Scotland has a phenomenal offshore wind resource. We also have the ambition, experience and commitment to be a global leader in offshore wind..
Scotland has over 462,000 km² in its offshore Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), one of the largest in Europe. Now home to one of the largest leasing rounds in the world, ScotWind.
Scotland has launched the world's first offshore wind leasing round to decarbonise the oil and gas sector's production energy in the North Sea.
Scotland's supply chain companies are gearing up to deliver some of the largest fixed and floating offshore wind projects in the world.
Scotland currently has two operational floating wind farms, Hywind Scotland and the Kincardine project, but now plans to add a further 27GW of floating wind over the next decade. Our existing wind farms and plans for future developments are outlined below and details of all these projects can be found on this portal site for offshore wind in Scotland.
The East Coast of Scotland is currently home to the bulk of our offshore wind farms in various stages of development. Projects include those in operation, under construction and some that are still in the planning pipeline.
Our oldest operational project, Robin Rigg, dates from 2010 and is in the Solway Firth on the southwest coast of Scotland. Taken together, these initial projects amount to over 10GW of offshore wind.
Our ScotWind leasing round will add a further 29.3GW to this total over the next 10 years and will extend the wind farms into the west and northern coasts, as well as the northern Isles. ScotWind also includes 18.5GW of commercial floating wind sites.
ScotWind has now been joined by 12 further floating wind projects from the INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas) leasing round, amounting to 5.4GW in total, aimed at the electrification of our offshore oil and gas infrastructure to help decarbonise their production energy.
INTOG will be the first such leasing round in the world aimed at helping the oil and gas industry in the UK reach their Net Zero Basin target as part of the North Sea Transition Deal.
Altogether, Scotland now ranks among the top ten global offshore wind markets, with a pipeline of 40.5GW. With over 24GW of floating wind capacity, Scotland is firmly established as the world’s leading market for floating wind development.
Discover why Scotland's offshore wind sector blows the competition away.
ScotWind, at 30GW, is one of the largest single leasing rounds in the world.
Scotland has led the world in the development of floating offshore wind.
We have close government and industry cooperation to remove barriers to delivery.
How companies can access one of the largest offshore wind markets in the world.
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