The last of the 34 sets of jackets for Seagreen Wind Farm, the world's deepest suction bucket offshore wind power project, was delivered on Sept 18.
Located about 27 kilometers off the coast of Angus, East to Scotland, Seagreen is the largest wind farm in Scotland and has the deepest fixed base of its kind in the world.
The jackets of the Seagreen wind farm are ready for shipping. [Photo provided to sasac.gov.cn]
Once fully operational, the project is expected to generate about 500 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy annually, meeting two thirds of Scotland's domestic power demands.
An aerial view of the jackets of the Seagreen wind farm project loaded on the ship [Photo provided to sasac.gov.cn]
The first phase of the Seagreen project includes construction of 114 wind turbines and supporting power transmission facilities. The 34 sets of wind power jackets were built in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
The jacket delivered on Sept 18 will act as the foundation and support of the wind power equipment. Each of the jackets is more than 93 meters high and together their total weight is about 70,000 metric tons, equaling that of 10 Eiffel Towers.
The delivery is a milestone of China's international wind power equipment manufacturing and shows China's contribution to the global carbon neutrality goal.
The first phase of the project is scheduled to be put into operation in the first half of 2023 and is expected to have an annual power generation capacity of 1,075 megawatts.
A view of the jackets of the Seagreen wind farm project during shipment [Photo provided to sasac.gov.cn]
A night view of the jackets of the Seagreen wind farm project ready for shipment [Photo provided to sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
