Windfarm monopile contract

Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects has awarded the contract to manufacture and deliver 75 monopiles for the Gemini offshore windfarm to Germany’s EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC).

The monopoles will be of a diameter of 7m and weigh up to 850 tonnes each. Delivery is expected in March 2014.

EEW SPC will begin production in May 2014 and the company will have processed 61,000 tonnes of steel by June 2015.

The 600MW Gemini offshore windfarm off the Dutch Coast will comprise of 150 wind turbines. When operational is 2016, it should produce electricity for over 785,000 households.