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  • Linxon Adds Kirby to Seagreen Substation Team

    14 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation and building services works as part of the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Substation package. The works include the installation of the onshore primary and secondary HV power equipment including the super-grid transformers, switchgear, dynamic reactive compensation, shunt reactors, harmonic […]

  • SMC Lands Seagreen Balance of Plant Contract

    30 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) have been awarded a contract to provide Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with holistic Balance of Plant (BoP) services to support multiple activities during the construction phase of the 1.1 GW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The scope of services encompasses a comprehensive multi-scope package of resources, including a range of inspection, […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    23 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, soon to be the largest of its kind in Scottish waters, has produced first power on 22 August, when the first wind turbine was commissioned and connected to the grid. The GBP 3 billion (approx. EUR 3.6 billion) project, owned by SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, is located 27 […]

  • SSE Picks Seagreen O&M Home

    8 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    SSE Renewables has selected Montrose Port as the preferred location for the O&M base for its Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. To remind, SSE’s 454MW Seagreen Phase 1 project was recently selected in the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 3 with a strike price of GBP 41.61/MWh. This long-term commitment to Montrose Port Authority will ensure […]

  • Seagreen Offshore Substation Jacket Leaves United Arab Emirates

    21 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation and the accompanying pin piles for the Seagreen offshore substation have left the United Arab Emirates and are en route to Scotland, Petrofac said. Petrofac is in charge of designing, supplying, and installing the High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) onshore and offshore substations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. The […]

  • HDD Work for Seagreen OWF’s Onshore Cable Completed

    5 October 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) work on the onshore cable route for the Seagreen offshore wind farm have been completed, allowing for the installation of the electrical cables for what will become Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm. HDD has been used to insert ducting at eight locations along the onshore cabling route between landfall at the […]

  • SSE to Hold Seagreen Meet the Buyer Events

    17 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables is holding Meet the Buyer events for its Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. SSE said the objective of the events is to enable businesses to gear up to bid for contracts, meet the Seagreen team, its principal contractors, and understand the opportunities on offer. The events will be held on 5 November in Inverness, […]

  • Seagreen to Offer Shorter-Term Corporate Power Purchase Agreements

    2 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The 1.14 GW Seagreen wind farm, soon to be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, is launching its offshore corporate purchase power agreement (cPPA) offerings. The Seagreen terms significantly shorten the typical cPPA length, providing buyers with an alternative option to standard longer-term cPPAs which are typically ten years or more in duration, Seagreen Wind Energy, […]

  • Atmos Consulting Joins Seagreen Roster

    4 February 2020
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Atmos Consulting is tasked with monitoring contractor compliance with environmental safeguards on the offshore wind farm.

  • Nexans to Supply Seagreen Phase 1 Export Cables

    4 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has chosen Nexans as the preferred supplier of export cables for the first phase of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland, which comprises the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms. Nexans will design, manufacture and install three 65km offshore export cables and three 20km onshore export cables for Seagreen Phase 1. “We […]

  • Export Cable Survey to Begin at Seagreen OWF

    5 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A shallow geotechnical survey is about to begin within the export cable area at the Seagreen Phase 1A wind farm offshore Scotland. The survey is scheduled to take place from 7 July to 11 July near the shoreline at Cockenzie in the Firth of Forth. The survey vessel Pulsar will conduct the shallow geotechnical survey […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Grow by 500 MW

    11 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies have received a go-ahead from the Scottish Ministers to increase the combined capacity of the remaining 36 wind turbines of the Seagreen offshore wind farm from 360 MW to 500 MW, bringing the project’s total installed capacity to 1,575 MW. All 150 offshore wind turbines for the Seagreen wind farm are […]

  • Nexans Aurora Gets Its Cable Laying Equipment

    14 April 2021
    Vessels

    The installation of the MAATS Tech cable lay equipment package onboard cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has been completed. The MAATS Tech team installed and tested the package which includes the carousel, loading arms, access tower and control cabin at the Ulstein Verft shipyard. According to Nexans, the next step is the heeling test. […]

  • Wind Orca on Moray East Duty

    1 February 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s jack-up vessel Wind Orca is scheduled to start work on the Moray East offshore wind farm today, 1 February, when major component inspection and repair activities are set to begin on several wind turbines. The work is planned to be done on four potential wind turbines that might need repair and will be taking […]

  • World’s Deepest Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Farm Taking Shape

    3 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ten out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The first wind turbine was installed at the site some 27 kilometres off the Angus coast in early December. This marked the first time a […]

  • Saipem Scores Offshore Wind Hat-Trick

    22 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Saipem revealed on 22 July that it won three contracts for offshore wind farms in Europe – Dogger Bank A and B, Seagreen, and Saint Brieuc – valued at more than EUR 90 million in total. With the Equinor-SSE Renewables join venture Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms, Saipem inked a deal for the transportation and […]

  • Van Oord Joins Seaway 7 on Seagreen Offshore Wind Project

    26 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7, the main Seagreen contractor, has contracted Van Oord to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbines for this 1.1 GW offshore wind farm located 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus will be installed on three-legged jacket foundations. After the installation […]

  • Heerema Orders Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Thialf

    29 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has awarded Huisman a contract to deliver a Motion Compensated Pile Gripper (MCPG) for use in offshore wind farm construction. Designed specifically for Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Thialf, the MCPG will enable Heerema to install monopiles up to 12.5 metres in diameter, with a length of up to 115 metres, and […]

  • Saipem 7000 to Begin Installing Seagreen OWF Foundations

    27 September 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of wind turbine foundations on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is scheduled to begin on or around 1 October, according to the latest update on the project’s offshore works. The three-legged suction caisson foundations will be towed from the Port of Nigg, Cromarty Firth, to the project site located 27 kilometres […]

  • Port of Nigg Chosen for Seagreen OWF Foundation Installation

    10 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Global Energy Group’s (GEG) Port of Nigg has been selected as the marshalling, storage and logistics base for 114 wind turbine foundations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. GEG has been awarded a contract for the project by Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for Seagreen’s foundations and inter-array cables, on behalf of the […]

  • Final Seagreen Jacket Arrives in Port of Nigg

    22 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The final jacket foundation for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm has arrived in Port of Nigg, from where the foundations are being installed by Seaway 7. It took a total of 23 shipments to deliver the 114 jackets to the Port of Nigg, which was achieved through collaboration between Seaway7, SSE Renewables, COSCO, Global […]

  • Saipem 7000 Lists in Norwegian Waters

    14 April 2022
    Vessels

    Heavy-lift vessel Saipem 7000, which was yesterday reported to have left the Seagreen offshore wind farm site with a return date later this month, tilted offshore Stavanger in Norway this morning (14 April) following what was described by the local authorities as a “lifting accident”. The South-West Police Department shared this morning via Twitter that […]

  • World’s Deepest Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Construction Milestone

    23 September 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    50 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The wind turbines are being transported from Vestas’ turbine marshalling base at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool and installed at the site by Cadeler’s wind […]

  • HSBC Issues Green Guarantee to Back Lamprell’s Seagreen OWF Contract

    26 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    HSBC has issued a green trade finance facility raising USD 48 million (around EUR 40 million) for UAE-based Lamprell to support the company’s fabrication work for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The facility, for which HSBC was the sole arranger, is the first green guarantee in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]

  • Semco Maritime to Revamp Cadeler’s Two O-Class Jack-Ups

    23 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Denmark-headquartered Cadeler has awarded its compatriot Semco Maritime a contract for vessel modifications to upgrade the main crane capacity on Cadeler’s two O-class wind farm installation vessels (WFIV). Semco Maritime has previously fitted new and extended crane booms on the two WFIVs, Wind Orca and Wind Osprey. The scope of work comprises planning and supplier […]

  • Vestas SOV Named in Spain

    20 June 2022
    Vessels

    Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has held a naming ceremony for its latest service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Brint at Astilleros Balenciaga shipyard in Spain. This is the first of two SOVs Astilleros Balenciaga is building for Edda Wind. The second SOV (build number C416) will be launched in July while the delivery […]