Sif, Smulders to Deliver Monopiles and TPs for ScottishPower’s East Anglia Two Offshore Wind Farm

October 31, 2024, by Adnan Memija

ScottishPower Renewables has awarded Sif and Smulders a contract to supply 64 monopile foundation and transition pieces (TPs) for the 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, signed the contracts with Sif Netherlands for supplying 64 monopiles and with a joint venture between Sif and Smulders to deliver 64 TPs.

The monopiles will be manufactured in Sif’s newly expanded production facilities at Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The transition pieces will be manufactured in Sif’s production facilities in Roermond (primary steel) and Smulders’ production facilities in Hoboken, Belgium (outfitting).

The monopiles will be loaded out to the foundation installation or transport vessels from Maasvlakte 2 deepsea quay.

Production of the TPs and foundations is planned to commence in the second half of 2026. According to Sif, the project was already in the company’s and Smulders’ order books for 2026 under exclusive negotiations and is now final, bringing Sif’s order book for 2026 to 210 kilotonnes in firm contracts.

The announcement comes just weeks after ScottishPower Renewables’ GBP 4 billion East Anglia Two offshore wind farm was successful in the new UK Government’s Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 (AR6) in September 2024.

East Anglia Two will be located 33 kilometres off the Suffolk coast and is expected to supply up to 960 MW of offshore wind energy, enough to power the equivalent of almost one million homes each year, according to Sif.

The project is part of Iberdrola’s East Anglia Hub, which consists of two other wind farms: the 800 MW East Anglia One North and the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three.