ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred supplier for the East Anglia ONE Offshore windfarm project.

The £2 billion contract will see Siemens supply up to 102 seven megawatt turbines.

The project is ScottishPower and Iberdrola's third offshore windfarm and when completed, will be able to power around 500,000 homes.

Half the components and services for the development will be made and sourced in the UK.

Siemens will use its facility in Hull to manufacture the wind turbine blades.

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Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables, said: "East Anglia ONE will be the most cost effective offshore windfarm ever delivered. Selecting the turbine supplier will be the single largest agreement for East Anglia ONE, and the most significant in terms of achieving important cost reduction goals."

CEO Offshore of Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division, Michael Hannibal, said: "We are pleased that ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens for this project.

"Our advanced model of our proven Direct Drive wind turbine with an output of 7 MW will leverage the energy output of East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm and contribute to lowering the cost of electricity."

ScottishPower Renewables and Siemens had a successful relationship working on their first joint offshore project, the 389 MW West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm in the Irish Sea.

The Scottish company aims to start construction in 2017, with the first turbines installed by 2019 and the site fully operational during 2020.

(LM)