On 26 March 2015, the UAB Gridin’s Group LT, Levator Oy and Bladt Industries A/S entered into an agreement for the implementation of the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm project.
According to the agreement, UAB Gridin’s Group LT will be responsible for the production of offshore wind power plant upper transition pieces for the project being constructed in the Baltic Sea.
“This is a new, but significant stage of our company’s activities – we turned towards the wind energy sector in 2010. Over the last five years we’ve succeeded in demonstrating the quality of our services and winning our customers’ trust, which was not very easy under conditions of the economic recession. At present we are starting a new level of cooperation. The owner of the new wind farm is the German company, Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH, the general contractor is Bladt Industries A/S, and we are responsible for the production of a part of the upper transition pieces for wind generators’ foundations,” said Sergej Vinogradov , Gridin’s Group Project Manager.
“This is a very important contract for Bladt Industries A/S, as the “Transition Piece” structure is the crucial link in the whole jacket construction, which is going to be assembled in Bladt Lindo facilities. Throughout a number of audits and hours of negotiations we were very pleased with the highly skilled professionals working in both companies, the fantastic production facilities in Hanko and solid partnership of Gridin’s Group and Levator,” said Erik Rønholt , Bladt Industries A/S Senior Project Manager.
“Production and technical supervision of a production process are going to be performed by UAB Gridin’s Group LT in cooperation with Levator Oy. The structures will be produced at the Levator Oy factory located in Hanko, Finland. Within one-year period we will have to produce 41 transition pieces for the wind power generators’ foundations of Wikinger offshore wind farm. One such structure weighs about 150 tons” , said Petri Metsola , CEO at Levator Oy.