ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), the UK affiliate of Iberdrola, has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as the preferred bidder to supply and instal offshore wind turbines for its 3.1 GW East Anglia (EA) hub project, which combines three offshore wind power plants off the east coast of England (United Kingdom). The project, which merges 800 MW East Anglia 1 North, 900 MW East Anglia 2 and 1,400 MW East Anglia 3, requires an investment of £6.5bn (€7.4bn). The group has already secured planning consent for the 1,400 MW East Anglia 3 project and has submitted planning applications for the remaining 1,700 MW. Iberdrola aims to start construction in 2023 and to commission the East Anglia Hub as of 2026. The company intends to submit the project in the UK's contract for difference (CfD) scheme round in early 2021. If the project fails to win a CfD, it could still go ahead.
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