Sif and Smulders have been awarded a contract to supply all monopiles and transition pieces for the 2400MW Dogger Bank A and B offshore wind farm project in the North Sea off the coast of England.
The companies will manufacture all 190 monopiles and transition pieces for A and B following a contract award from the joint developers SSE Renewables and Equinor, as first reported by subscriber-only reNEWS in April.
The contract is subject to financial close, expected in late 2020.
Dogger Bank is being developed in three phases, A, B and C, located more than 130km from the Yorkshire coast in water depths from 18 to 63 metres.
Each phase will have an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW and a combined installed capacity of up to 3.6GW.
Sif is responsible for the fabrication and supply of the monopiles and primary steel for the transition pieces, and for the marshalling of all foundation components at its Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam terminal.
Smulders will manufacture the secondary steel and assemble, coat and test the fully equipped transition pieces.
Production in the Smulders’ facilities in Poland and Belgium will begin in May 2021.
The assembly, which will be done at the Hoboken facility, is scheduled to start in September 2021 and will take approximately 10 months.
The consortium is committed to include UK local content on the transition pieces for the projects in close cooperation with the Dogger Bank team.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm project director Steve Wilson said: “This tier one contract with the Sif Group and Smulders is the final one to be confirmed by Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the first two phases, and marks a significant milestone for the project.
“We look forward to working with the joint venture in a collaborative and innovative way, to manufacture the foundations that will support the world’s largest and most powerful wind turbines in operation, and which will provide renewable electricity to more than 4.5 million UK households.”
Sif CEO Fred van Beers added: “Dogger Bank Wind Farm joint venture partners SSE and Equinor are strong, experienced and reputable customers.
“Through our facility at MV2 we are well positioned to serve the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project and we look forward to a continuation of the excellent relationship that dates back many years already.
With this biggest award ever to Sif, the projects still in exclusive negotiation and the strong tender pipeline, Sif’s mid-term order pipeline is now looking very robust.”