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Hornsea Offshore Wind Zone

Seaway7 secured contracts on all three projects within Ørsted’s record-breaking Hornsea zone – a hat-trick that underscores our role as a trusted partner in building the world’s largest offshore wind farms in the UK North Sea.

Hornsea 1: Transport and installation (T&I) of 89 inter-array cables (33kV), totalling approximately 170km – supporting the world’s first offshore wind farm to exceed 1GW capacity.

Hornsea 2: T&I of 165 inter-array cables (66kV), totalling approximately 382km, powering what became the world’s largest offshore wind farm at the time of commissioning.

Hornsea 3: Contracted for T&I 197 inter-array cables (66kV). Offshore execution is underway and when completed, it will surpass its predecessors and become the word’s largest offshore wind farm with a planned capacity of 2.9GW.

Located around 90–160 km off the east coast of England, in water depths of approximately 25 to 75 metres, the projects demonstrate Seaway7’s ability to adapt and deliver complex inter-array cable scopes consistently and at scale, in varying offshore conditions.

Across all three projects, Seaway7 has remained a steadfast partner – with proven capability earning us repeat awards that reflect client confidence in our performance. For the current phase, delivery is being led from our Aberdeen office, building on experience gained across the earlier Hornsea projects, and supported by strong local engagement within the supply chain.

Once complete, we will have installed over 1,000 km of inter-array cables across the Hornsea Zone, supporting enough clean energy to power more than 5.4 million UK homes.

  • Project Hornsea 1
  • Location 89 -120 km off the coast of Yorkshire, North Sea UK sector
  • Project Type T&I
  • Main Vessels The offshore installation activity utilised vessels from Seaway7 and Subsea7 fleet. The marine spread comprised cable-lay vessel Seaway Aimery and installation support vessel Seaway Moxie as well as construction vessel Simar Esperanca.
  • Date Awarded November 2016
  • Completion Date September 2019
  • Project Hornsea 2
  • Location 120 km off the coast of Yorkshire, North Sea UK sector
  • Project Type T&I
  • Main Vessels The offshore installation activity utilised vessels from Seaway7 and Subsea7 fleet. The marine spread comprised cable-lay vessel Seaway Aimery and installation support vessel Seaway Moxie as well as construction vessel Simar Esperanca.
  • Date Awarded July 2019
  • Completion Date August 2022
  • Project Hornsea 3
  • Location 120-160 km off the coast of Yorkshire and Norfolk, North Sea, UK sector
  • Project Type T&I
  • Main Vessels The marine spread comprises cable-lay vessel Seaway Phoenix and 3rd party installation support vessel Acta Centaurus.
  • Date Awarded October 2024
  • Completion Date Under construction
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