German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft has marked its entry into the growing offshore wind sector.
The Papenburg shipyard has secured a contract for the fabrication of the steelwork for converter platforms destined for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore connections as well as BalWin1 and BalWin2 in the German North Sea.
The converter platforms will be built at the Spanish yard Dragados Offshore, which in consortium with Siemens Energy, was awarded the overall EPCI project execution on behalf of the German transmission system operator Amprion.
“With Meyer Werft, we have another competent partner on board alongside Dragados. We are particularly pleased that the majority of our platforms will now be manufactured in Germany,” said Peter Barth, managing director at Amprion Offshore.
Meyer is supplying steel block sections with a volume of almost 6,000 tonnes of steel each for DolWin4 and BorWin4 and around 15,500 tonnes of steel each for BalWin1/BalWin2 – which corresponds roughly to that of a large cruise ship. Deliveries of the components are planned from autumn 2024 to spring 2027.
“This order is a milestone for us in our entry into the construction of converter platforms, which we will also build at Neptun Werft in Rostock in the future. This successful expansion of our product portfolio secures knowledge and employment at our German shipyards and at the same time makes a decisive contribution to the energy transition,” said Jan Meyer. As chief business innovation officer, he will be responsible for the development of new business areas, including the new offshore wind business.
