The ArcelorMittal naval heavy plates, produced in Gijón, Spain, in grades NV36D and NV36E will soon be used to construct five floating windfarm structures, which will be located at Buchan Deep some 25 km east of Peterhead. Joint venture Navantia-Windar has selected ArcelorMittal as its steel supplier for the project because the company offered several key customer benefits. The contract was awarded by Statoil subsidiary Hywind Scotland Ltd.
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Luis Rodríguez Hevia, of ArcelorMittal Asturiasâ commercial department, said: âSeveral factors made ArcelorMittal the ideal supplier for this project: our proximity to the customerâs premises, our short delivery times, the quality of our steels, and our ability to react quickly to the unforeseen challenges that are possible with a project of this size and scaleâ?.
Weighing 3,500 tonnes, the windfarm structures are large steel cylinders that extend some 100m beneath the sea surface each attached to the seabed in a mooring system. Delivery of the heavy plate by ArcelorMittalâs Gijón site began in December 2015 and will be completed in May 2016.