Seaway7, a Norwegian offshore energy services provider, has secured a contract from ScottishPower Renewables to transport and install foundations and inner-array cables for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
To be located 69km off the Suffolk coast, East Anglia Three offshore wind farm will cover 305km².
It will be powered by 95 Siemens Gamesa’s 14.7MW turbines and will generate 1.4GW of clean energy annually, equivalent to powering 1.3 million UK homes annually.
2,300 jobs will be created during East Anglia Three’s two-year construction phase and 100 more when it becomes operational.
The contract follows Seaway7’s selection as the preferred bidder in June 2022. The scope of work includes the transportation, logistics and installation of 95 monopile foundations, associated seabed preparation and scour protection.
The company will use its heavy fleet for transportation, major lifting and cable-laying.
The works will be executed from Seaway7’s offices in Aberdeen and Sutton in the UK.
Early engineering works will take place throughout 2023, followed by offshore activities scheduled to begin in 2024.
Seaway7 CEO Stuart Fitzgerald stated: “It’s fantastic to confirm this major contract with Seaway 7 for East Anglia Three. We’ve been moving at pace to put all the building blocks in place to ensure East Anglia Three can get to work as quickly as possible, producing more green electricity in the UK, for the UK.
“I’m very proud that there’s more of the same to come while driving that transition to a cleaner, greener net zero future alongside partners like Seaway7.”
ScottishPower renewables East Anglia hub managing director Ross Ovens stated: “It’s fantastic to confirm this major contract with Seaway7 for East Anglia Three, which will be our biggest operational offshore windfarm in the UK and the second largest in the world when it starts generating green electricity in 2026.”
