Scotland’s 1.1-GW Seagreen offshore park enters full operations

The 1,075-MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, the largest wind turbine complex in Scottish waters and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore park, has been fully energised, SSE Renewables said today.

The project is a joint venture between British utility SSE plc’s (LON:SSE) renewables arm and France’s TotalEnergies (EPA:TTE).

Located 27 kilometres (about 17 miles) from the Angus coast in the North Sea’s Firth of Forth, the wind farm is equipped with 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines that are expected to generate enough electricity to cover the consumption of almost 1.6 million homes annually, or around two-thirds of Scotland’s households.

SSE Renewables lead the project development and construction and will operate the wind farm over its expected 25-year lifetime.

Power from Seagreen’s first turbine was injected into the grid last August and the installation of all Vestas machines was completed in June. The park’s output will be sold through corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) awarded in competitive tenders. Business customers will be able to buy power in blocks of 20 MW or 100 GWh per year under five-year contracts.

Seagreen was awarded exclusive development rights for the Firth of Forth Zone site by Crown Estate Scotland in 2010.

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