The offshore converter station for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been loaded onboard the heavy transport vessel BigRoll Beaufort for transport from Romania to Norway, where construction will be completed.
Weighing several thousand tonnes, the seven-storey structure – which is more than 68 m long, 34 m wide and 44 m high – sailed out from the Damen yard in Mangalia, Romania. It’s travelling more than 3,800 nautical miles to Aker Solutions’ fabrication yard in Stord, where the HVDC equipment will be installed and commissioned.
The massive structure will then weigh almost 10,000 tonnes and be transported and installed in the southern North Sea next year, ahead of the wind farm’s completion in 2026.
East Anglia Three is the third stage of the 3 GW East Anglia Hub wind energy complex. Once operational, it will be the second largest wind farm in the world.
