Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction100 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 19 January 2026
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Highland Wind Limited / Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners / Eurus Energy
- Location
- 12 nautical miles 6.5 kilometres off the coast of Dounreay, Offshore, KW14, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Marine Scotland
- Planning application
- NA
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Timeline
- 9 August 2022 Planning application submitted
- 28 June 2023 Planning permission granted
Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
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Incidents at offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
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