Sif, EEW, and Bladt Industries Suppliers Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2
Ørsted has chosen to contract Sif, EEW, and Bladt Industries as the suppliers for the monopiles and transition pieces for offshore windfarm Borssele 1 & 2.
Sif and EEW SPC will both deliver half of the 94 monopile foundations for the Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines. Bladt and EEW OSB will deliver 35 transition pieces. The other 24 transition pieces will be contracted later this year. Henrik Egholm, EPC Director Borssele 1 & 2 for Ørsted, says, “With Sif, FEW, OSB and Bladt we have a strong mix of local and international suppliers. We are very pleased to work for the first time with Sif, as it is a competent and experienced Dutch supplier.” Steven Engels, General Manager Continental Western Europe for Ørsted, comments, “It is great to see that our Borssele project is right on schedule. With these contracts for the foundations we have finished the procurement process for the main, large contracts. We have contracted the suppliers for foundations, turbines, cables, installation of all components and we also have an O&M base. Now we are heading into a new phase of the project: component fabrication and later offshore construction.”
Richard Jongen, Commercial Manager Wind at Sif says, “This is the first time Sif is going to manufacture the offshore foundations for a wind project on behalf of Ørsted. With our new assembly facility and deep-sea quay on Maasvlakte II (Port of Rotterdam), we are ideally located and perfectly equipped to efficiently produce and deliver the monopile foundations. Sif is very pleased to contribute to a successful offshore wind project off the Dutch coast such as Borssele 1 & 2.” Heiko Mutzelburg, Managing Director/CEO at EEW SPC, states, “With this order we are off to a good start in 2019. In addition, with the Dutch offshore wind project Borssele 1 & 2 we are able to deliver from EEW OSB outside the UK for the first time. We again thank Ørsted for the trustful relationship we built up in the past.” Lars Bender, Vice President, Head of Commercial & Sales of Bladt Industries: “We have worked closely together with Ørsted for the last decade on fabrication of foundations and substations. We highly appreciate the cooperation and partnership with Ørsted — and we are very happy to continue our close cooperation on the company’s first project in the Netherlands.”