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ABP’s New Lowestoft Facility To Support East Anglia Two & Three O&M Ops

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

This is the sub-heading.

UK port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and ScottishPower Renewables have entered into a long-term agreement for supporting operations and maintenance (O&M) activities at the East Anglia Two and East Anglia Three offshore wind farms from ABP’s Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF).

These two initial paragraphs add a few more details.

Under the agreement, ScottishPower Renewables will utilise berths at LEEF for service operations vessels (SOVs) and crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will serve the East Anglian offshore wind farms. The company already operates its East Anglia One O&M base in Lowestoft.

LEEF was officially opened by the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in January 2025, after ABP invested GBP 35 million (almost EUR 40 million) in the port infrastructure. The facility features deep-water berths, modern utilities and future-proofed infrastructure to support shore power and alternative fuels, according to the port operator.

These are some of my thoughts

How Large Are The East Anglian Wind Farms?

There are four East Anglian Wind Farms.

• East Anglian 1 – 714 MW, which was commissioned in 2020.
• East Anglian 1 North – 800 MW, which is planned to be commissioned in 2026.
• East Anglian 2 – 963 MW, which is planned to be commission in 2029.
• East Anglian 3 -1372 MW, which is planned to be commission in 2026.

That makes a total of 3849 MW.

Where Do The Cables Come Ashore?

Google AI gives this answer to the question.

The subsea export cables for the East Anglia wind farms, including East Anglia ONE, come ashore at Bawdsey in Suffolk, where they connect to onshore cables that run underground for about 23-37 km to the Bramford converter station, near Ipswich, to join the National Grid.

I know Bawdsey well from about the late 1950s until we moved my wife and I  moved our family from East Suffolk to West Suffolk in the 1990s.

These posts are two memories of Bawdsey Manor and Felixstowe Ferry on the other side of Deben, that I wrote after one of my last visits to the Deben Estuary in 2009.

It hasn’t changed much over the years.

December 17, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Uncategorized | Associated British Ports, East Anglia Array, Offshore Wind Power, Port Of Lowestoft, ScottishPower, Wind Power