Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Neart na Gaoithe
Operational450 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 March 2026
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 450 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Renewables Power
- Location
- Offshore Scottish borders (15KM off Forth Estuary, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Offshore, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Marine Scotland
- First operating
- 2025
- Turbines
- 54, 208 m to tip
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Timeline
- 30 July 2012 Planning application submitted
- 16 May 2017 Planning permission granted
- 1 January 2020 Construction started
- 1 July 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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