Plans to build the world’s biggest wind farm off the coast of Norfolk have been given the green light in a significant boost for the Government’s net zero plans.
Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted has decided to press ahead with plans for Hornsea 3, an 8 billion pound project to build 231 offshore turbines that will generate power for three million homes.
The future of the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, had been in doubt after Ørsted pulled out of plans to build wind farms off the US coast and rival Vattenfall stopped work on a North Sea development.
Ørsted said the new wind farm would make “a significant contribution” to the Government’s ambition to have 50 gigawatts of offshore wind in operation by 2030.
The project will support up to 5,000 jobs during its construction phase, with up to a further 1,200 permanent jobs both directly and in the supply chain in the long operational phase.
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