For this purpose, Esteyco relies on three main offices located in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao and permanent offices located in Bogota (Colombia), Santiago (Chile), Mexico DF (Mexico), Salvador (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Throughout these years, we have been creating a valuable scheme of stable collaborations with other high-specialized teams which are naturally integrated into our team, in order to complete and extend our resources when the nature of the requested service so requires. As a result, it could be said that we have left a long-lasting mark in many countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, France, India, Irak, Iran, Qatar, Nigeria, Italy, UK and Honduras among many others.
During these almost 50 years, we have carried out over 3,000 projects and studies, both nationally and internationally, in which integration, multidisciplinarity and sustainability, combined with functionality, energy and economic efficiency are key elements in the solutions adopted.
Among other activities in which the company has been traditionally involved and that provide us with very valuable knowledge and expertise, we can find: Road engineering, Railway engineering, Bridges and structures, Architecture and urban planning, Environment, Water engineering and Project management.

Later on, in 1996, we identified the increasing interest in a field with as much future as the wind energy. Therefore, Esteyco SA decided to commit itself to the wind energy sector with the creation of Esteyco Energía, a company’s branch focused on this sector. Today, thanks to it, we have participated in more than 400 Wind Farms, with more than 10GW of installed power all over the world, creating an international model in this field with increasing activities in several countries and positioning Esteyco as one of the main actors in the design of concrete structures for wind turbines.

This project is the cornerstone for completing the ambitious strategy that ESTEYCO defined to position the company at the forefront of the wind energy civil engineer sector.

Role
Esteyco is the project coordinator and main responsible for the design of the elements of the substructure, coordinating all the construction works and performing the technical assistance during the same. It is also responsible for the design of the previous works that need to be done in the port facilities and the integration of the substructure (tower and foundation) with the wind turbine towards the demonstration of the innovative idea and technological solution that the project proposes. They are also responsible for the operation monitoring to evaluate the substructure’s performance.

The company has production centres in the main wind markets: Spain and China, as the global production and supply hubs, while maintaining its local production capacity in India and Brazil. Gamesa is also a world leader in the development, construction and sale of wind farms, having installed more than 7,450 MW worldwide. The annual equivalent of its 35,200 MW installed amounts to more than 7.6 million tons of petroleum (TEP) per year and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of close to 52.8 million tons of CO2 per year.

Gamesa’s activity is accomplished by three of its legal entities. The complexity and variety of activities included in the ELICAN project require the involvement of expert teams from three of these legal entities: GAMESA EÓLICA (as beneficiary), and GAMESA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY and GAMESA CORPORACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA as linked third parties.

GAMESA EÓLICA, was created in 1994, as a subsidiary specializing in the manufacture of wind turbines. The company became involved in the development, construction and operations of wind farms in 1995 and completed its first wind farm the following year.

GAMESA EOLICA acts as a main partner in this project, since it has the highest budget. Gamesa Eolica is the group company that manufactures the blades and assembles the nacelles. The company has four manufacturing facilities located in Spain. It is also in charge of the installation, operation, and maintenance of the wind turbines in Europe.

On the other hand, GAMESA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, as linked third party, is a Spanish manufacturing company principally involved in the fabrication of wind turbines and the construction of wind farms.

Nowadays, the Company is the world’s largest wind farm business, making it an excellent candidate to participate in this unprecedented project.

GAMESA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY’s expertise in wind turbine design and construction is the reason why this third party will actively participate in the integration of most of the R&D activity related to rotor, nacelle and tower.

Finally, GAMESA CORPORACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA, also as linked third party, is the holding company of GAMESA’s group and integrates the corporate teams, which coordinate all geographical divisions (i.e. financing, O&M).

Role
GAMESA contribution in the project is focused in the integration of the wind turbine with the substructure, the generation of design load envelope for the design and the design and construction of the power cable. Additionally, GAMESA is involved in the monitoring and operational demonstration of the prototype, verifying the adequate performance of the substructure and its relation with the wind turbine.

Founded in 1983, the company has expanded steadily through a balanced strategy of organic growth and the acquisition of key companies whose experience has enhanced our specialist capabilities, with continuous expansion to this day. This last October, for example, ALE Heavylift unveiled the latest addition to their fleet – the Trojan truck. Heralded as the first in the next generation of vehicles in the heavylift industry, the Trojan truck signals a major breakthrough in capability, fuel efficiency and reliability.

Their greatest achievement of 2013 was achieved by the Mega Jack on a project in Korea to lift a topside platform for installation offshore; this was the first time in history that a weight of 43,475t has been lifted.

ALE Heavylift has unquantifiable experience in the transport and installation processes of large structures, with a more than outstanding portfolio of projects. It combines the exceptional project management with engineering intelligence to offer worldwide heavy transportation and lifting services to all industry sectors.

Particularly in this project, each company has had a different but complementary work as it can be seen below:

Role of Heavylift R&D (BV)
It is involved both in the construction stage of the structure and the installation in the final position. During the construction they are in charge of all the lifting works required during the assembly and preassembly of the telescopic wind tower. During the installation procedure, ALE Heavylift, using their experience in the heavylifting industry, is responsible for the ballasting operation and the heavylifting of the tower, one of the main innovation in the project.

Role of Heavylift Iberica, S.A.
In ELICAN, ALE IBE undertakes tasks related with construction and installation of the structure with a specialization approach, particularly in WP3, WP4, WP5.

DEWI belongs to the UL family of companies:

• DEWI is one of the leading international performance, measurement, efficiency, research and education providers in the field of wind energy of 25 years.
• UL (Underwriters Laboratories) is a premier global independent safety and performance science company, with 120 years of experience.

Research and studies: Customer benefits from our in-depth knowledge based on DEWI´s participation in a number of state-of-the-art research projects, most notably FINO1 and RAVE – Research at Alpha VEntus, as well as our research into on-/offshore noise inmission and acceptance.

Professional training: DEWI offers educational training in the form of in-house or public seminars to bring newly hired or existing staff up to speed on the fundamentals of wind power technology.
DEWI magazine: Readers from over 70 countries look to the biannual DEWI magazine for insight into the state of the wind industry, The publication includes findings from DEWI´s own research, news of DEWI as well as external articles on research and technology. All articles are available for download at DEWI.de.

DEWEK Conference: DEWEK is the world´s leading wind energy technology and research conference. DEWI has been hosting the biennial event since 1992.

The vast experience of DEWI on wind turbines certification means that during the last years not only services based on IEC have been developed but also further services adapted to customers request. During the last 20 years DEWI has been working with different HW (Gantner, IMC, HBM, etc…) developing campaigns not only for certification purposes but also for our customers internal development and even for research , being involved on Europe research projects not only on shore but also offshore.

DEWI has experience working on different kind of turbines, not only talking about rated power and dimensions, but also talking about concrete and steel towers, offshore and onshore turbines, hybrid tower, etc. Its staff all over the world allows to DEWI to have a fast answer regardless the turbine location.

Also DEWI is allowed to provide different services what means that we can handle a complete campaign for certification purposes, it means that the Project Manager will be up to date of the status of all the certifications campaigns.

DEWI´s research department has been monitoring the offshore platform Fino1 since several years. The huge experience from sea conditions monitoring can be very useful for the present project success.

Role
The role of Dewi in the project consists of the instrumentation of the substructure and the monitoring of the performance during the operation of the solution, in order to have trustworthy data that allows to determine the achievement of the KPIs determined.

Its mission is to promote long-term observation and sustainability of the ocean, providing a cost-effective combination of services, such as an ocean observatory, a marine test site, a base for underwater vehicles, training and an innovation hub. PLOCAN is a joint initiative of the Spanish and the Canary Islands governments, with the contribution of the European Regional Development Fund, whose main objective is the construction and operation a fixed offshore platform that is located both close to the coast and near the edge of the continental shelf.

In addition, PLOCAN is configured as a Test Site where projects focused on testing and demonstrating of all kinds of marine devices are performed. The Test Site also covers the coastal component of the PLOCAN observatory which is complemented by:

a)  The European Station for Time series in the Ocean, Canary Islands (ESTOC): a multidisciplinary mooring located in open ocean in the Central Eastern Atlantic at 29º10’N, 15º30’W with over 15 years of continuous surface and mid-water meteorological, physical and biogeochemical monitoring.

b)  A mobile observing system comprising a fleet of underwater and surface gliders and ROVs able to cover missions for long periods in coastal and open ocean areas.

As for training, PLOCAN organises high specialisation training courses with the aim to provide knowledge and practical skills in the use of facilities and devices for working in and accessing the deep ocean.

PLOCAN’s staff and managing team have an extensive experience in the preparation, development and management of large projects in the marine and maritime sectors. Since 2012 they have participated in more than 40 national and EU funded projects both as coordinators and partners.

Role
PLOCAN’s role in the project is focused on assisting Esteyco in the Licensing and Permitting, as well as on the interfaces with the power evacuation cable and infrastructure.