据离岸工程网9月17日报道 英国可再生能源公司SSE可再生能源公司决定将苏格兰两个拟议的海上风电场合并为一个“超级项目开发”。
苏格兰东海岸附近的Berwick Bank和Marr Bank海上风电场已合并为一个风电场，现在称为Berwick Bank风电场。
如果获得同意，Berwick Bank风电场的潜在发电量为4.1吉瓦，无论是在苏格兰建设还是在苏格兰运营，其规模都将是目前海上风电场的两倍多。SSE可再生能源公司表示，这还将使该国的可再生能源总容量增加近30%。值得注意的是，SSE还参与了目前世界上最大的在建海上风电场（英国3.6吉瓦的Dogger Bank）。
SSE表示，Berwick Bank风电场项目将能够产生足够的电力，为500多万户家庭供电，相当于苏格兰所有家庭发电量的两倍，并每年避免800万吨二氧化碳排放，这与苏格兰每年的汽车排放量差不多。
据SSE称，Berwick Bank风电场已处于开发的高级阶段，预计将于2022年春季向苏格兰政府提交规划申请。
王磊 摘译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
SSE Merges Two Projects into 4.1GW Mega Offshore Wind Farm
UK-based renewable energy firm SSE Renewables has decided to merge two proposed offshore wind farms in Scotland into align="justify"> Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind farms, off the east coast of Scotland, have been brought together into align="justify"> If consented, with a potential output of 4.1GW, Berwick Bank Wind Farm would more than double the size of current offshore wind either in construction or operational in Scotland at the moment. It would also increase the country’s overall renewable energy capacity by nearly 30%, SSE Renewables said. Worth noting, SSE is also involved in what is currently the world's largest offshore wind farm under construction - the 3.6GW Dogger Bank, also in the UK.
The Berwick Bank Wind Farm project will be capable of generating enough electricity to power over five million homes, equivalent to all of Scotland’s households twice over, and avoiding eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year – similar to removing all of Scotland’s annual car emissions, SSE said.
According to SSE, Berwick Bank Wind Farm is already at an advanced stage of development, with a planning application which is expected to go to the Scottish Government in Spring 2022.