Iberdrola accelerates the development of the offshore wind. Spanish company started build United Kingdom from him seventh park offshore wind power worldwide, East Anglia Three. The facility is expected to start production in 2025 and 1,400 megawatts of capacity (MW), enough Providing clean energy to 1.3 million homes.
Opposite this new facility, norfolk beach (near the London metropolitan area) East Anglia Hub macro resort Future developments of this park East Anglia One North and East Anglia Twoin addition to the park in which the company currently operates through its subsidiary ScottishPower in the same area (East Anglia One, 714 MW). british macro complex largest venture of this group technology worldwide and represents a total investment of 6,500 million pounds (approximately 7,700 million euros) for a 3,000 megawatt clean energy installation.
In addition to East Anglia One, Iberdrola has commissioned the West of Duddon Sands facilities (195 MW). Irish Sea and Vikinger (350 MW) in German waters Baltic Sea. and have three other major facilities under construction in the open sea France (Saint-Brieuc with a capacity of about 500 MW), in the United States (Vineyard Wind 1 with 806 MW) and Germany (Baltic Eagle with 476 MW). In the second country, it is also a third Marine Project, Windanker (300 MW), who will join Wikinger and Baltic Eagle. Three renewable plants together, The largest offshore wind complex in the Baltic Seaits total installed capacity is 1,100 MW.
electricity company, managed by Ignacio Sánchez Galán offshore windStill doesn’t have any existence as in Spain pressure for onshore wind power twenty years ago. Thus, more than 5,500 MW (78.5%) of the 7,000 MW of wind power currently under construction or insured through long-term contracts (known as PPAs) corresponds to offshore projects. This technology has already provided 30% of the group’s new installed capacity by the end of the first half.
More than a hundred mills
East Anglia Three will cover an area of up to 305 square kilometers and will require its installation. More than 100 new generation wind turbinesIt will have a height of 247 meters, Two and a half times the size of Big Ben (96 meters). This large electrical infrastructure is also four marine substationsAn offshore platform that will house operations and four submarine cables for exporting the energy produced by the wind farm, located 69 kilometers offshore, to shore.
The company is part of the construction of the East Anglia headquarters. significant support to the supply chain pertaining to the UK and European offshore wind industry and It will provide employment to 7,000 people.