Ocean Winds has signed a reserved capacity agreement with Navantia Seanergies for the manufacture of components for floating offshore wind farms.
The agreements covers floating structures for future projects in Spain, Portugal and other European countries.
The contract, signed in Madrid by the Navantia Seanergies Vice-president, Javier Herrador, and the CEO of Ocean Winds, Bautista Rodríguez, provides for the construction of a large number of components for offshore wind between 2027 and 2031, with the possibility of extending for two more years.
The production will be mainly carried out at Navantia Seanergies’ facilities in Spain, where the public company is developing this business at its shipyards in Fene (A Coruña) and Puerto Real (Cádiz).
It will also be able to put in value other production assets in different locations, such as Navantia’s facility in Brest (France) and other locations such as foreign ports in Spain or in the countries where the wind farms are located.
During this five-year period, Navantia Seanergies will deliver an average of between eight and 12 floating foundations per year, combining these components with others for the offshore wind farms to be developed by Ocean Winds.
The agreement will translate into an average of 1000 direct jobs and strengthens the collaboration between Ocean Winds and Navantia Seanergies.
In 2022, Ocean Winds awarded the Navantia-Windar consortium 14 XXL monopiles for the Moray West wind farm in the United Kingdom and 62 jackets for the Dieppe le Tréport site in France, both projects currently under execution at Navantia Fene.
In addition to the above, in 2022 Ocean Winds awarded Navantia Seanergies its first turnkey (EPC) contract consisting of two substation jackets, one of them for the Dieppe le Tréport electrical substation and the second for the Îles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier wind farm, both in France.
Both projects are being executed at Navantia Puerto Real.