SSE and Fluor plan 1GW of wind for Firth of Forth phase one

Seagreen Wind Energy has submitted consent applications to the Scottish government to build two 525MW offshore wind farms in phase one of its development of the Firth of Forth zone.

Seagreen – a joint venture between SSE Renewables and US engineering group Fluor – has applied to Marine Scotland to build the wind farms at sites 27km and 38km from the Angus coastline.

The plans call for up to 75 turbines each, plus associated infrastructure including subsea cables, offshore substation platforms and met-masts.

The subsea cables will take the power produced by the wind farms to a landfall point at Carnoustie on the Angus coast, says Seagreen.

The onshore transmission infrastructure, which will take the power to a grid-connection point at Tealing, north of…

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