Sif Holding N.V. to Manufacture All Monopiles for the Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farm
April 20, 2018 at 02:58 am EDT
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Sif Holding N.V. announced that it has been awarded the production of 77 monopiles (68 Kton) for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. Borssele III & IV is developed by a consortium (Blauwwind II) comprising Shell, Eneco, Van Oord, and Diamond Generating Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation. The contract has been awarded by Van Oord as the EPCI contractor for the project and is subject to financial close. The Borssele III & IV wind farm is located approximately 22 kilometers out to sea from the coast of Zeeland in the Netherlands. The project will cover an area of 122 square kilometers with water depths of up to 38 meters and will comprise of Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbines. The turbines will be built on monopole foundations without transition pieces. The total installed capacity of the Borssele III & IV wind farm will be 731.5 MW. The production of monopiles is scheduled from early July until December 2018. The project was already presented in the orderbook of Sif as "exclusive negotiations" and will now be presented as a firm contract. This brings the total order book for 2018 at 183 Kton.
Sif Holding N.V. specializes in the design and manufacturing of components used in offshore foundations for wind farms projects. The group primarily offers monopiles, transition pieces and piles that are used to anchor jacket foundations in the seabed for offshore wind turbines.
At the end of 2023, the group had 2 production sites located in the Netherlands.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the Netherlands (3.4%), the United Kingdom (61%), Germany (19.6%), France (10.4%), Norway (1.8%), Belgium (1.1%), European Union (0.4%) the United States (1.9%) and other (0.4%).