The jacket foundation for the offshore substation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK has been installed.

The installation of the 4,800-tonne jacket marks the start of the projects offshore construction.

Six weeks ago,10,000 tonnes of steel framework for the pin piles, reactor compensation and offshore substation jacketssailed from Batam, Indonesia, towards the wind farm site in the UK.

Sembcorp Marineis in charge ofthe construction of the offshore substation and RCS at its yard facilities in Singapore.

Were delighted to announce that weve now officially commenced our offshore construction for Hornsea Two with the installation of our offshore substation and reactor compensation jackets, said Patrick Harnett, rsted Senior Programme Director for Hornsea Two.

Through a remarkable feat of engineering together with our partners, weve overcome COVID challenges and are on track for fabricating the worlds largest AC offshore substation, which will be supported by this gigantic steel structure.

Hornsea Twowill comprise165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines located some 89km north-east of Grimsby. The 1.4 GW project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2022.

Read more here:

Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Begins - Offshore WIND