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EEW SPC to build 100 monopile foundations

Friday, January 27 2023

Wind Energy – Sofia OWF

Germany’s EEW Special Pipe Constructions ( EEW SPC) has signed a contract with Van Oord to manufacture 100 monopile foundations for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm, to be located in the UK North Sea.

The Sofia Offshore Wind Farm will be one of the largest single offshore wind farms in the world, with its 1.4 gigawatt (GW) capacity.

The wind farm will comprise 100 14-MW offshore wind turbines by Siemens Gamesa that will be sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, some  195 kilometers from the UK’s north east coast. Now under construction, the project is 100% owned by RWE.

The monopiles will be built in Rostock, Germany. They will have a diameter of up to 8.8 meters and a length of up to 91.8 meters, for which EEW SPC will process approximately 130,000 metric tons of steel. Production at the Rostock site is scheduled to begin in June 2023.

Van Oord will deploy the offshore installation vessel Aeolus to install the 100 extended monopile foundations without transition pieces.

The Dutch company will also install the 350 kilometers of array cables at the wind farm, using the cable-laying vessel Nexus.

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Filed Under: EEW SPC, International News, monopile foundations, Sofia, Van Oord Tagged With: EEW SPC, monopile foundations, north sea, Sofia, Van Oord Offshore


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