First Turbine up at 1.1GW Seagreen
Friday 10 December 2021
Seagreen, which will become Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm once complete, has passed another momentous milestone following the successful installation of the project’s first Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbine.
The installation of the first Vestas turbine in the North Sea off the Scottish coast heralds the start of the turbine installation phase which will see a total of 114 wind turbines installed across the project site. This turbine is also the first V164-10.0 MW turbine installed globally, and at 10MW will be the most powerful turbine currently installed offshore in Europe once operational in terms of power rating.
The first V164-10.0 MW turbine to be installed globally.
Picture source: SSE Renewables
Seagreen is Scotland’s largest renewable energy project and one of the biggest private investments in Scottish infrastructure. Once completed, the 1.1GW Seagreen offshore wind farm will be capable of generating around 5,000 GWh of renewable energy annually. That’s enough clean and sustainable electricity to power more than 1.6m UK homes and save around 1.6m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, making a significant contribution to Scotland’s and the UK’s net zero targets.
Components for the first turbine to be installed, including blades, nacelles, and the supporting towers, were transported to site by installation contractor Cadeler’s giant windfarm installation vessel Wind Osprey from Vestas’ turbine marshalling base at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, North-East England. The massive turbine was installed onto a giant 2,000 tonne three-legged caisson jacket foundation fixed to the bottom of the North Sea floor.