The second phase of the world’s largest offshore windfarm, the Hornsea Project Two off the Yorkshire coast, has been approved by the UK government. The project will now occupy an area five times larger than Hull. It will feature 300 turbines and will cover over 480 sq km of the North Sea, fifty-five miles off the coast of Grimsby. The project has been created by Denmark’s Dong Energy and will generate an estimated 1,8000 MW of electricity for 36,000 sq km homes. However, Dong has not yet confirmed its pledge to invest £6bn and create over 2,500 jobs in the UK.
The second phase of the world’s largest offshore windfarm, the Hornsea Project Two off the Yorkshire coast, has been approved by the UK government. The project will now occupy an area five times larger than Hull. It will feature 300 turbines and will cover over 480 sq km of the North Sea, fifty-five miles off the coast of Grimsby. The project has been created by Denmark’s Dong Energy and will generate an estimated 1,8000 MW of electricity for 1.8m UK homes. However, Dong has not yet confirmed its pledge to invest £6bn and create over 2,500 jobs in the UK.