辉固将在苏格兰的海上站点部署其Seawatch浮动激光雷达，地面海洋气象设备浮标和海底着陆器，ScottishPower Renewables计划在那里建造其2吉瓦MachairWind海上风电场，海底勘测计划于今年夏天开始。
本月，辉固将使用Forth Warrior船在项目区域内的两个不同地点安装设备，苏格兰电力可再生能源公司在2022年的ScotWind海底租赁轮次中获得这些地点。
开发商在去年的苏格兰拍卖中获得了三个项目的海底权利，其中两个是与壳牌合作开发的浮动风电项目，苏格兰东北海岸的3吉瓦MarramWind和苏格兰东海岸的2吉瓦CampionWind。
2吉瓦的MachairWind风力涡轮机将安装在固定底部的基础上，计划在艾莱岛海岸附近建造。
今年夏天，ScottishPower Renewables计划在风电场开发区内开始地球物理和环境调查工作，以收集有关海底状况的数据。计划在明年夏天在风电场阵列区域和出口电缆走廊内进行此类进一步的勘测工作。
MachairWind的出口电缆将连接到苏格兰西南部大陆陆上位置的变电站，国家电网预计将在2023年确认该连接点的位置。
根据ScottishPower Renewables网站上有关该项目的信息，将使用的具体风力涡轮机类型尚未确定，涡轮机的数量将取决于作为未来详细项目设计一部分选择的技术。
开发商的目标是在本世纪2020年代中期左右提交规划许可申请，并在2020年代中后期开始建设MachairWind项目。
Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer.
Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two separate locations within the project area which ScottishPower Renewables secured in the ScotWind seabed leasing round in 2022.
The developer was awarded seabed rights for three projects in last year’s auction in Scotland, two of which are for floating wind projects being developed in partnership with Shell, the 3 GW MarramWind off the north-east coast of Scotland and the 2 GW CampionWind off the east coast of Scotland.
The 2 GW MachairWind, whose wind turbines will be installed on fixed-bottom foundations, is planned to be built off the coast of Islay.
In the summer of this year, ScottishPower Renewables plans to commence geophysical and environmental survey works within the wind farm development area to gather data about the seabed conditions. Further survey work of this kind is planned for next summer, both within the wind farm array area and the export cable corridor.
MachairWind’s export cable will connect to a substation at an onshore location on the mainland of southwest Scotland, with National Grid expected to confirm where this connection point will be in 2023.
According to information about the project on ScottishPower Renewables’ website, the specific type of wind turbine that will be used is yet to be determined and the number of turbines will depend on the technology selected as part of the future detailed project design.
The developer aims to submit an application for planning consent around the mid-2020s and to start construction on the MachairWind project in the mid-to-late 2020s.
