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  • 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 […]

  • Nexans Completes Seagreen Export Cable Works

    7 September 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France-headquartered Nexans has completed the installation of all the subsea cables and onshore cables on the 1,075 MW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Nexans has supplied and installed three 65-kilometre offshore export cables and three 20-kilometre onshore export cables for which the company was awarded a contract in 2020. Onshore cable work finished in June […]

  • Seagreen Deploys ZephIR LiDAR Tandem

    13 April 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen Wind Energy Limited has deployed two ZephIR Wind LiDAR units as part of the ongoing engineering works for the design of the wind turbine generators, their foundations, and the array layout at the 2.45GW Firth of Forth Zone off Scotland. One of the LiDAR units was deployed on a floating buoy within the Seagreen Zone […]

  • 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 […]

  • Palfinger to Supply Cranes at Seagreen

    13 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger has secured a contract to deliver 114 cranes for the transition pieces at the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Palfinger will supply its PF20000-7 LDB fixed boom cranes which have a lifting capacity of 990 kg and a minimum hoisting height of 35 m. The company’s long-term dealer Outreach Offshore will give waterfront […]

  • Saipem 7000 Leaves Seagreen for Maintenance, Wind Turbine Installation on Stand-By

    13 April 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    21 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 turbines have been installed on all available 21 jacket foundations, and the installation activity will recommence when further foundations are installed, according to the […]

  • Heerema’s Thialf Lowers Seagreen Topside Into Place

    8 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 4,800-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed at the 1,075 GW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. At 40 metres long, 45 metres wide, and 15 metres high, the topside will collect and manage the power generated by the 114 Vestas 10 MW wind turbines before transferring it ashore via around 60 kilometres of offshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • Certex UK to Work on Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    20 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Certex UK has won a contract to provide statutory inspection and maintenance services of Balance of Plant (BoP) equipment at the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The framework agreement, won via tender, is for three years, plus a two-year extension. In this case, BoP includes detailed infrastructure design and supply of all […]

  • 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) […]

  • Seagreen Submits Applications for Two 525 MW Offshore Wind Farms (UK)

    24 October 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen has submitted applications to the Scottish Government for consent to build and operate two 525 Megawatt (MW) offshore wind farms in Phase 1 of the Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone. The applications were formally submitted to Marine Scotland, the Scottish Government directorate responsible for marine licensing and planning. Marine Scotland has confirmed acceptance […]

  • Onshore Cable Pulling Starts at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

    5 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Work is underway to pull cabling through 19.5 kilometres of underground ducts which will connect the GBP 3 billion Seagreen Wind Farm to the Scottish national grid. The cable pulling is the latest stage in the cable installation process and another milestone in the construction of the 1,075MW 114-turbine development 27 kilometres off the coast […]

  • Edda Brint Ready to Start Ops at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

    31 March 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Edda Wind’s service operation vessel (SOV) has arrived at Montrose Port and will soon start work on SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies’ Seagreen offshore wind farm. Edda Brint is 82 metres in length and has been designed and built to order for offshore wind operations at the 1,075 MW wind farm. The SOV is expected to […]

  • SSE Completes Seagreen O&M Base Plans

    8 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Montrose Port Authority have finalized plans for the operations and maintenance base for the Seagreen offshore wind project. SSE Renewables selected Montrose Port in October last year as the home for the project’s O&M base and work has been underway since to agree on the plans. Located at the port’s South Quay, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Saipem 7000 Back in Action Following Crane Incident

    30 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Semi-submersible crane vessel, Saipem 7000, is returning to the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland to resume the installation of jacket foundations at the 114-turbine site. Saipem 7000 and support vessels are expected to arrive on site on or around Wednesday, 1 June, the project’s latest Notice to Mariners shows. The three-legged suction caisson foundations will […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Seagreen Wind Energy Submits Application for Onshore Cabling

    6 June 2013
    Grid Connection

    Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd., which plans to develop two 525 Megawatt (MW) offshore wind farms in Phase 1 of the Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone, has submitted an application for the onshore cabling related to this projects, writes Guide and Gazette news portal. Out of two options, Seagreen Wind Energy has selected a 19km […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wind Osprey All Set for Hollandse Kust Zuid Wind Turbines

    8 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey has undergone seafastening mobilisation and is now ready to head to the Netherlands to start installing turbines on the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. Wind Osprey is expected to leave the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark in a few days and head to Sif’s Maasvlakte […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Entering Home Stretch

    5 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    75 per cent of the jacket foundations have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm, according to the latest social media update by one of the project’s developers, SSE Renewables. So far, there are 89 jacket foundations and 74 wind turbines installed at the project’s construction site. The three-legged jacket foundations, each weighing around […]

  • Framo Pumps for Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Project

    2 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Framo, part of Alfa Laval, has received an order from Saipem to supply its marine pumping systems for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Framo’s pumping systems will be used for the suction bucket foundations, to secure and anchor the wind turbine platforms to the seabed. “This second order for our Framo pumping systems […]

  • MHI Vestas’ Seagreen Turbines to Feature Siemens Energy Gear

    1 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    MHI Vestas has chosen Siemens Energy’s low-loss 66 kV distribution transformers for the 114 wind turbines that will make up the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The fluid immersed distribution transformers, for which Siemens Energy said were designed to meet high efficiency requirements, will transform the low voltage of produced electricity to the medium […]

  • 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 […]

  • Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to Reach Financial Close by End of May

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish energy company SSE plc expects to reach the financial close for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm by the end of May. Beatrice, planned for the outer Moray Firth, will be project financed with non-recourse debt, SSE said. Subject to financial close, onshore construction activities will begin in 2016 with offshore construction planned for 2017. The […]

  • Scotland OKs Four Offshore Wind Farms

    10 October 2014
    Authorities

    Four offshore wind farms that could provide enough energy to power over 1.4 million Scottish homes have received development consent, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. Once completed, the developments in the Forth and Tay region – Neart Na Gaoithe, Inch Cape Offshore Limited, Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo – could be capable of generating […]