Ocean Winds has awarded the alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables an order for 14 monopiles for its 882MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scottish waters.
The contract for the EDP Renewables (EDPR) and Engie JV will be the first order executed in the new XXL monopile factory that both companies are building in the Fene shipyard in Spain, with an investment of more than €36m.
The material collection process will begin this July and the start of production work in the new factory in December.
The global execution period is 10 months, generating 280,000 hours of work, with an average of 150 direct jobs per month.
The monopiles are destined for the Moray West project, which will have 60 turbines of 14.7MW.
This project is being developed by Ocean Winds in the western part of the Moray Firth offshore wind farm, some 14 miles off the coast of Caithness, Scotland.
The monopiles will have an approximate length of 90 metres, a maximum diameter of 10 metres and a minimum of 8, and a maximum weight of 2,000 tonnes.
This type of XXL monopiles, the product with the highest market share among fixed foundations, is new for Navantia-Windar.
Windar Renovables executive president, Orlando Alonso said: “Innovation and the ability to adapt to customer needs, which are at the core of our union, have been decisive in awarding us this project.
“It is the first step of what will undoubtedly be a long journey, as well as a demonstration of the wisdom of having undertaken the investment in Fene that allows us to operate in this segment.”
Navantia presiden Ricardo Dominguez added: “This first contract for XXL monopiles is a success due to the diversification of our catalog of offshore wind power products.
“We are committed to a long-term product in the coming years and to developing the local industrial fabric in the Ría de Ferrol, capitalizing on the enormous expected demand for offshore wind power products, which will multiply by three in just five years.”