Great Yarmouth Chamber Council members heard from Scottish Power’s Stakeholder Manager, Joanna Young, this week, who provided a progress report on their East Anglia Offshore wind projects.
East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm will provide 714 MW of new cleaner capacity and is currently under construction. Landfall is expected in early 2018 and the turbines completed by 2019. First power generation is also expected in 2019 and the windfarm will be fully operational by 2020.
It is estimated that the project will support 3,000 direct construction jobs and the onshore work will support over 1,000 jobs. Long term, it is expected to deliver 100+ O&M jobs for Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
Joanna also outlined Scottish Power’s plans for their future projects, East Anglia THREE, East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North:
East Anglia THREE
- 1,200 MW powering up to 1 million homes
- 172 turbines
- Using cable ducts laid by EA ONE
- 2022: Construction planned to commence
- 2025: Expected to be fully operational
East Anglia TWO
- 900 MW powering up to 740,000 homes
- Up to 75 turbines
- 2024: Construction planned to commence
East Anglia ONE North
- 800 MW powering up to 740,000 homes
- Up to 67 turbines
- 2025: Construction planned to commence
All the East Anglia offshore wind projects are required to use percentage of local supply contractors, and whilst East Anglia ONE is already under construction and has appointed the Tier 1 suppliers, there are still more opportunities for a wide range of local businesses.
Joanna outlined that the forthcoming projects: THREE, TWO and ONE North still need a diverse range of local suppliers from land agents and lawyers, to marine services, construction, engineering, programmers and designers.
