Orsted has contracted Sif, EEW SPC, EEW OSB and Bladt Industries to supply foundations and some of the transition pieces for the 752MW Borssele 1&2 wind complex off the coast of the Netherlands.
Sif and EEW SPC will both deliver half of the 94 monopile foundations for the Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines, while Bladt and EEW OSB will each deliver 35 transition pieces.
An order for the remaining 24 TPs will be placed later this year, Orsted said.
Orsted EPC director for Borssele 1&2 Henrik Egholm said: “With Sif, EEW, OSB and Bladt we have a strong mix of local and international suppliers. We are very pleased to work for the first time with Sif, as it is a competent and experienced Dutch supplier.”
EEW OSB managing director Sascha Hofmeister said: “We are excited to be exporting abroad for the first time. The offshore wind industry is clearly growing globally and having firmly established ourselves as trustworthy suppliers for Orsted’s UK projects, we are of course delighted to be working with them again.”
Sif commercial manager wind Richard Jongen said: “This is the first time Sif is going to manufacture the offshore foundations for a wind project on behalf of Orsted.
“With our new assembly facility and state-of-the-art deep-sea quay on Maasvlakte II (Port of Rotterdam), Sif is ideally located and perfectly equipped to efficiently produce and deliver the monopile foundations.”
EEW SPC managing director Heiko Mützelburg said: “With this order we are off to a good start in 2019. In addition, with the Dutch offshore wind project Borssele 1&2 we are able to deliver from EEW OSB outside the UK for the first time.”
Bladt Industries head of commercial and sales Lars Bender added: “We have worked closely together with Orsted for the last decade on fabrication of foundations and substations.
“We highly appreciate the cooperation and partnership with Orsted – and we are very happy to continue our close cooperation on Orsted’s first project in the Netherlands.”