Euskal Delivers Flanges for Wikinger

Grupo Euskal Forging has delivered flanges for jackets to be installed on Wikinger.

This delivery started 2 weeks ago for Navantia and Euskal will begin delivering to Bladt in the near future.

Wikinger windfarm has consent authorised and is scheduled to start construction in January 2016, and fully commissioned by the end of December 2018. Navantia were awarded the contract to construct and install the offshore substation, the contract was valued at nearly €70 million (£50 Million) and will be executed once sufficient grid capacity has been formally allocated by Germany’s regulator. Navantia is a Spanish public company belonging to a subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration.

Bladt Industries, specialist in complex steel structures for the renewable energy sector, has signed a contract for the fabrication of 41 jacket foundations and 164 pin piles.