Seaway 7 has been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the foundations and array cables for the East Anglia 3 offshore farm.
The award of the contract, which is $500-$750m in value, comes a year after the preferred bidder agreement was announced.
The 1.4GW project, located in the southern North Sea 69km off the Suffolk coast, begins operation in 2026.
It will feature 95 14.7MW turbines.
Seaway 7’s scope of work includes the transport, logistics and installation of 95 monopile foundations, associated seabed preparation and scour protection along with the engineering, supply and installation of the 95 inner-array wires.
In addition to the heavy lifting and cable lay vessels, the Subsea 7 subsidiary will also use its heavy transportation fleet to handle the transportation scope.
Execution of the work will be led from Seaway 7’s Aberdeen and Sutton offices in the UK.
The project will progress from early engineering works throughout 2023 with offshore activities scheduled to commence in 2024.
ScottishPower Renewables’ managing director for the East Anglia Hub offshore wind farms Ross Ovens said: “We’ve been moving at pace to put all the building blocks in place to ensure East Anglia 3 can get to work as quickly as possible, producing more green electricity in the UK, for the UK.
“I’m very proud that there’s more of the same to come while driving that transition to a cleaner, greener net zero future alongside partners like Seaway 7.”
Seaway 7 chief executive Stuart Fitzgerald added: “The integrated nature of the award, combining the installation of both foundation and inner-array cables, as well as the utilisation of our heavy transportation vessels, is further testimony to the range of capabilities we have secured across the complete value chain.
“We look forward to building our relationship with ScottishPower Renewables as, together, we deliver one of the world’s largest offshore wind complexes, representing a significant contribution to the UK’s renewable target.”