel, Navantia and Windar are working on 45 monopiles for East Anglia 3, while Windar is delivering 95 transition pieces from its Avilés plant in Asturias.
Iberdrola currently has over 2470MW of offshore wind installed and aims to grow this to 6500MW by 2030.