The primary geotechnical seabed surveys for TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables’ 500 MW Seagreen 1A offshore wind farm in Scotland have been accomplished. Part two of the geotechnical works is predicted to start later this yr and may take round two weeks to finish.
Seagreen 1A lies adjoining to the prevailing 1,075 MW Seagreen undertaking and represents roughly 500 MW of extra renewable vitality era capability.
The undertaking’s second section may see an extra 36 wind generators put in off the Angus coast, added to the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW items already totally operational on the wind farm, growing its capability to 1,575 MW.
The vessel that carried out the primary section of the geotechnical marketing campaign, the 90-metre-long Connector, arrived on website and accomplished the works in ten days in February.
This concerned specialist cone penetrometer testing (CPT) at nearly 100 places.
Utilizing dynamic positioning (DP) know-how the vessel repeatedly held positions whereas skinny rod sensors penetrated into the seabed at depths of as much as 15 metres to permit the crew to study extra in regards to the seabed composition and perceive if the proposed turbine basis places are appropriate and acceptable for the know-how proposed.
The second section, which is predicted to start later this yr, will contain vibrocore works alongside the proposed export cable route from the offshore website to the landfall at Cockenzie.
“We’re happy to substantiate the completion of one other geotechnical offshore survey on the Seagreen 1A website. This builds on present website information and is one other step ahead within the undertaking following the unanimous assist from East Lothian Council within the approval of the onshore substation design final yr,” stated Andrew Prepare, Venture Director for Seagreen 1A.
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Absolutely operational since October 2023, Seagreen is Scotland’s largest wind farm in addition to the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm, with its deepest basis put in at a report 58.7 metres beneath sea stage.
The wind farm is owned by TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables. On the finish of final yr, TotalEnergies determined to promote a 25.5 per cent fairness stake in Seagreen to Thailand’s nationwide oil and gasoline firm PTTEP. The completion of the transaction is topic to receipt of relevant governmental and regulatory approvals.
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