Offshore wind · United Kingdom

Machair

Application Submitted2000 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 13 July 2026

The site

Technology: Offshore wind
Capacity: 2000 MW
Status: Application Submitted (Planning Application Submitted)
Operator or applicant: Scottish Power Renewables
Location: north-west of Islay and west of Colonsay, Offshore, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Marine Scotland
Turbines: 144

Timeline

25 June 2026 Planning application submitted

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

The register holds 54 incidents at offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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