SPONSORS OF EAST OF SCOTLAND
NEART NA GAOITHE OFFSHORE WIND FARM
Shepherd and Wedderburn is acting for its client Mainstream Renewable Power on the Neart na Gaoithe (Gaelic for ‘Strength of the Wind’) wind farm development, proposed for Scotland’s outer Firth of Forth, more than 15km off the coast of Fife.
Subject to planning consent, Neart na Gaoithe will produce up to 450MW of renewable power – enough electricity to power 325,000 homes – from a 105 km2 site with up to 125 turbines sited in water depths of 45 – 55 metres.
Gordon Downie
CAPITAL INVESTMENT The development is targeting a carbon payback period of two to three years and represents a capital investment of up to £1.4bn, making it one of the largest projects of its kind in Scotland. It will have installed capacity to produce up to 3.7 per cent of Scotland’s current electricity demand,
REPOWER SYSTEMS SE A CASE STUDY
REpower Systems SE is one of the leading international manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines with their head office based in Edinburgh and service centres across the country.
They are one of the UK’s fastest growing wind turbine manufacturers with over 150 employees and more than 1GW worth of total signed contracts in the UK and has to date delivered 43 onshore wind farms in Scotland, England and Wales and two offshore wind farms...
• Project Beatrice in the North Sea • 150 MW Ormonde wind farm in the Irish Sea
BEATRICE
The Beatrice Project was unique in the world as the first offshore wind project installed in water depths of around 45m. A floating heavy lift crane barge was used to install the fully pre-assembled wind turbines. The two REpower wind turbines are an extension of the existing offshore oil installation in the Beatrice Field. They are connected to the 33kV grid from the shore and provide a significant share of the electricity needed on the Beatrice oil rigs for oil exploitation.
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The mission of this demonstrator project was to prove the feasibility and viability of deepwater offshore wind farms. The Beatrice Demonstrator is part of DOWNVInD (Distant Offshore Wind farms with No Visual Impact in Deepwater).
ONSHORE Onshore, the company has expertise installing turbines in remote and complex areas as developers look further afield for sites. This ranges from logistics solutions, to additional grid capability.
BURNFOOT HILL
The Burnfoot Hill project for EDF was one example of complex logistical planning. The site, some 11km from the main road, presented several challenges; not least the transport of all the components up long steep inclines (15%) to the top of
making a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s 2020 target to produce all of Scotland’s electricity demand from renewable sources.
ADVICE AND GUIDANCE
Shepherd and Wedderburn is working closely with Mainstream on a number of core aspects of Neart na Gaoithe, including the overall consenting of the development. The firm is also advising on the contracts, grid connection and land arrangements needed for the project.
Shepherd and Wedderburn will also guide Mainstream through the planning requirements for the onshore element of the development. An application will be submitted to East Lothian Council later this year for a fully underground, 12 km power cable, which will run from its onshore location at Thorntonloch Beach through to Crystal Rig II wind farm, where it will connect to the National Grid.
Shepherd and Wedderburn
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a hill 600m above sea level. All thirteen turbines were installed only 28 days after first mobilising to site. This was especially successful given the extremely adverse weather conditions faced by the team. Despite this, the commissioning was finished ahead of schedule and the project was handed over to the client on time and on budget.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Future development will also be focused on high wind speed sites in order to offer the consumer best value from wind and, in line with this, REpower recently announced the expansion of their 3 megawatt turbine series which will see a re-certification of the 3.4M104 machine for higher wind speeds.
REpower
www.repower-uk.co.uk
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