The future largest wind farm in the world comes out of the water
Published 12 / 10 / 2020
Installation of the first of 165 monopile foundations at Hornsea II, UK, is complete.
Ørsted, project leader, made the announcement on October 9 on social networks. Maneuvering to complete the site, which also includes the installation of transition pieces, Deme dispatched his Innovation vessel there. The same that must be used for Saint-Nazaire.
Equipped with 8,4 MW wind turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa, Hornsea 2, which lies 89 km off the coast of Yorkshire on the east coast of England, is set to become the largest wind farm in sea at its commissioning scheduled for 2022. With a capacity of 1 MW, it will dethrone Hornsea 386 and its 1 MW. According to Ørsted, it will supply the electricity consumption of 1 million UK homes.
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