Siemens Gamesa It has signed a firm order with ScottishPower Renewables, its UK subsidiary. iberdrolawill supply 95 units of its most powerful turbine to the second offshore park (sea wind) the largest in the world, wind farm ‘East Anglia 3’located in the North Sea and 1.4 gigawatts (GW) total capacity. The operation also includes a maintenance contract for an initial period of eight years, as reported Wednesday by the wind turbine manufacturer.
The group stressed that this agreement is an important step. way decarbonization starting energy system United Kingdomalso the first installation of the most powerful turbine in the country.
‘East Anglia 3’ will have a total capacity of 2.9 GW and is the second of four projects planned within the framework of the East Anglia hub that British subsidiary Iberdrola plans to develop on the east coast of England. Special, ‘East Anglia 3’ will have an area of approximately 305 square kilometers and will be 69 kilometers from Norfolk at its closest point to the coast. Once completed, the project will provide clean energy to 1.3 million homes in the UK.
start date spring 2026
Siemens Gamesa stated: Installation is expected to begin in the spring of 2026 and be completed by the end of the same year.. For Marc Becker, CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s offshore business, “East Anglia 3 is crucial to the success of energy decarbonisation and energy independence in the UK”.
“It also marks the first project of our innovative SG 14-236 DD offshore turbine in British waters. In a difficult time, it is encouraging to be able to sign this order with ScottishPower Renewables. However, we need the UK Government to do just that. and ensuring it has the same importance as gas.”
Siemens Gamesa stressed that the current macroeconomic context is “extremely complex” for wind turbine manufacturers. This definitive request was only possible thanks to the cooperation between all parties involved,” he said. The company urged the British Government to support the renewable energy sectorbecause “only in this way will it be possible to continue developing more projects that enable the country to meet its renewable targets for 2030”.
Charlie Jordan, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables, emphasized that the purchased wind turbines will generate enough clean energy to power 1.3 million British homes. On the other hand, Siemens Energy will provide a grid connection solution to ensure that the generated electricity reaches the coastline.
According to the contract signed last year; Siemens Energy will build an offshore converter to collect the alternating current produced by Siemens Gamesa’s wind turbines and convert it to direct current for transmission to shore in the most efficient way possible.
A second converter on land will convert the energy back into alternating current to be able to feed the local network and finally the homes.
The ‘SG 14-236 DD’ turbine prototype has recently started generating power at the Osterild test center in Denmark. Since its launch over a year ago, this wind turbine model has been selected as a preferred supplier in Denmark and Poland for a total of 2.8 GW.