Final turbine in place at Moray East offshore wind farm

Fred Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has installed the 100^th and final turbine at for the Moray East wind farm in the North Sea, off north-east Scotland.

Developer Moray Offshore Windfarm East is a joint venture between Ocean Winds (56.6%) Diamond Green (33.4%) and CTG (10%).

According to Ocean Winds, itself a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, operations started at the wind farm from its first set of turbines in June, and output has since increased as more turbines have been systematically installed and commissioned.

Before the end of the year, Moray East should reach its full output of 950 MW, via the 100 9.5-MW capacity V164 turbines. Power will be generated at £57.50/MWhr (US$79.51/MWhr), which according to Ocean Winds, is the lowest cost of any new renewable generation in operation.

Source: Offshore Magazine