Project facts:
Location: 89 km (55.3 miles) off the Yorkshire coast
Size: 462 km2
Hornsea Two will be located approximately 89 km (55.3 miles) off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea, adjacent to Hornsea One which is currently under construction. Once operational in 2022, Hornsea Two will span an offshore area of 462km²
Project facts:
The project will have a capacity of 1.4 GW
It will provide power to well over 1.3 million homes in the UK
At 1.4 GW, Hornsea Two will overtake Hornsea One as the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The project will use 165 Siemens Gamesa 8MW SG 8.0-167 DD turbines which will deliver 20% more annual output than those used for Hornsea One. The majority of the blades will be delivered from the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull. The project will use the world’s largest offshore substation to deliver electricity from offshore wind to millions of UK homes.
Ørsted is committed to investing in the Humber region and supporting education and employment creation. We have developed an employment and skills plan to highlight employment and supply chain opportunities associated with the construction, operation and maintenance of an offshore wind farm project. We are also investing £10 million to build our largest offshore wind operations base in Grimsby, the East Coast Hub.
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