{"id":73016,"date":"2026-08-20T06:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:07","slug":"iberdrola-promotes-the-electrification-of-the-shipbuilding-sector-for-the-construction-of-new-offshore-wind-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73016\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberdrola promotes the electrification of the shipbuilding sector for the construction of new offshore wind farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/theenergyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ignacio-Galan-in-Vigo.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ignacio-Galan-in-Vigo-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ignacio Galan in Vigo\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iberdrola\u2019s Executive Chairman, Ignacio Gal\u00e1n, has visited the facilities of Astilleros R\u00eda de Vigo, part of the Armon Group, to see Bibby Marine\u2019s electric vessel project at first hand. This is the electric power storage vessel (eCSOV) used for commissioning electricity projects with the world\u2019s largest battery storage capacity, at over 24MWh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">During the visit, Ignacio Gal\u00e1n was accompanied by senior executives from Astilleros R\u00eda de Vigo, as well as representatives from Bibby Marine \u2013 which has previously been involved in Iberdrola\u2019s offshore wind projects \u2013 and Manuel Moreu, chairman of Seaplace, the company responsible for designing the new vessel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Maritime transport is one of the key elements in the offshore wind technology value chain, in which Iberdrola has operational projects in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and France, representing a total investment of \u20ac13 billion and 3,200MW of installed capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iberdrola is currently constructing the East Anglia 2 and 3 projects in the United Kingdom and the Windanker project in Germany, with a total capacity of 2,700MW, which will represent an additional investment of around \u20ac10 billion. In addition, the company has the East Anglia 1 North project, with a capacity of around 900MW, which has secured all the necessary permits and is ready to be submitted for the forthcoming auctions in the United Kingdom, as well as a portfolio of projects under development in the countries mentioned and in others such as Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ignacio Gal\u00e1n highlighted the importance of initiatives such as Astilleros R\u00eda de Vigo\u2019s, which enable the benefits of electrification to be extended to the shipbuilding sector \u2013 a key sector for industrial development and one of the most important in the offshore wind supply chain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Furthermore, Gal\u00e1n reiterated Iberdrola\u2019s commitment to the electrification of the economy as a key driver for improving competitiveness, strengthening energy self-sufficiency and accelerating decarbonisation targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iberdrola\u2019s Executive Chairman, Ignacio Gal\u00e1n, has visited the facilities of Astilleros R\u00eda de Vigo, part of the Armon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-73016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iberdrola","tag-iberdrola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}