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Seagreen seals turbine

contract with MHI Vestas

JAPAN WIND farm operator Seagreen Wind Energy operations based in Scotland serving the project
has finalised a turbine supply contract with MHI and blades supplied from the Isle of Wight blades
Vestas Offshore Wind for 114 turbines for Scot- manufacturing facility,” noted Julian Brown, UK
land’s largest offshore wind farm. country manager at MHI Vestas.
The Seagreen project, which will be Scotland’s “The project will be supported by our tech-
single largest source of renewable energy when nician apprenticeship programme based in
complete, on June 15 finalised its firm order for Scotland and provides further opportunities for
114 V164-10-MW turbines from MHI Vestas, development of the UK supply chain, delivering
the Danish-Japanese OEM said. sustainable and high-value jobs in offshore wind.
The turbines are to be installed off the coast of We look forward to working with our partners
Fife, Scotland in 2021. across Scotland and the North-East to build and
The contract will see MHI Vestas manufac- install the 114 turbines at Seagreen.”
ture and install turbines at the 1,140-MW Sea- The project is still subject to a final investment
green site, its fourth project in Scotland. decision (FID) by its developer, SSE Energy, and
MHI Vestas has also signed a service and involves up to 1.5 GW of offshore capacity in two
maintenance agreement at the project for a phases.
period of 15 years. The first 1,075-MW phase involves two wind
The announcement follows a conditional farms, known as Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen
agreement signed for the project on June 1. Bravo.
“We are very pleased to have secured the firm SSE Energy said that it planned to install 114
order for turbine supply at Seagreen, which is the turbines, each with up to 10 MW of capacity, and
largest project under development in Scotland,” that project costs could total $5.7bn.
said Henrik Jensen, chief sales officer at MHI The first phase is located 27 km from the
Vestas. coastline of eastern Scotland, and was awarded
“We have been able to reach this milestone exclusive development rights by The Crown
even during [coronavirus] COVID-19, with Estate for the Firth of Forth Zone of the UK’s
major decisions being taken over videoconfer- Round 3 offshore wind farm development
ence. It is encouraging to see that, even in these programme.
challenging times, the offshore wind industry Seagreen will provide around 5,000 GWh
can collaborate as a pioneering force driving the annually of clean renewable energy, supplying
world towards a green recovery.” the energy needs of around 1mn homes and
MHI Vestas is now the world’s second-larg- saving around 1.6mn tonnes per year (tpy) of
est offshore turbine supplier, with 15.7% of the carbon dioxide emissions.
market, according to figures in the Global Wind Vestas Wind Systems owns MHI Vestas Off-
Energy Council’s (GWEC) recent Supply Side shore Wind in a 50:50 joint venture with Japan’s
Analysis 2019 report. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.™
“The Seagreen contract will further secure the
presence of MHI Vestas in the UK, with service

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