EEW has signed a contract with Van Oord to manufacture 100 monopile foundations for RWE’s 1400MW Sofia offshore wind project off east England.
The deal with the lead balance of plant contractor is for foundations to support the wind farm’s 14MW turbines.
The monopiles will be manufactured in Rostock and will have a diameter of up to 8.8 metres with a length of up to 91.8 metres.
EEW SPC will process approximately 130,000 tonnes of steel to make all the bases.
Production at the Rostock site is scheduled to begin in June 2023.
The wind farm will be sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, approximately 195km from the UK’s north-east coast.
Now under construction, the project is 100% owned by RWE.
“After several successful projects for Van Oord such as Gemini, Deutsche Bucht and Fryslân, we are pleased to have again been selected as supplier for this excellent European project,” said Robert Dreves, Managing Director at EEW SPC.