Iberdrola advances construction of a wind farm in the Baltic Sea with a multi-million-dollar investment in the Galician shipyard Navantia.

Iberdrola is strengthening its offshore wind strategy with the delivery of the latest monopiles—the foundation used in this type of infrastructure to support the wind turbine—manufactured by Navantia-Windar for its Windanker offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

Following those built for East Anglia THREE, this latest delivery marks the second contract for the Spanish multinational , adding to the projects already executed in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States, the result of a strategic collaboration that has exceeded €1 billion in orders over the past ten years.

The production of these foundations was carried out at the factory that both companies operate jointly at the Navantia Seanergies shipyard in Fene (A Coruña). Each piece measures up to 84 meters in length, 10 meters in diameter, and weighs up to 2,100 tons. They have created 300 jobs.

The order is part of the framework agreement the companies reached in the summer of 2021 for the manufacture and supply of XXL monopile foundations. The alliance strengthened Iberdrola's leading role in the local industry and provided stability and certainty to the Navantia-Windar consortium to build a factory for this type of components, the most in-demand within the fixed marine foundation sector, on the grounds of the Navantia Seanergies shipyard in Fene.

The work at this factory has involved an investment of €36 million to adapt a facility that can bend thick sheet metal up to 12 meters in diameter, new paint booths and storage areas for finished products, and the addition of state-of-the-art equipment necessary for manufacturing.

The Windanker offshore wind farm is located in German waters and is part of the Hub that Iberdrola is building in the Baltic Sea, which will add more than 1,100 MW of installed capacity and a combined investment of €3.5 billion. This Hub also includes the Wikinger (350 MW) wind farms, already in operation, and the Baltic Eagle (476 MW) wind farm, which was also recently commissioned.

When Windanker comes online in 2026, it will have a capacity of 315 MW. Thanks to Iberdrola's pioneering commitment to offshore wind power and its experience in the Baltic Sea, Windanker's efficiency has been maximized, making it viable. The farm will feature next-generation turbines with a unit power of approximately 15 MW.