據海上工程師數字網2023年4月12日報道，意大利著名能源服務公司薩伊博姆（Saipem）在蘇格蘭最大的海上風電場Seagreen項目成功安裝了被稱為世界上最深的海上風力渦輪機地基。

4月7日，Seaway 7公司用一艘駁船將海上風力渦輪機地基運到海上現場，隨后半潛式起重船“薩伊博姆7000”將2000噸渦輪機的地基全部吊裝到位。

“海上風力渦輪機地基的成功安裝意味著Segreen項目已經打破了自2022年10月以來的紀錄，當時在57.4米(約188英尺)深處安裝了一個地基。最深的地基已經安裝在58.6米深的地方。”Seagreen項目的合作伙伴SSE可再生能源公司表示。

這一里程碑也標志著由114臺風力渦輪機組成的風力發電場的第112個導管架的成功安裝，該風力發電場是SSE可再生能源公司和法國道達爾能源公司投資30億英鎊組建的合資企業。最終的風力渦輪機地基預計將在本周晚些時候安裝。

Segreen項目總監約翰·希爾表示：“每次地基安裝都有超過50人參與，包括陸上團隊、壓艙工程師、拖船船長、船員、索具裝配員、焊工、拖船師傅和領航員。”

希爾說：“在這樣一個具有挑戰性的地理區域，我們能夠在這樣的深度安裝導管架，這提高了英國的能源安全，也意味著消費者可以從北海的強風中受益。”

每個地基將支持一臺維斯塔斯V164-10兆瓦渦輪機。第一次發電在2022年8月實現，海上風電場預計將在今年晚些時候投入商業運營?！?nbsp;

建成后，這座1.1吉瓦的世界最深海上風電場每年將能夠產生大約5000吉瓦時的電力，足以為160多萬個英國家庭供電。

李峻 編譯自 海上工程師數字網

原文如下：

World's Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed in Scotland

Italian energy services firm Saipem has installed what has been described as the world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundation at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen.

Last Friday, Seaway 7 transported the jacket foundation on a barge to the offshore site it was met by the semisubmersible crane vessel Saipem 7000 which is used to lift each of the 2,000-tonne turbine foundations into place.

"The installation of the jacket means Seagreen has now topped its own record from October 2022, when a previous foundation was installed at a depth of 57.4 meters (approximately 188 feet). The deepest foundation has been installed at a depth of 58.6 meters," SSE Renewables, a partner in the Seagreen project, said.

The milestone also marked the installation of the 112th jacket at the 114-wind turbine wind farm which is a ￡3bn joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies. The final wind turbine foundation is expected to be installed later this week.

John Hill, Seagreen's Project Director said: "More than 50 people are involved each time a foundation installation takes place including the onshore team, ballast engineer, tug captain, crew, riggers, welders, tow master and pilot.

Our ability to install jackets at this depth, in what is a challenging geographical area, boosts the UK’s energy security and means that consumers can benefit from the strong winds available far out in the North Sea."

Each foundation will support a Vestas V164-10 MW turbine. First power was achieved in August 2022 with the offshore wind farm expected to enter commercial operation later this year."

When complete, the 1.1GW wind farm will be capable of generating around 5,000 GWh of electricity annually, which is enough to power more than 1.6 million UK homes.,