Hornsea Three to trigger UK monopile production at SeAH’s new facility

Hornsea Three was granted consent in December 2020 and will be the latest addition to Ørsted’s UK fleet offshore windfarms, with a capacity of approximately 2.4 GW.

Ørsted head of region UK Duncan Clark said, “Through collaboration across government, industry and the supply chain, this agreement represents another positive step towards creating a larger and sustainably competitive UK supply chain to support the next chapter in the UK’s offshore wind success story.

“The Hornsea Three team has worked extensively with SeAH Wind to support their investment decision to establish a new, globally competitive monopile foundations factory in the UK. We very much look forward to continuing our work with SeAH in bringing this landmark project to life and ultimately to deliver competitive monopiles from a UK fabrication facility for the first time.”

SeAH Steel Holdings chief operating officer and senior executive vice president Joosung Lee said, “SeAH Wind will play a pivotal role in the UK offshore wind supply chain. And we would like to thank Ørsted team for proceeding the negotiation with faith in SeAH Wind’s vision.

“This agreement validates our ambitious plans to build the largest possible monopiles from our state-of-the-art UK factory and it has only come about through hard work, collaboration, and a willingness to work together to help deliver on the UK Sector deal commitments.”

Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Minister Greg Hands said the government is putting the British offshore wind industry at the heart of the green recovery. “Today’s multi-million-pound agreement between Ørsted and SeAH Wind is a fantastic example of industry co-operation and a huge vote of confidence in the Humber region.”

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