Offshore wind · United Kingdom
West of Orkney Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction2000 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 14 July 2025
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 2000 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Total Energies / RIDG
- Location
- 30km W/O Orkney, Orkney, Offshore, N1, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Marine Scotland
- Turbines
- 125, 359.9 m to tip
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Timeline
- 18 September 2023 Planning application submitted
- 27 June 2025 Planning permission granted
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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