Significant new orders Bladt Industries have been awarded the order for fabrication of 41 jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines for the offshore wind farm ” EnBW Baltic 2” in the German part of the Baltic Sea. Bladt Industries’ customer is EPCI contractor Arge Baltic 2 Foundations (Hochtief Solutions, Geosea, Nordsee Naßbagger) and the offshore wind farm is owned by the German utility EnBW. The order for jacket foundations follows a series of other orders won by Bladt Industries in the past months for both offshore wind foundations and substations. Among these orders is also the order for 39 monopile foundations for the “EnBW Baltic 2” project won in consortia with German partner EEW SPC.

Bladt Industries’ CEO Peter Rindebæk says: “We are proud of winning the order for jacket foundations for wind turbines. We are already in the process of establishing dedicated jacket production facilities at Lindø Industrial Park. These facilities will enable us to serial produce jacket foundations at a rate of more than one foundation per week when the production lines are fully operational. By doing so, we will meet a challenging timeline for the “EnBW Baltic 2” jacket project.”

“We are already the global market leader within monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines which are currently the dominating foundation type for offshore wind turbines. However, jacket foundations are expected to play a more prominent role medium to longer term as the offshore wind farms move into deeper waters. It is Bladt Industries’ ambition to be the market leader also within jacket foundations as this market develops further, and the order and establishment at Lindø are testaments to this ambition.”

“Lindø Industrial Park is highly suitable for our production of jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines with a number of very large production halls, the availability of heavy duty cranes and transportation equipment, a local work force with a strong tradition for quality in welding, and given its location close to the Baltic Sea. One of the halls in which we are establishing production is Hall South located directly at quay side and serviced by a 1,000 tonnes gantry crane for very efficient load-out. The Lindø facilities are also very well suited for production of substations for offshore wind and for other offshore steel structures. In terms of production hall area, Bladt Industries will become the largest player at Lindø Industrial Park,” says Peter Rindebæk.

Senior Vice President and Head of Lindø Industrial Park Michael Nymark Hansen is pleased with the agreement with Bladt Industries and the jobs it will create: “This agreement is yet another step towards creating a large and dynamic wind energy cluster in Denmark. At Lindø Industrial Park, we have some of the most suitable facilities in Northern Europe for transporting and lifting large-scale wind turbine and substructure parts, and we are pleased to welcome Bladt Industries.”