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SSE goes deep
Linda Hall
THE world’s deepest wind turbine foundation has been installed off the Angus coast.
The Scottish energy company SSE installed the 2,000ton foundation or jacket to use the industry term that will support Seagreen’s 112th turbine at a depth of more than 58 metres.
The recordbreaking turbine is part of SSE’s £3 billion (€3.4 billion) project in partnership with French energy company Total. Due to be completed this summer, the windfarm’s 114 turbines will be able to power the equivalent of 1.6 million homes.
This latest installation was a significant step towards completing a project
The Seagreen windfarm is included in SSE’s plan to invest £12.5 billion (€14.1 billion) by 2026 in projects that have been designed to speed up the UK’s target of becoming a net zero economy.
By the end of the decade, SSE, which is also developing the world’s largest offshore windfarm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, intends to invest a total of £24 billion (€27.2 billion) in the UK alone.
