SMart Wind nabs grid connection for first Hornsea phase

The SMart Wind consortium – comprising Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) and Siemens – secured a grid connection for the 1GW of its 4GW Hornsea project, becoming the first Round 3 project to do so.

MRP chief executive Eddie O'Connor: "Hornsea is not going to be one of the first Round 3 projects to enter construction -- it's going to be the very first."
MRP chief executive Eddie O'Connor: "Hornsea is not going to be one of the first Round 3 projects to enter construction -- it's going to be the very first."
Published 27 September 2010, 11:00Updated 26 September 2016, 14:30
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