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Iberdrola Preparing Two East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects For UK’s Sixth CfD Round

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s company in the UK, is getting the East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind projects ready for the upcoming auction round for Contracts for Difference (CfD).

These three paragraphs give more details.

This is according to project updates Iberdrola published as part of its financial results for 2023.

Iberdrola says “good progress is being made in the key engineering and design work” for the two projects and, while they were not presented in the UK’s fifth CfD Allocation Round (AR5), preparations are being made to take part in Allocation Round 6 (AR6).

The two offshore wind farms are part of the GBP 6.5 billion (around EUR 7.6 billion) East Anglia Hub project, which also includes East Anglia Three, currently in construction and expected to start delivering electricity in 2026. The 1.4 GW East Anglia Three was awarded Contract for Difference in July 2022.

It is now possible to build a table of Iberdrola’s East Anglian Hub.

• East Anglia One – 714 MW – Commissioned in 2020.
• East Anglia One North – 800 MW – To be commissioned in 2026.
• East Anglia Two – 900 MW – To be commissioned in 2026.
• East Anglia Three – 1372 MW – To be commissioned in 2026.

Note.

1. East Anglia One is the largest windfarm in Iberdrola’s history
2. These four wind farms are connected to the shore at Bawdsey on the River Deben.

These wind farms are a total of 3786 MW.

In addition there are RWE’s three Norfolk wind farms.

• Norfolk Boreas – 1386 MW – To be commissioned in 2027.
• Norfolk Vanguard East – 1380 MW – To be commissioned before 2030.
• Norfolk Vanguard West – 1380 MW – To be commissioned before 2030.

These wind farms are a total of 4146 MW, with a grand total of 7932 MW.

What Will Happen To The Electricity?

Consider.

• It is a lot of electricity.
• The good people of Norfolk are already protesting about the cables and pylons, that will connect the electricity to the National Grid.
• The good people of Suffolk will probably follow, their Northern neighbours.
• The wind farms are owned by Spanish company; Iberdrola and German company; RWE.

I wonder, if someone will build a giant electrolyser at a convenient place on the coast and export the hydrogen to Europe by pipeline or tanker.

• The ports of Felixstowe, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft could probably handle a gas tanker.
• The Bacton gas terminal has gas pipelines to Belgium and The Netherlands.

In addition, there are various electricity interconnectors in use or under construction, that could send electricity to Europe.

• National Grid’s Lion Link to the Netherlands.
• NeuConnect to Germany from the Isle of Grain.

Whoever is the UK’s Prime Minister in 2030 will reap the benefits of these East Anglian and Norfolk wind farms.

In addition.

• The Hornsea wind farm will have tripled in size from 2604 MW to 8000 MW.
• The Dogger Bank wind farm will have grown from 1235 MW to 8000 MW.
• There is 4200 MW of wind farms in Morecambe Bay and around England.

They would be so lucky.

February 23, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Hydrogen | Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6, East Anglia Array, Iberdrola, LionLink, National Grid, NeuConnect, Norfolk Boreas Wind Farm, Norfolk Vanguard Wind Farm, Offshore Wind Power, Port of Felixstowe, Port Of Great Yarmouth, Port Of Lowestoft, RWE, Wind Power