Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project
Operational882 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 14 May 2026
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 882 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- EDPR
- Location
- Smith Bank, Moray Firth - 22.5 km off Lybster, Offshore, KW2, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Marine Scotland
- First operating
- 2025
- Turbines
- 60, 230 m to tip
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Timeline
- 5 July 2018 Planning application submitted
- 14 June 2019 Planning permission granted
- 1 May 2022 Construction started
- 1 April 2025 Operational
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.
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