World's largest offshore wind farm is getting plugged in

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World’s largest offshore wind farm is getting plugged in

Hornsea 3 – a vast, offshore, wind farm project – has reached Norfolk, as renewables cut costs and reduce reliance on gas

East Anglia Bylines | 12 April 2026

The first export cable from Hornsea 3 – set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm – has now come ashore at Weybourne on the North Norfolk coast. It is a significant moment. The project, developed by Ørsted, with a planned capacity of 2.9 gigawatts, is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 3.3 million homes when it is completed in 2027. The turbines themselves will stand around 120 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, but the electricity they produce will not enter the UK grid there. Instead, it comes ashore in Norfolk.

From Weybourne, the cables will run more than 30 miles underground through North Norfolk, Broadland and South Norfolk to a converter station at Swardeston, before connecting into the National Grid at the Norwich Main substation. In effect, East Anglia is becoming a gateway for renewable energy, with power generated in the North Sea brought ashore here and then carried south to meet demand in London and the south-east...

Renewables already cutting costs



New analysis from Carbon Brief shows how far the shift to renewables has already gone. In March 2026, record electricity generation from wind and solar avoided the need for around £1bn of gas imports. Together, these sources produced 11 terawatt hours of electricity, while gas-fired generation fell to its lowest level ever recorded for the month. This is not a marginal change; it is already reshaping the energy system.

From climate ambition to economic reality

What is changing now is not just the scale of renewable energy, but how it is understood. For years, projects like this were framed mainly in terms of climate targets. That remains critical, but the immediate economic benefits are now clearer: lower costs, greater stability and less reliance on imported gas. Renewables help shield households from volatile global markets while strengthening energy security...more
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/worlds-largest-wind-farm-is-getting-plugged-in/

Installing and protecting 350 kilometres of cable to power 3 million UK homes

Wind power in the United Kingdom

Unbelievably, some (like Donald Dump) call this "junk".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingdom

(Speaking of "Ugly" )