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Released March 21, 2017 | GALWAY, IRELAND
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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--The Scottish government has given the green light to the development of one the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world.
The Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Project will have a generating capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and will be capable of supplying enough power for roughly 56,000 homes when it is commissioned in 2019. Located 15 kilometres (km) southeast of Aberdeen, it will cost an estimated £250 million ($310 million) and is being developed by joint venture company Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited, formed by Pilot Offshore Renewables (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Atkins (Aberdeen, Scotland).
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, commented: "Once operational, this pioneering, 50-MW Kincardine Offshore Windfarm will produce enough electricity to power almost 56,000 homes and will create jobs and investment across Scotland through the use of our supply chain. It will also cement our place as one of the world's leading nations in the innovation and deployment of floating offshore wind. If the technology can be demonstrated at scale, it has huge potential to help Scotland meet its energy needs and to develop a supply chain that can service opportunities elsewhere in Europe and in markets such as Southeast Asia and North America."
The windfarm will feature eight, three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbines mounted on semi-spar floating foundation technology. Atkins said that the technology "will demonstrate the technological and commercial feasibility of floating offshore wind" and added that floating foundations "open the possibility for future offshore windfarms to be located further from shore in deeper waters, minimising visual impacts whilst accessing hitherto untapped wind resources."
The turbines will be situated about 1 km apart and have a maximum height to blade tip of 176 metres.
The project will not need a separate offshore substation, as the turbines will be connected directly to the existing Redmoss onshore substation and the grid. SSE plc (Perth, Scotland) has been contracted to supply two subsea export power cables, each around 19 km in length, to transfer the electricity to shore. It is also constructing a 3-km overhead transmission cable from the Kincardine onshore converter station to the Redmoss substation.
Scotland is already home to the world's first floating offshore wind project, the 30-MW Hywind Scotland project. Construction of Hywind is expected to kick off this year, with completion expected by the end of the year. In 2015, Industrial Info reported on Statoil's decision to go ahead with the groundbreaking project. For additional information, see November 10, 2015, article - World's First Floating Windfarm Gets Funding.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Our European headquarters are located in Galway, Ireland. Follow IIR Europe on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn For more information on our European coverage send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.eu or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe.
The Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Project will have a generating capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and will be capable of supplying enough power for roughly 56,000 homes when it is commissioned in 2019. Located 15 kilometres (km) southeast of Aberdeen, it will cost an estimated £250 million ($310 million) and is being developed by joint venture company Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited, formed by Pilot Offshore Renewables (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Atkins (Aberdeen, Scotland).
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, commented: "Once operational, this pioneering, 50-MW Kincardine Offshore Windfarm will produce enough electricity to power almost 56,000 homes and will create jobs and investment across Scotland through the use of our supply chain. It will also cement our place as one of the world's leading nations in the innovation and deployment of floating offshore wind. If the technology can be demonstrated at scale, it has huge potential to help Scotland meet its energy needs and to develop a supply chain that can service opportunities elsewhere in Europe and in markets such as Southeast Asia and North America."
The windfarm will feature eight, three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbines mounted on semi-spar floating foundation technology. Atkins said that the technology "will demonstrate the technological and commercial feasibility of floating offshore wind" and added that floating foundations "open the possibility for future offshore windfarms to be located further from shore in deeper waters, minimising visual impacts whilst accessing hitherto untapped wind resources."
The turbines will be situated about 1 km apart and have a maximum height to blade tip of 176 metres.
The project will not need a separate offshore substation, as the turbines will be connected directly to the existing Redmoss onshore substation and the grid. SSE plc (Perth, Scotland) has been contracted to supply two subsea export power cables, each around 19 km in length, to transfer the electricity to shore. It is also constructing a 3-km overhead transmission cable from the Kincardine onshore converter station to the Redmoss substation.
Scotland is already home to the world's first floating offshore wind project, the 30-MW Hywind Scotland project. Construction of Hywind is expected to kick off this year, with completion expected by the end of the year. In 2015, Industrial Info reported on Statoil's decision to go ahead with the groundbreaking project. For additional information, see November 10, 2015, article - World's First Floating Windfarm Gets Funding.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Our European headquarters are located in Galway, Ireland. Follow IIR Europe on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn For more information on our European coverage send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.eu or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe.
