The first number is 1.2GW – the world’s first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm and a power project for the sector that in terms of sheer capacity can hold its head up among the big guns of conventional and nuclear fleets.
Hornsea 1 will be capable of powering “well over a million homes” said Dong, pointing out that the project will also take offshore wind to new frontiers in terms of distance from shore and will need record-setting levels of cabling to connect it.
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