Work to pull cabling through nearly 20km of underground ducts which will connect Seagreen to the national grid is underway.
The cable pulling is the latest stage in the cable installation process and another milestone in the construction of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
Once finished, the cabling will run from where the project makes landfall in Carnoustie to a new dedicated substation currently under construction in Tealing.
The cable route from Carnoustie to the Tealing substation is approximately 19.5 km long, comprising three circuits, each of which has three individual 220kv AC electrical cables.
A total of 108 cable drums, each carrying up to 1.7 km of cable, will be used in the cable pulling works.
Jointing bays, which are up to 1.7km apart, are used to join each section of cable to the next.
Each cable drum is set up on a trailer at one end of a section with a cable winch set up at the other, which pulls the cables through previously installed underground ducts.
The process involves about 10 people and it takes up to 3 hours to install each section of cable.
Onshore electrical infrastructure project manager Steven Reid from SSE Renewables said: “The start of the cable pulling process marks an important achievement in the delivery of the onshore electrical transmission infrastructure following significant efforts from the project team and the support of various stakeholders.”