The Hornsea 2 wind farm, located off the east coast of the United Kingdom, began generating electricity on the mainland. Once fully operational, the facility will have a capacity of 1.3 GW, or 2.5 GW along with Hornsea 1, currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
The world’s largest alternating current substation (AC) and a reactive compensation station (RCS) were installed in October off the coast of Yorkshire in the North Sea for the ornrsted Hornsea 2 project. The Denmark-based company has just announced that the first wind turbines have started generating electricity, stressing that the facility will be the largest of its kind in the world when it is completed next year.
Hornsea 2, which is located 89 kilometers from the coast and with a planned capacity of 1.3 GW, is located near Hornsea 1, currently the world champion with 1.2 GW. The Hornsea 2 will consist of 165 Siemens Gamesa turbines with 8 MW each. Together, the two projects will generate enough electricity for over 2.3 million homes, the company claims.
The new system will have 390 kilometers of cable at sea and 40 kilometers of cable on land, which terminate at the ground substation in Killingholme and Lincolnshire, on the east coast of the United Kingdom.
The Hornsea 3, with an estimated capacity of at least 2.4 GW, and the Hornsea 4 are already in the pipeline, at various stages of development, Ørsted said.
The UK is making efforts to develop offshore energy.
The UK targets 40 GW of offshore wind by the end of the decade. The country is also relying on emerging technologies for floating wind power plants and tidal power plants. The largest systems in the world in both categories are located off the coast of Britain.
“Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today, and we believe the solution lies in deploying renewable energy sources on a much larger scale than anything we have seen so far. “The UK is the global leader in offshore wind, and our projects as Hornsea have helped pave the way for the next generation of offshore wind farms,” ​​said uncrsted’s head Duncan Clark.
Translated and adapted by: Weather.al and Moti.com.al
