RES is partnering with ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola group, after winning the contract. The company’s role as HV contractor will be to ensure the implementation of ScottishPower Renewables’ electrical and mechanical safety rules as the primary switching authority until the operational handover to the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) provider.
East Anglia Three Wind Farm, which entered construction in 2022, is a 1.4 GW offshore wind farm, located approximately 69 kilometres from the Suffolk shoreline.
The company will also be supporting construction by providing the installation and management of a control centre service, situated on-site, covering the wind farm, converter stations and export cable. Furthermore, RES will be utilising a range of contractors, including Suffolk based businesses, to help deliver the works, supporting investment and skilled jobs in the local economy.
“We’re delighted to be awarded a defining contract for East Anglia Three” said Simon Deacon, Operations and Maintenance Director for RES in the UK&I. “After launching our in-house HV team just last year, a successful agreement like this one is a testament to the quality, capability, and dedication of our unique HV renewables service, which is an essential element of many operational contracts in a growing industry. This new contract follows the launch of the Offshore Wind O&M Partnership (OWOP) between RES and three other complementary offshore O&M service providers. The Partnership will fill the much-needed gap for a ‘one stop shop’ for all core O&M services.”
RES formed their HV team in 2022 in response to a broader industry appeal for a dependable, high-quality, safety-focused, renewables HV service. Since launching, RES’ HV team have delivered on a number of solar, storage, onshore wind and offshore transmission projects with an experienced and substantial O&M division behind them. This is just the latest contract between ScottishPower Renewables and RES, following agreements to provide services for East Anglia One onshore substation as well as a newly signed contract with Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, to deliver O&M work on the Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm.
In total, the ScottishPower Renewables East Anglia Hub will deliver a combined installed capacity of 3.6 GW, with East Anglia Three accounting for 1.4 GW of this capacity powered by 95 turbines over 250 metres high. The HV work on East Anglia Three is anticipated to start in Q1 2024 and expected to be completed by Q1 2027.
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