Sif has manufactured the first of 54 monopiles for Equinor’s 816MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project on its new production line at Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam.
In February 2023 Sif took FID to invest €328m in the expansion of its production facilities at Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam.
Empire Offshore Wind committed €50m in advanced factory payments to the financing of the project and became a launching client for the investment programme.
The expansion works were executed on time and on budget, Sif said.
In August 2024, the company announced the first of three production lines of the expanded facilities was in operation.
Transition pieces for Empire Wind are being manufactured in Sif’s Roermond facilities.
The monopiles and transition pieces for Empire Wind 1 will be manufactured in first quarter 2025 and shipped to the US for installation offshore New York.
Sif Holding chief executive Fred van Beers said: “It is with great pleasure that we could deliver the first of 54 monopiles for Empire Wind 1 to our client Equinor.
“Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved, we have achieved this important step in Sif’s history.
“We will now focus on getting the facilities up-to-speed to manufacture approximately 200 monopiles per year.
“It makes me proud to see that the quality of the first product is very good and that measurement is widelywithin tolerances.
“The new facilities enhance Sif’s position as market leader in offshore wind energy foundations and will contribute largely to the energy transition from fossil to clean energies.”