The 1075MW Seagreen Wind Farm has entered the final phases of work after the remaining eight three-legged foundation towers were successfully loaded onto barges at Port of Nigg in the Highlands of Scotland.
Global Port Services, part of Global Energy Group, fulfilled the storage, marshalling and logistics contracts for the 114, 95m-tall foundation towers on the South Quay at the Port of Nigg.
Seaway7 transported the jackets on barges from the port to site located 27km off the Angus coast.
Since the pre-assembly construction project got underway, it has supported more than 100 skilled roles at the Port of Nigg, delivering a green jobs boost and significant economic benefits to the Highlands and Scotland.
Now 106 of the jacket substructures have been installed with 79 turbines erected.
The remaining eight foundation jackets loaded out at Nigg will remain on barges until the S7000 vessel returns to the Seagreen site in March following its maintenance outage.
Once operational, Seagreen will become the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm and will provide enough clean power for around two thirds of all Scottish homes.
Project director for Seagreen Wind Farm, John Hill, said: “This is the first time that a major infrastructure and pre-assembly contract of its type was brought to the Port of Nigg since the unveiling of the new purpose-built East Quay, so achieving the loadout of the final jackets for Seagreen is a huge achievement and I would like to thank everyone involved for their outstanding work in contributing to the delivery of the project.
“It marks a significant milestone in the project as we enter the final phases of work, our teams will continue to work on the commissioning of the already installed wind turbines as well as progress with the installation of array cables.
“The installation of jackets and turbines is expected to recommence in early spring following a planned break in the programme for the Saipem S7000 vessel and the Wind Orca.”
The Seagreen Wind Farm is a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies.
It continues to make good progress with vessels on site mobilised to support commissioning of the already installed turbines and the installation of array cables, SSE said.
The project remains on track for completion in summer 2023, it added.