World’s largest wind farm to be built off Yorkshire coast

The board of energy giant DONG Energy has cleared the way to start construction of the world’s largest offshore windfarm, off the coast of Grimsby.

The 1.2 gigawatt Hornsea One wind farm of 174 wind turbines will be located 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast and capable of powering over one million homes when it comes on stream in 2020.

The project will bring a bid boost to the region creating 2,000 construction jobs during delivery.

A major Siemens blade factory is being built in Hull to support the project, boosting a Northern and UK wide supply chain.

A £25m contract has also been awarded to UK infrastructure company Balfour Beatty for the construction of the onshore substation.

The offshore wind farm will use wind turbines which will each be 190m tall – higher than the Gherkin building in London.

As part of the project, DONG Energy will construct the longest ever offshore wind farm high voltage AC electrical system in the world. It will take the clean electricity produced by the wind turbines, transmit it to shore and then feed it into the national grid.

Hornsea Project One is expected to be fully commissioned in 2020.


Source: Construction Enquirer
Thu 4 Feb 2016 at 08:32