HORNSEA 1 PROJECT

Transformation through technology

HORNSEA, ENGLAND

HORNSEA 1 PROJECT

Hornsea Project One is an offshore wind farm located off the Yorkshire coast within the Hornsea Zone in the southern North Sea. RLB provided commercial and cost management services which included the main power collection rig and offshore Reactive Compensation Substations (RCS) in the area covering 407km² and supporting 174 wind turbines rated at 7MW each.

At 1.2GW, the project is the world’s biggest offshore wind farm and the first to have more than 1GW of capacity.The project features the world’s longest high-voltage AC offshore wind export cable system, comprising of more than 900km of cables, transferring the generated electricity to the shore and the national grid.

At a glance

  • Client
    Orsted (formerly DONG Energy)
  • Services
    Commercial Success, Cost Planning and Cost Modelling
  • sector
    Energy
  • Location
    Hornsea, United Kingdom