Haizea Wind Group will expand its factory in the Port of Bilbao and create 350 new jobs

Haizea Wind Group, the world’s leading company in the manufacture of wind towers, has reached an agreement with Ørsted, one of the leading companies in the offshore wind market, for Haizea Bilbao to supply monopiles from its facilities in the Port. This is the largest contract in the history of Haizea Bilbao and, to tackle its execution, the company will expand its facilities and double its production capacity.

Currently, the Group’s plant in the Port of Bilbao, haizea bilbao, has 48,800 square meters and 400 workers. Following the agreement reached with Ørsted, Haizea will grow by 56,000 square meters to over 100,000. The expansion will take place on the current plot and will also require expanding the existing concession by the Port Authority. To the current three warehouses, Haizea Bilbao will add another two, and a new additional storage area to accommodate the monopiles before they are delivered to the transport vessels contracted by Ørsted. In addition, the agreement will involve the creation of some 350 jobs direct in Haizea Bilbao.

The expansion will require a significant investment, even greater than that made to build the existing factory. With this contract, Haizea Bilbao completes a workload in Bilbao that exceeds €700 million for the next four years and represents an important recognition of its technological and productive capacities.

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Monopiles are large steel structures used to fix wind turbines to the seabed, and they are the most competitive type of foundation, being present in approximately 80% of offshore wind farms in operation.