The 1,075MW Seagreen Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm project is located 27km off the coast of Angus in the North Sea. A joint venture between TotalEnergies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%), Seagreen Phase 1 will be Scotland’s largest and deepest offshore wind farm when complete.

The energy regulator runs tenders to own and operate connections to offshore wind farms to cut costs for consumers. This will be the ninth tender round it has conducted under its offshore transmission owner (OFTO) regime, which has so far secured owners and operators for 23  offshore wind farm connections.

Akshay Kaul, director of networks at Ofgem, said: “Connecting offshore wind farms such as Seagreen helps harness the power of North Sea wind to keep the lights on and deliver sustainable and affordable energy.

“As the government seeks to realise its net zero ambitions a key part of Ofgem’s job is to ensure the costs of transitioning to green energy are kept as low as possible for consumers. Our OFTO tender regime does exactly that delivering on both sustainability and affordability for Britain’s consumers.”

An OFTO launch webinar will be held on Thursday 20 January from 9.30am to 11am and will include contributions from Ofgem and from Seagreen. The webinar is open to all and stakeholders are invited to register online.