輝固將在蘇格蘭的海上站點部署其Seawatch浮動激光雷達，地面海洋氣象設備浮標和海底著陸器，ScottishPower Renewables計劃在那里建造其2吉瓦MachairWind海上風電場，海底勘測計劃于今年夏天開始。
本月，輝固將使用Forth Warrior船在項目區(qū)域內(nèi)的兩個不同地點安裝設備，蘇格蘭電力可再生能源公司在2022年的ScotWind海底租賃輪次中獲得這些地點。
開發(fā)商在去年的蘇格蘭拍賣中獲得了三個項目的海底權利，其中兩個是與殼牌合作開發(fā)的浮動風電項目，蘇格蘭東北海岸的3吉瓦MarramWind和蘇格蘭東海岸的2吉瓦CampionWind。
2吉瓦的MachairWind風力渦輪機將安裝在固定底部的基礎上，計劃在艾萊島海岸附近建造。
今年夏天，ScottishPower Renewables計劃在風電場開發(fā)區(qū)內(nèi)開始地球物理和環(huán)境調(diào)查工作，以收集有關海底狀況的數(shù)據(jù)。計劃在明年夏天在風電場陣列區(qū)域和出口電纜走廊內(nèi)進行此類進一步的勘測工作。
MachairWind的出口電纜將連接到蘇格蘭西南部大陸陸上位置的變電站，國家電網(wǎng)預計將在2023年確認該連接點的位置。
根據(jù)ScottishPower Renewables網(wǎng)站上有關該項目的信息，將使用的具體風力渦輪機類型尚未確定，渦輪機的數(shù)量將取決于作為未來詳細項目設計一部分選擇的技術。
開發(fā)商的目標是在本世紀2020年代中期左右提交規(guī)劃許可申請，并在2020年代中后期開始建設MachairWind項目。
Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer.
Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two separate locations within the project area which ScottishPower Renewables secured in the ScotWind seabed leasing round in 2022.
The developer was awarded seabed rights for three projects in last year’s auction in Scotland, two of which are for floating wind projects being developed in partnership with Shell, the 3 GW MarramWind off the north-east coast of Scotland and the 2 GW CampionWind off the east coast of Scotland.
The 2 GW MachairWind, whose wind turbines will be installed on fixed-bottom foundations, is planned to be built off the coast of Islay.
In the summer of this year, ScottishPower Renewables plans to commence geophysical and environmental survey works within the wind farm development area to gather data about the seabed conditions. Further survey work of this kind is planned for next summer, both within the wind farm array area and the export cable corridor.
MachairWind’s export cable will connect to a substation at an onshore location on the mainland of southwest Scotland, with National Grid expected to confirm where this connection point will be in 2023.
According to information about the project on ScottishPower Renewables’ website, the specific type of wind turbine that will be used is yet to be determined and the number of turbines will depend on the technology selected as part of the future detailed project design.
The developer aims to submit an application for planning consent around the mid-2020s and to start construction on the MachairWind project in the mid-to-late 2020s.
