Bladt finishes work on foundations for 400-MW Anholt wind farm

Jul 19, 2012 - Danish steel contractor Bladt Industries A/S said today it had completed the foundations for the 400-MW Anholt offshore wind farm, developed by Danish state-owned utility Dong Energy A/S in Denmark, on schedule.

Work on the last one of the 111 foundations was finished on Wednesday night and the final structures are ready to shipped from the company's factory in the Danish city of Aalborg, Bladt said.

Located between Djursland and the island of Anholt, the wind farm will use 111 turbines of 3.6 MW provided by Siemens Wind Power. As of July 2, 94 of the 111 monopiles have been installed and wind turbine deployment is expected to start on September 1, according to information on Dong's website.

Bladt said that in spite of the completion of the Anholt project, its Aalborg facility was running at full speed. The company's next projects include the production of the foundations for the West of Duddon Sands wind farm in the Irish Sea, a substation for the Northwind scheme offshore Belgium, as well as a substation, a jacket and foundations for the Borkum Riffgrund I wind farm off the coast of Germany.

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