Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Windar Renovables for the construction of 95 transition pieces for the East Anglia Three (EA3) offshore wind farm in UK waters.
This is the largest order of this type of foundations to date and the production will be carried out mainly at the Asturian company’s facilities located in Avilés, in addition to the collaboration of a large number of Spanish suppliers in the manufacture of the secondary structure.
The secondary structure will be integrated in the Port of Avilés, prior to its shipment to the United Kingdom.
The manufacture of the 95 pieces will require more than 2,000,000 working hours over 23 months, creating 400 jobs.
Production will start next June and each of these pieces will have maximum dimensions of 20 metres in height, eight metres in diameter and 300 tons in weight.
EA3 will be located off the Norfolk coast and will have a capacity of 1.4GW. The site will be part of the East Anglia Hub, consisting of 714MW of installed capacity, for which Windar has previously built 42 jackets and 126 pin piles.
Windar Renovables executive president Orlando Alonso said: “The contract represents a significant step forward for our group in the offshore wind energy market that consolidates us as a world reference in the services performance from which Iberdrola will be the first beneficiary.”