Picture courtesy of OrstedWhat will be the second largest offshore wind farm in the UK capable of supplying enough power to meet the average daily needs of more than one million homes was given the green light by the UK Government last week.
Orsted’s Hornsea Four project, which will be built 69km off the Yorkshire coast, will generate up to 2,600MW from up to 180 turbines, and will be second only to Hornsea Three, which has a planned capacity of 2,852MW.
The largest operational offshore wind farm in UK waters, Hornsea Two (1,386MW) was fully commissioned last August and Hornsea One (1,218MW) has been in operation since 2020.
Ana Musat, executive director of policy at renewable energy trade organisation
RenewableUK, said: “It’s great to see one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms getting the green light from the Government, at a time when we urgently need to get cracking on building new clean energy projects to generate the cheapest power for bill payers and enable us to bolster domestic supply chains.
“Hornsea Four will strengthen Britain’s energy security significantly, helping us to move away from the volatility of international gas prices and closer towards energy independence, as well as enabling us to take a major leap forward towards ‘net zero’.”