Danish utility Ørsted has been granted development consent for the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm project in the UK North Sea.
Located approximately 69 km off the Yorkshire Coast the 2.6 GW Hornsea Four is the second largest UK offshore wind project to gain consent. If fully built, it would provide enough power to meet the average daily needs of over 1m UK homes.
Commenting on the UK’s government decision to approve the project, RenewableUK’s executive director of policy Ana Musat said: “Hornsea Four will strengthen Britain’s energy security significantly, helping us to move away from the volatility of international gas prices and closer towards energy independence, as well as enabling us to take a major leap forward towards net zero.”
Hornsea Three is the biggest UK offshore wind project to be approved to date with a capacity of around 2.85 GW. The largest operational offshore wind farm in UK waters, the 1.28 GW Hornsea Two was fully commissioned last August, while the 1.2 GW Hornsea One has been operating since 2020.
