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  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/aibel-2025-12-17-hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund",
  "slug": "aibel-2025-12-17-hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund",
  "category": "epc-contractors",
  "publishDate": "2025-12-17",
  "sourceName": "Aibel",
  "sourceUrl": "https://aibel.com/news/hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "Aibel",
    "EPC"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Hornsea 3 Link 2 platform arrives in Haugesund",
    "summary": "Aibel reported on 17 December 2025 that the second Hornsea 3 converter platform had reached its Haugesund yard after a sea journey from Thailand.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Reported scope and milestone",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Aibel: Aibel reported on 17 December 2025 that the second Hornsea 3 converter platform had reached its Haugesund yard after a sea journey from Thailand."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Aibel",
            "url": "https://aibel.com/news/hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Engineering interpretation",
        "paragraphs": [
          "The platform still required outfitting, completion and commissioning in Haugesund before sail-away. The article describes logistics and ongoing yard work, not offshore installation; that milestone was reported separately in September 2026."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Aibel",
            "url": "https://aibel.com/news/hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Delivery responsibilities",
        "paragraphs": [
          "An EPC reference defines a contracted combination of engineering, procurement and construction. Its boundaries still matter: field facilities, pipelines and utilities may be one package within a larger development. Construction affiliates and specialist subcontractors retain their stated roles. Quality records, pressure tests, pre-commissioning and handover need to match the actual facilities delivered. A historical project schedule does not become a publication date or establish today’s production. The reference documents the listed work rather than attributing all output, ownership or operation of the wider development to the contractor."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Aibel",
            "url": "https://aibel.com/news/hornsea-3-offshore-wind-platform-joins-its-sibling-in-haugesund"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": [
    {
      "slug": "aibel",
      "name": "Aibel",
      "href": "/epc-contractors/aibel",
      "website": "https://aibel.com/",
      "aliases": [
        "Aibel",
        "أيبل",
        "Aibel AS"
      ]
    }
  ]
}