North Lincolnshire outfit AMS Trenchless Specialists has won a contract for part of the onshore cable works for Orsted’s 1400MW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
The company will carry out horizontal directional drilling at the landfall site at Horseshoe Point.
Horizontal directional drilling means that the cable can be buried underground without using trenches or disrupting the existing sea defences in the intertidal area, the company said.
The work is expected to start in May and continue until September.
AMS said the deal builds on an existing relationship with Orsted for the Hornsea 1 project (pictured).
Hornsea 1 and 2 project director Duncan Clark said: “We’re delighted to welcome another UK firm to join us in building the UK’s largest renewable energy project currently under construction.
“Lancashire-based VolkerInfra are installing the onshore cable, the onshore substation is being built by Balfour Beatty, and the fact that AMS Trenchless Specialists, who are based literally up the road from our onshore site, will be working with us again is a testament to their previous work on Hornsea 1.”
AMS Trenchless Specialists managing director George Aitkenhead said: “We feel proud to again have the opportunity to work on a project that will make a significant difference to the UK’s clean electricity system.
“HDD is a fast, efficient and environmentally friendly way to install this much needed infrastructure, whilst minimising disruption.
“It’s great to see global firms, such as Orsted, recognise our wealth of experience and continue place such big contracts with local firms like ours. For us, the offshore wind industry provides big opportunities in a market that is only going to keep growing.”