The world’s single largest installed wind farm – the 1.3GW Hornsea 2 offshore array in the UK – is now fully operational, Danish utility Orsted said, showing the move to gigascale and larger developments as wind at sea is assuming a greater role in global energy supply.

The array spans an area of 462 km2 – equal to more than 64,000 football fields – featuring 165 Siemens Gamesa 8MW wind turbines that supply green power to over 1.4