Italy’s Saipem has landed a contract to install the substations for Orsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea 1 wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire, eastern England.

Orsted, formerly Dong Energy, confirmed to Recharge that Saipem will undertake the offshore substation installation scope, comprising 4 jackets and 4 topsides.

The work, which is due to start in the second quarter of 2018, will be carried out using the heavy-lift vessel Saipem 7000.