Construction work contract for Wikinger offshore wind farm

Work will be undertaken at Navantia’s yards in Puerto Real and Fene. Some 700 employees at Navantia are expected to be involved in this project over the next two years, guaranteeing the shipyards a significant workload during this period.  Navantia in Fene will build 29 jacket foundations for 29 wind turbines at the Wikinger facility. This agreement is worth a total of 90 million euros. Pile installation has been scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2016, an operation that should be complete by the end of the summer of that year. The Navantia shipyard in Puerto Real will be in charge of the construction and on-site installation of the offshore substation platforms. The award is worth 70 million euros and work is expected to run until the spring of 2016. This steel structure for the field will be about 60m long and 22m wide and it will consist of two platforms weighing over 4,800 tonnes. The base will be anchored to the seabed with six piles measuring over 50m high and weighing 2,400 tonnes. This award would also enable Navantia to participate in the procurement process for other offshore wind farms projects being developed by Iberdrola.