The first turbine at the world’s largest offshore wind farm has been installed and is now supplying electricity to the UK electricity grid, according to Danish energy giant Ørsted, co-developer of the 1.2 gigawatt (GW) Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.
Following an exclusivity agreement awarded by Danish energy group Ørsted in February of this year, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has confirmed that it will provide 165 of its SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines to the 1,386 megawatt (MW) Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm set to be built in the Hornsea Offshore Wind Zone located off the west coast of England.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced this week it has been awarded the contract to supply the wind turbines for the 1,386 megawatt Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm which, upon completion, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Only days after DONG Energy announced the acquisition of the Hornsea Offshore Wind Zone, it has now announced the beginning of construction on the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, as well as a deal with Vestas Offshore Wind for work on the Borkum Riffgrund project in Germany. DONG Energy announced … [continued]
