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July
20, 2023
Marshalling underway at
largest offshore wind farm
Marshalling operations for wind turbine parts are underway at Able
Seaton Port in Hartlepool for what will be Scotland’s biggest, and the
world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm – Seagreen.
In the last few weeks, SSE Renewables and joint-venture partner
TotalEnergies announced that the installation of turbine foundations
has commenced at the 1.1GW project site, 27km off the Angus coast in
Scotland.
It can now be revealed that the delivery of parts for the project’s Vestas
V164-10.0 MW turbines, including blades, nacelles, and the supporting
towers to Vestas’ base in the North-East of England is well underway.
When in full production, the Able Seaton site will support
approximately 100 full time employees, including technicians for the
installation of the wind turbines, crane personnel, supervisors,
quality inspectors, warehouse workers and other staff.
The campaign to fit the turbine parts at the £3bn Seagreen project is
expected to commence in late 2021 and will run in tandem with the
continuing campaign to fit the turbine foundations, also known as
jackets.
First power is expected in spring 2022 with the 114-turbine wind farm
expected to be fully commissioned in 2023.
Earlier this year, Vestas announced that 87% of the V164 blades for
the 1,075 MW Seagreen project would be manufactured in the UK. Of the
114 blade sets to be installed at the Seagreen project, 99 blade sets,
or 297 blades in total, are being produced domestically. Production
for the Seagreen project is taking place at the company’s Isle of
Wight facility.
Allan Birk Wisby, Project Director at Vestas said:
“Our collaboration with Able UK at the Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool
for the pre-assembly scope of the Seagreen project has been truly
exceptional. For a project the size of Seagreen, with technology the
size of our V164-10.0 MW turbines, the pre-assembly port selection is
of utmost importance and Vestas’ requirements have been well-met by
Able Seaton Port. Now, Vestas is committed to delivering the Seagreen
project along with SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies safely and on
schedule by 2023.”
John Hill, Project Director of the Seagreen Project said:
“With work on the Seagreen project now well underway, it is fantastic
for us to be looking forward to a point when we will be installing the
114 turbines as site.
“It is great to see the project will benefit the UK supply chain, not
only at Able Seaton but in the Isle of Wight where 87% of the blades
from Seagreen have been manufactured.
“I look forward to seeing the first turbine installed at site in the
near future.”
The Seagreen project is Scotland’s largest renewable energy project,
and once installed, it will provide around 5,000 GWh annually of
renewable energy, supplying the energy needs of around 1.6 million
homes and saving around 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
annually.
Vestas and SSE Renewables’ collaboration extends to Scotland’s most
powerful onshore wind project, the 443 MW Viking Wind Farm currently
being constructed in Shetland, as well as the 30MW Lenalea Wind Farm
in Co. Donegal, Ireland, which entered construction in May 2021.
Able UK’s Executive Chairman Peter Stephenson, said:
“We have enjoyed a long and constructive relationship with Vestas
culminating in today’s announcement – which, of course, is a further
vote of confidence in the UK, ourselves and the Teesside supply chain.
Our sustained investment means we can provide a bespoke and
tailor-made solution for the Seagreen project.
“This contract builds further on our growing offshore wind portfolio
which began with the Hornsea One foundations (2018/19) and, more
recently (September), saw the completion of the installation of the
Triton Knoll turbines, also with Vestas.”
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