Substation Supplier Selected

As part of the same 22 December 2014 contract, Iberdrola appointed Navantia’s Puerto Real shipyard to construct and install the Andalucía offshore substation platforms for the Wikinger wind farm, a steel structure about 60 m long and 22 m wide comprising two platforms of over 4,800 tonnes on a base anchored with six piles over 50 m high and weighing 2,400 tonnes. The substation work, valued at €70 million, was expected to run until spring 2016 and marked Navantia’s first major offshore wind project.