Nexans Offshore & Onshore Export Cables | Seagreen The Largest Windfarm Project In Scotland
Published 31 Jan 2022
Nexans Power Export Cable Supplier For The Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Project
Offshore & Onshore Power Export Cables
Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Project
Location: Scotland
Partnership: SSE Renewables
Market: Wind Farms-Offshore
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project. Nexans will supply and install three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables.
About the project
Phase 1 development, comprising the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo wind farms. It will have combined capacity of 1,075MW. When complete it will form the largest windfarm project in Scotland when they come online in 2024. To promote contract opportunities for local companies, SSE Renewables organises ‘Meet the Buyer’ events, where they can discuss their service offerings with members of the supply chain.
Seagreen Project Director John Hill said: “We are pleased to announce Nexans as our preferred supplier to design, supply and install the onshore and offshore export cable. Nexans is one world leaders in this field and this agreement is a major step forward for the Seagreen project.”
Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project
The Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project is located 27km off the coast of Angus in the North Sea.
A joint venture between TotalEnergies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%), Seagreen will be Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest offshore wind farm when complete.
The Seagreen offshore wind farm was consented with permission granted to install 150 offshore wind turbines.
114 offshore wind turbines are currently under construction with an installed capacity of 1,075MW and will be fully operational by early 2023. The power generated will be exported to the grid via a new substation at Tealing near Dundee.
The 114 Seagreen wind turbines will provide enough green energy to power more than 1.6 million homes, equivalent to two-thirds of all Scottish homes. They will also displace over 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from electricity generated by fossil fuels every year – similar to removing more than a third of all of Scotland’s annual car emissions and making a significant contribution to Scotland’s net-zero ambition by 2045*.
The remaining 36 offshore wind turbines are consented but not yet constructed. The power will be exported to the grid via Cockenzie, East Lothian.
In January 2022 Seagreen submitted a Screening Report to Marine Scotland to increase the size of the 36 consented turbines.
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