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Northern Marine Services supporting Seagreen

By: Tom Russell 08/06/2021 SSE Renewables

General Windfarms

Developers of the Seagreen offshore wind farm have appointed Wick-based marine inspection company Northern Marine Services (Scotland) Ltd (NMS) to support the delivery and installation of the project’s offshore wind turbine foundations out of the Port of Nigg in Scotland’s Cromarty Firth.

The awarding of the contract follows the announcement in February that Global Energy Group’s (GEG) the Port of Nigg has been selected as the marshalling, storage and logistics base for the 114 wind turbine foundations which are destined for the 1,075 MW offshore wind farm being constructed in Scotland’s Firth of Forth.

Seagreen’s foundation and inter-array cable engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor, Seaway 7, appointed the Port of Nigg on behalf of development partners SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies.

Under the new support contract, NMS will work on-site at the Port of Nigg on behalf of Seagreen to oversee the marshalling and installation works being carried out GEG on the 114 turbine super-structures.

The Seagreen client representatives will liaise with Subsea 7 on site and have oversight of load-ins and load-outs of the wind turbine foundations and site activities.

John Small, Director of NMS said: “We’re delighted to have signed this contract to provide client representatives for Seagreen and look forward to providing an oversight for the project team.

”Our team bring extensive experience of marine and lifting operations for offshore windfarms having previously worked on a number of maritime projects including both Beatrice and Moray East Offshore Wind farms."

Project Director for Seagreen, John Hill said: “The client representatives from NMS are the project’s eyes and ears at the Port of Nigg, there to verify the works that are being undertaken.

“These are important roles so we’re pleased that the job will be done by a team with proven credentials from previous offshore wind farm projects.”

The Seagreen offshore wind farm is located 27 km off the Angus Coast in the Firth of Forth. It will be developed and operated by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited. Once constructed, the wind farm will be the largest in Scotland. Phase One will feature 114 MHI Vestas V164-10 MW turbines and is expected to provide low carbon energy for more than one million homes. In September 2019, Seagreen secured a 15-year CfD contract awarded by the UK government. SSE Renewables is leading on the development and construction of the first 1,140 MW phase, supported by Total, and will operate the asset on completion, which is expected in 2022/23.

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