Aibel books Heerema for Hornsea wind farm installations
July 14, 2022
Aibel has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to transport and install two offshore converter stations for the Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK southern North Sea.
Courtesy Aibel
Offshore staff
LEIDEN, the Netherlands— Aibel has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to transport and install two offshore converter stations for the Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK southern North Sea.
The development, 120 km from the Norfolk coast in eastern England, will be capable of generating up to 2.852 GW from up to 231 turbines.
Last week Hornsea 3 developer Ørsted was awarded a contract for difference for the project. Heerema previously installed Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 offshore substations in 2021.
The new work includes transport and installation of the converter station jackets, eight skirt piles and the two topsides.
Heerema will lift the jackets onto the seabed before installing the piles to ensure connection to the seafloor site. It will then place the topsides onto the jackets.
