The upgraded manufacturing plant is expected to significantly increase the total combined capacity of Sif to 500 kilotons a year and upgrade Sif’s capabilities to manufacture the equivalent of 200 XXXL, 11-metre diameter, 2,500 tonnes reference monopile foundations a year.

A year ago, when Sif announced reaching the FID, the company said its two launching customers, one of them being Ecowende (the Shell-Eneco joint venture), had together committed to 348 kilotons of production, either booked or in exclusive negotiation, bringing the company’s total order book at the time to 662 kilotons.