Powerful MHI Vestas contract: 100 turbines for offshore farm in Scottish Moray Firth Bay

The turbines from the Danish factory were ordered by Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited (Moray East). It is a joint venture founded by EDP Renewables (43 percent), ENGIE (23.3%) and Diamond Green Limited (33.4%), which is responsible for the construction of a new, powerful offshore farm near the northern coast of Scotland. 100 windmills with a height of 280 meters will stand in Moray Firth Bay, which is characterized by excellent windiness. The farm will be built 22 kilometres from the shore.

Each of the 100 turbines will have a power of 9.5 MW, which means that the total production power of the new offshore farm will be 950 MW. The electricity produced by the farm will allow to power 950 thousand households.

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The Danish-Japanese company stressed that the contract concerns not only the production and supply of 100 turbines for offshore windmills. The contract includes a 15-year service provided by engineers from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.

Moray East won the auction, which was scheduled by the government in Edinburgh in 2017. The agreement between the company and government administration concerns the supply of electricity from the new offshore wind farm at a price of £57,5 per MWh. The energy from the new offshore farm, which will be built in Moray Firth Bay, will therefore be much cheaper compared to other projects that are just being built near the coasts of the British Isles. The current from the farms that are currently being built there will cost an average of around £140 per MWh.

MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines are now the most efficient devices of this type in the world. However, we have recently written that the Danish-Japanese company is putting on the market a powerful turbine with a capacity of 10 MW. Although it is already in the offer of a commercial company, due to the production processes of MHI Vestas, it estimates that the first "ten" could be installed at sea in 2021.

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A powerful contract is a reason to please the company's board. MHI President Vesta Offshore Wind Philippe Kavafyan stresses that the construction of Moray East farm will contribute to the creation of many new jobs in the green energy industry, not only in Scotland, but also throughout the United Kingdom.

The CEO of Danish-Japanese offshore companies also says that the order will be a business lever, allowing the expansion of the new turbine shovel factory, which MHI Vestas opened on the British Isle of Wight over the La Manche Canal. Recently, the company reported that the production of shovels was launched in the factory according to the new project and a wide recruitment was announced: a total of MHI Vestas in the factory created 380 jobs. The company emphasizes that hiring new specialists is necessary in order to meet the orders for turbine production in time. Detailed information on job offers at MHI Vestas can be found at this link.

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