Zurich, SWITZERLAND - The wind farm should have the capacity to generate up to 2.85 gigawatts of renewable electricity, enough to power more than three million UK homes.

Hitachi Energy has announced that they have won a major order from Ørsted, to provide two high-voltage direct current systems to transmit green electricity from the wind farm located more than 120km (75 mi) off the UK east coast.

The wind farm should have the capacity to generate up to 2.85 gigawatts of renewable electricity, enough to power more than three million UK homes. According to Hitachi Energy, with more than 200 wind turbines installed across almost 700 km² (270 sq m), this will be the single largest offshore wind farm in the world. This project is a significant step toward the British Energy Security Strategy's ambition of sourcing up to 50 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030.

"Offshore wind is a critical part of the clean energy transition and our HVDC technology is vital for effective transmission to the mainland power grid," said Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy's Grid Integration business. "To address the rapidly growing offshore market, partnerships and collaboration are key to deliver at the speed and scale required to reach our decarbonization and energy security goals."

Source: Hitachi Energy