NAVANTIA concludes the assembly of the first block of the floating substructures for Statoil Hywind
06 April 2016 | Madrid
- This consists in Block no. 200 for the first of the five substructures ordered
Block no. 200 is the first floating substructure of the wind power program for the Norwegian company Statoil to grow along the slab block workshop in the shipyard which NAVANTIA has in Fene (Galicia).
NAVANTIA has already assembled the eleven collets which make up this block, and now it is working on the welding process, before painting them.
It is envisaged that this block will leave the workshop in early May, and that then Block no. 300 will enter into the collets assembly line.
This SPAR-type floating substructure is the first of a series of five which the consortium made up by NAVANTIA and Windar will build for the offshore wind farm on the Eastern coast of Scotland (UK) which has been awarded to an affiliated company of Statoil ASA called Hywind (Scotland) Ltd. These new substructures will be launched at NAVANTIA’s facilities in Fene.
Statoil ASA divides the building of each of the offshore floating platforms in a supply for the lower part (SPAR-type ballcock anchored to the sea floor) called floating substructure, and a supply for the higher part called tower, which will lodge at the top the wind turbine set.
The sea offshore wind power is the only option for exploiting wind power in deep waters, and within one decade it will be the only feasible option, as the sea middle-depth locations are being exhausted.
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NAVANTIA constitutes a world reference in the design, construction and integration of warships with a high-technological content, as well as ship repairs and upgrades. Besides, its activity lines include the design and manufacturing of combat and command and control systems, integrated platform management systems, firing control systems, propulsion engines and the Life Cycle Support for all its products. Although its main activity is in the naval field, NAVANTIA also designs and manufactures systems for the Army and the Air Force.
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