Germany – RWE has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Steelwind for up to 300 monopile foundations for its future offshore wind projects in Europe. Through this contract, RWE has secured production capacities in a tight market.
Steelwind will reserve capacity at its German monopile production plant in Nordenham for 320,000 metric tonnes of steel, equivalent to approximately 200 monopiles, over a 24-month period starting in 2027. The contract has an option to be extended for a further 12 months and provides an additional capacity of 160,000 metric tonnes of steel, the equivalent of around 100 monopiles.
The monopiles made by Steelwind are to be used at offshore wind farms which RWE plans to commission in Europe from the end of 2029 onwards. In addition, the agreement gives RWE the option to take up additional services from Steelwind, such as secondary steel structure delivery, and the provision of storage and marshalling support.
RWE is one of the leading players in offshore wind globally. In the past 20 years, the company has put 19 offshore wind farms into operation, including six off the German coast. RWE has set itself the goal of tripling its global offshore wind capacity from 3.3 gigawatts today to 10 gigawatts in 2030.
Steelwind has been manufacturing monopiles and single-piece monopile foundations with unit weights of up to 2,400 tonnes for offshore wind farms since 2014. The steel for these highly advanced monopile foundations comes from Dillinger. Together, the companies are driving the expansion of green energy with their products.
