Today, Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger AG have entered into a contract with Dong Energy on establishment of foundations for the offshore wind farm, Horns Rev 2. The contract comprises production and installation of 92 mono piles in lengths up to 40 metres and a weight between 150 and 200 tons. Besides the mono pile which is a steel pipe, the foundation consists of a steel transition piece with a weight of 130 tons and a length of 18 metres. The diameter of the foundations is 4.2 metres. Planning, design and production of piles are scheduled to begin after the summer break 2007. Establishment of the foundations will take place in the period from March to September 2008 and the windturbines are to be installed in 2009. The wind farm will be established approx. 40 nautical miles, corresponding to 70 kilometres, west of Esbjerg and northwest of the existing Horns Rev 1 Wind Farm from 2002. When Horns Rev 2 is put into operation in 2009, the annual production is estimated to correspond to the energy consumption of 200,000 households or approx. 2 % of the total Danish electricity consumption. Dong Energy does not want to publish the contract value. The project is carried out in an equally shared consortium with German Bilfinger Berger AG, with Aarsleff as the leading party. Aarsleff and Bilfinger Berger AG already cooperate on other projects, e.g. the Citytunnel Project in Malmø. In 2002/2003 Aarsleff established the 73 foundations for the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm at Rødsand south of Lolland. The Nysted Offshore Wind Farm is owned by Dong Energy and the wind farm is the world's largest of its kind until the completion of Horns Rev 2. We do not expect this contract to affect the profit for the current financial year which ends on 30 September 2007. The outcome of the project will be included in the forecasted result for the financial year 2007/2008 which will be announced as usual in connection with the announcement of the annual results for the financial year 2006/2007. For further information, please contact General Manager Ebbe Malte Iversen, Per Aarsleff A/S, tel. +45 8744 2222.
Aarsleff to execute foundations for the offshore wind farm, Horns Rev 2
| Source: Per Aarsleff Holding A/S