Neart Na Gaoithe
Neart Na Gaoithe | |
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Country | Offshore |
Distance from shore | 20 km (12 mi) |
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Power generation | |
Units under const. | 54 × 8 MW |
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External links | |
Website | nngoffshorewind |
Neart Na Gaoithe ("strength of the wind" in
Planning
A planning application was submitted in July 2012.[3] The developers said that the wind farm would occupy an area of around 65 square miles, would require between 64 and 125 turbines, and would have a rated capacity of 450MW.[3] The estimated cost was £1.4 billion.[3]
In February 2014 they confirmed that they would be using 75
The project was acquired in May 2018 by EDF and is expected to be commissioned in 2023.[12] In December 2018, permission was received from the Scottish government to reduce the number of turbines to 54 while maintaining the same overall capacity. Construction began in August 2020.[13] The wind farm was expected to be operational by 2023 but due to supply chain challenges EDF announced in 2022 that completion would be delayed to summer 2024.[14]
Construction
Work on the offshore elements of the wind farm began in August 2020. Two 37 km long high-voltage export cables will bring the electricity back to the landfall at Thorntonloch Beach, near Bilsdean on the coast of East Lothian. The shore-side ends of the cables were winched through 650m long horizontal drill ducts under the beach to join with the onshore cable. The offshore cables were then laid across the sea-bed by the installation vessel 'Cable Enterprise', before being buried under the seabed by remotely-operated submarine. The first of the cables was laid out to its offshore substation by 18 June 2021, with the second expected during July 2021.[15][16]
Work continued in September 2021 when two shunt reactors were delivered to the Lammermuir Hills site by Collett Transport. Originating overseas, the shunt reactors travelled over 5000 miles to the Port of Leith in Scotland before onward transport to the substation site.
In January 2022 two 180-tonne super grid transformers were delivered to the onshore substation.[17] The first substation installation completed on 8 June 2022. [18]
The first turbine installation was completed in July 2023 [19]
See also
References
- ^ a b Wind views wanted, East Lothian Courier, 28 April 2011
- ^ Macdonell, Hamish (13 August 2011). "Sea search stumbles upon submarines Navy tried to forget". The Times Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Mainstream submits £1.4bn plan for Fife wind farm", BBC News, 29 July 2012
- ^ Critical period for Fife's £1.4 billion Neart Na Gaoithe windfarm as preferred contractors named, TheCourier, 20 February 2014
- ^ "Scottish wind farm projects secure contracts". BBC News. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "UK green policy risks development, say Scots ministers", BBC News, 4 December 2013
- ^ a b "RSPB confident over legal challenge to massive windfarm projects". thecourier.co.uk. 22 May 2015.
- ft.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "RECLAIMING MOTIONS IN THE PETITIONS BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND (FIRST) INCH CAPE OFFSHORE LTD; (SECOND) NEART NA GAOITHE OFFSHORE WIND LTD; AND (THIRD) SEAGREEN WIND ENERGY LTD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW". www.scotcourts.gov.uk.
- ^ "Inner House of the Court of Session in favour of Scottish Ministers". neartnagaoithe.com. 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Go-Ahead Given For 450 Megawatt Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm". CleanTechnica. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Hill, Joshua S. (4 May 2018). "EDF Group Acquires Troubled 450 Megawatt Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm". CleanTechnica.
- ^ "Neart na Gaoithe project enters first phase of offshore construction". EDF.
- ^ Now, Scottish Construction. "Scottish Government gives consent for Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm". Scottish Construction Now.
- ^ "Offshore Cable Installation Campaign". NnG Offshore Wind. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "37km offshore cable will connect NnG to onshore substation". NnG Offshore Wind. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Collett delivers NNG onshore transformers". reNEWS.BIZ. 29 January 2022.
- ^ "NNG First substation installed".
- ^ "NNG First turbine installed".