Seaway7 is preparing to install pin piles for the jacket foundations at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, as detailed in a Notice to Mariners from Inch Cape Offshore Limited. Meanwhile, the project’s wind turbine components have started arriving at the Port of Dundee, with offshore installation set for November.
The installation vessel Seaway Alfa Lift is scheduled to reach the Inch Cape site around 31 August to commence the operation, expected to last several weeks.
This phase involves installing three pin piles at each of the 18 jacket foundation sites, totaling 54 pin piles. These will be transported from the Port of Leith and placed into the seabed using a pile installation frame.
This follows the completion of monopile foundation installation. All 54 monopiles were installed in June 2026 by Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés, and the installation of all 54 transition pieces by Seaway7’s Seaway Alfa Lift was completed in early August.
The 54 monopile and 18 jacket foundations will support the 72 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines for the project.
The jacket foundations are manufactured by COOEC Fluor Heavy Industries (CFHI), with the first units arriving in Scotland earlier this year for the installation campaign.
The Inch Cape joint venture recently reported the arrival of the first wind farm components at Forth Ports’ Port of Dundee in early August aboard Bravewind. Additional shipments are expected almost weekly until late September on six vessels, including Boldwind, Tony Stark, and Vestvind.
The turbines will be installed by Cadeler’s new turbine installation vessel Wind Mover, starting in November, transporting them offshore in batches of four.
The 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm, owned by ESB and Red Rock Renewables, is located about 15 km off the Angus coast.
The project aims to produce its first power in late 2026 and achieve full commercial operation by 2027.
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