TotalEnergies and its partner SSE Renewables announced that Seagreen offshore wind farm is now fully operational and running at its design capacity of 1,075 MW.
Seagreen is a joint venture between TotalEnergies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%), located in the North Sea, some 27 km off the coast of Angus. The plant is TotalEnergies’ biggest operational offshore wind farm worldwide and the world’s deepest fixed bottom wind farm, with its foundation reaching nearly 60 meters below sea level.
“ This 1 GW project is a new step in delivering our strategy of building a world-class, cost-competitive portfolio of renewable energy to deliver clean, reliable and affordable power to our customers,” said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies.
“It will positively contribute to achieving our Integrated Power 12% profitability target and our objective of reaching more than 100 TWh of power generation by 2030,” he added.
The project, began construction in June 2020, has been completed in around 3 years for a global investment of around $4 billion, globally in line with the expected capex, the company said in a statement.
The development and construction were led, with the support of TotalEnergies, by SSE which will now operate the offshore wind farm for its expected 25-year lifetime.
The 1,075 MW offshore wind farm has the capacity to generate around 5 terawatt hours (TWh), or enough renewable electricity to power almost 1.6 million homes annually, they added, which is equivalent to two-thirds of all Scottish homes.
Seagreen is expected to prevent emission of over 2 million tons of CO2 from fossil fuel electricity generation every year.
“The Seagreen offshore windfarm is a fantastic example of the work being done to unleash Scotland’s renewable potential, as we seek to lead the world in the transition to net zero,” said the First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf.
