German utility RWE has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Steelwind for the production of up to 300 monopile foundations for its future offshore wind projects in Europe. RWE said that, through this contract, it had secured production capacities in a tight market. No financial details were revealed. Steelwind will reserve capacity at its German monopile production plant in Nordenham for 320,000 tonnes of steel, equivalent to approximately 200 monopiles, over 24 months starting in 2027. The contract has the option to be extended for a further 12 months and provides an additional capacity of 160,000 tonnes of steel, the equivalent of around 100 monopiles. The monopiles made by Steelwind will be used at offshore wind farms which RWE plans to commission in Europe from the end of 2029 onwards. In addition, the agreement gives the German firm the option to take up additional services from Steelwind, such as secondary steel structure delivery, and the provision of storage and marshalling support. “Europe needs more offshore wind power to reach its ambitious climate targets. By signing an agreement with Steelwind, RWE has taken a big step towards securing the necessary production capacity for monopile foundations and delivering our European offshore wind development projects,” said Holger Himmel, CFO of RWE Offshore Wind. 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. “This large-scale cooperation with RWE also highlights our leading role in producing offshore monopiles made from Dillinger quality steel,” added Jost Backhaus, managing director of Steelwind Nordenham. 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 3.3GW today to 10GW in 2030. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsGermany Offshore Wind