Seagreen Wind Energy Limited is an offshore wind farm development wholly owned by Perth based energy company SSE Renewables.
Seagreen was awarded exclusive development rights by The Crown Estate for the Firth of Forth Zone of the UK's Round 3 offshore wind farm development programme.
Phase One within the Zone includes the development of two offshore windfarms Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo, located over 27km from the Angus coastline.
Seagreen Phase One is forecast to provide low carbon energy for around 1 million homes.
Contract for Difference (CfD)
In September 2019, Seagreen secured a 15-year CfD contract awarded by the UK Government for 454MW, representing 42% of the total project capacity.
SSE Renewables is planning to build out the project to 1,075MW (114 turbines).
Map shows the location of the Seagreen Phase One offshore wind farm.
Some key project statistics are shown below:
Figures quoted are based on the most recent socio-economic study commissioned for the project in 2018.
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