Contractors on what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, Seagreen, have completed a key phase of onshore works.
Completion of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) works allows for the installation of the electrical cables required to transmit the electricity generated from the wind farm when built.
HDD is a technique that is used for the installation of ducting and avoids the need for open trenching/excavation, through insert ducting at eight locations along the onshore cabling route between landfall at the coast of Carnoustie and the project’s new substation under construction at Tealing airfield.
Locations where HDD has been used include a number of A Roads including the major A90 and A92 trunk roads, water course crossings, a Site of Specific Scientific Interest (Barry Links SSSI) and the main East Coast rail line which connects Aberdeen to London.
Seagreen onshore project manager Steven Reid said: “We would like to place our thanks to the people of Angus for their continued patience whilst these works were undertaken and also to the various stakeholders that supported during the design and construction phases.
“The project team will now continue to work with our Principal Contractor Nexans to safely deliver the final construction works required for the installation of the electrical infrastructure.”
Works are underway in Angus to pull electrical cabling through 19.5 km of underground ducts which will connect the £3bn Seagreen wind farm to the Scottish national grid.
The cable installation work is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2022.