AMS Trenchless Specialists wins contract for 1.4 GW offshore wind project in UK

AMS Trenchless Specialists, a local engineering company in North Lincolnshire, has won a big contract for part of the onshore cable works for Hornsea Two.

AMS will undertake Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), a method of installing ducting and cables beneath existing infrastructure without disruption, at the landfall site in Horseshoe Point where the offshore cables meet the onshore cables.

Located approximately 89 km off the Yorkshire coast, the Hornsea project involves the installation of up to 300 turbines of between 6 MW and 15 MW. The project uses SG 8.0-165 DD wind turbines. The 245 kV high-voltage cables with a total length of over 200 km, including three far-shore cables, cover about 50% of the entire project and connects the wind park to the reactive power compensation platform that brings electricity to the mainland.

The wind farm, which is the sister project to Hornsea 1, will provide enough electricity to power over 1.3 million homes.

Hornsea Two is in the early stages of construction and is due to be completed in 2022.

The works are expected to start in May and continue until September 2019.