Hornsea Two Supplier Event Draws a Crowd

Ørsted has held a supply chain event for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm allowing UK companies to find out how they can get involved in the project.

The event, which took place on 14 November at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham, attracted more than 450 delegates.

UK-based companies had the opportunity to learn how they can sign up to benefit from Hornsea Project Two from both the project team and the tier 1 suppliers Balfour Beatty, Siemens Gamesa, ABB and VolkerInfra.

“The opportunities offshore wind can offer UK companies are tremendous, and as we build these huge projects in UK waters, we must ensure UK companies are aware of what’s on offer and ready to deliver. As the industry has grown, we’ve seen companies diversifying from other industries, as well as investment in new facilities purely to service the sector’s growing supply chain needs,” said Duncan Clark, Programme Director for Hornsea Projects One and Two.

“We also work closely with our first tier contractors to support them in their engagement with local companies and it was great to see this in practice at last week’s event. We’ve had really positive feedback and hope to follow up with some “Meet the Buyer” events with our first tier suppliers in the new year.”

Located 89km off the Yorkshire Coast, Hornsea Project Two will feature 165 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines mounted on monopile foundations produced by EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC).

The project won a Contract for Difference in September last year and will be constructed at the lowest ever price for offshore wind in the UK.

It will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once fully operational in 2022.