UK outfit JDR Cables has won a contract to supply some of the array cables for Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
The deal, which was first reported in the subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS in May, covers delivery of 100km of 66kV wires, as well as termination work. Cables will be assembled at JDR’s Hartlepool facility.
Hornsea 2 engineering, procurement and construction director Patrick Harnett said: “This contract builds on experience from previous projects including Race Bank offshore wind farm, which we opened earlier this year, and Hornsea 1, currently in construction.
“As our wind farm projects have grown in size, and distance from shore, so too have the contracts we place within the supply chain.
“The technology we use is also changing as we innovate to build these projects at massively lower cost of electricity into the UK’s grid. We are proud to sign this contract with a UK-based firm, and look forward to continuing our collaboration with JDR Cables.”
JDR chief executive Richard Turner said: “Hornsea 2 is a 1.4GW offshore wind project that will be built at the lowest ever price seen in the UK.
“This incredible achievement is being enabled by organisations like JDR and Orsted working collaboratively to push the technical boundaries of offshore wind projects – making them more economic than ever before and leading the way for future developments.”
Image: JDR
JDR wired into Hornsea 2
By EBS