The Anglo-Scottish consortium which aims to build a large-scale new
offshore wind farm in the North Sea east of Dundee wants to increase the
generating capacity of its planned turbines by 50%.
The Seagreen Wind Energy consortium comprises the Pearth-based utility SSE
and the UK arm of the Fluor engineering conglomerate.
It received Scot-Govt for two off shore wind farms, Seagreen Alpha and
Seagreen Bravo totalling 1050-MW in 2012.
The application was then put on hold as it was caught up in the legal
appeal against planning permission by the RSPB against the Mainstream
Renewables’ NnG project.
However, that appeal was ultimately rejected last year by the British
supreme court, meaning Seagreen can now proceed with its plans.
But before construction starts, the consortium now plans to increase the
size of the turbine generators it plans to install in the two wind farms –
because wind turbine technology has advanced considerably since the
original application in 2012 – as follows;
Approximately 750-MW capacity in each project (approximately 1500MW
combined capacity), compared to the initial 1050-MW capacity
Up to 75 wind turbines, of up to 167m rotor diameter, in each project (up
to 150 in total)
OR up to 70 wind turbines, of up to 220m rotor diameter, in each project
(up to 120 in total)
Jacket, gravity base, suction caisson or monopile foundations (maximum of 70)
The initial planning approval was for up to two 525 Megawatt (MW) capacity
in each project (1050-MW combined capacity) and up to 75 wind turbines in
each project (150 total).
The Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo off shore wind farms will be
connected to National Grid transmission network via export cables that
reach landfall near Carnoustie, and then run underground to a new
substation next to the existing substation near Tealing, north of Dundee.
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