THE final wind turbine has been successfully installed at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
Seagreen Wind Farm, a joint £3 billion project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, sits 27km from the Angus coast and has 114 wind turbines.
Of the wind turbines, 76 are now energised and producing more than two thirds of Seagreen’s full capacity to power the grid. Once fully energised, the site will be capable of generating enough renewable energy to power more than 1.6 million UK homes.
The installation of the final wind turbine is yet another milestone reached in the Seagreen project in recent months. It follows on from the completion of the successful turbine foundation jacket installation campaign which included the installation of the world’s deepest wind turbine foundation at 58.6 metres.
John Hill, Seagreen’s project director, said, “This latest project milestone further underlines the hard work by everyone involved in the project. The teams, including Vestas, operator of the Orca, Cadeler and our wind turbine marshalling team at Port of Nigg should be proud of what they have achieved. We will now continue with the commissioning of the final turbines and progress with the inter array cabling works.
“The project has already brought benefits to the local community, the UK supply chain and once fully operational in summer 2023, it will make a significant contribution to Scotland’s and the UK’s net zero targets.”
