The line - which weighs 50kg per metre - has arrived at Weybourne from Danish energy company Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

It marks a significant milestone for the £8.5 billion project.

Once reaching landfall, the cable will be buried underground on a 30 mile (50 kilometre) route through the countryside, arriving at a converter station in Swardeston, on the outskirts of Norwich.

The Ørsted Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm cable route comes ashore at Weybourne on the north Norfolk coast before reaching a substation at Swardeston, near Norwich (Image: Ørsted)

Throughout 2026, more than 420 miles (680 kilometres) of export cable will be laid, allowing energy generated by the wind farm to reach over 3.3 million UK homes.

The fabrication of the Hornsea 3 export cables began three years ago and will be completed this summer.

Each cable weighs over 50 kilograms per metre (Image: Orsted)

Luke Bridgman, managing director of Ørsted's Hornsea 3, said: “The arrival of the first cable onshore marks a significant milestone for Hornsea 3 and is a testament to the hard work of our teams at Ørsted, Jan de Nuul and NKT.

“Every element of this wind farm is being completed safely, efficiently and sustainably by experts in their field.”

The Hornsea 3 windfarm is located around 75 miles (120 kilometres) off the coast of Norfolk.

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