ScottishPower Renewables has started pulling the first section of export cable ashore at Bawdsey in Suffolk for its £4 billion East Anglia 3 offshore wind farm, marking another milestone for the project.
According to ScottishPower, the cables will carry 1.4GW of clean power around 147km from the project’s offshore substation to the landfall point.
The company said the onshore section will then transport electricity a further 37km to the HVDC converter station at Bramford near Ipswich, using ducting installed during the development of the East Anglia 1 project.
ScottishPower Renewables described East Anglia 3 as the largest wind farm in the Iberdrola group’s portfolio and one of the biggest offshore wind projects globally.
Once operational at the end of 2026, the wind farm will generate enough green electricity to power more than one million homes, the developer said.
The 320kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) export power cable system was designed, manufactured, and installed by NKT.