RenewableUK has highlighted the cutting - edge technology being used in the Vattenfall European Offshore Wind Energy Centre project in Aberdeen Bay . For the first time on a Scottish offshore wind farm, cables with double the conventional capacity have been installed (66 kilovolts instead of 33kV), meaning that fewer cables are needed, reducing costs. The 11-turbine project includes two 8.8 MW , 18 metre turbines , the most powerful of their kind in the world , while innovative suction bucket jacket foundation technology is being deployed commercially for the first time in UK waters . It pumps water through upside - down steel pipes , sunk into the seabed to secure the turbines , and reduces construction costs . Plus , the wind farm uses 66 kV AC , twice the usual capacity , to lower costs .
RenewableUK has highlighted the cutting - edge technology being used in the Vattenfall European Offshore Wind Energy Centre project in Aberdeen Bay . The 11-turbine project includes two 8.8 MW , 18 metre turbines , the most powerful of their kind in the world , while innovative suction bucket jacket foundation technology is being deployed commercially for the first time in UK waters . It pumps water through upside - down steel pipes , sunk into the seabed to secure the turbines , and reduces construction costs . Plus , the wind farm uses 66 kV AC , twice the usual capacity , to lower costs .