Spain’s Windar Renovables has completed the fabrication of the first of 90 offshore towers included in an order from Siemens Gamesa for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US.
The first shipments for the 2.6 GW offshore wind farm are scheduled for the summer of 2025.
The CVOW project will feature 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines and three offshore substations in a nearly 113,000-acre lease area off the coast of Virginia Beach.
Last month, Dominion Energy announced that 78 monopile foundations and four pin piles for one offshore substation were installed at the site during the first installation season.
According to Windar, this first tower also sets a milestone for the company, as it is the first offshore tower completed by its Mexican subsidiary, Windarmex.
With the order from Siemens Gamesa , Windar said it has created 200 direct jobs that will support the execution of the offshore wind project until mid-2026.
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The Altamira plant, which was established earlier in 2016 to supply onshore wind towers, was upgraded to accommodate the large dimensions of the offshore wind towers.
With the completion of this investment earlier in 2024, the factory is now the only one on the American continent capable of supplying this type of large tower, says Windar.
“Through our subsidiary Windarmex, we are positioned as a strategic global supplier to meet the anticipated demand in America in the coming years. In fact, we are the only offshore tower manufacturer in the entire American continent,” commented Orlando Alonso , CEO of Windar Renovables.
The factory has an annual production capacity equivalent to 200 offshore tower sections, mainly aiming at offshore wind projects to be installed along the East Coast of the US, according to the company. The facility is equipped to manufacture units with a maximum weight of 320 tonnes and a maximum diameter of eight metres.