Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration
Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration is a power plant under construction in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Hexicon and Dounreay Tri.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Development Site 9KM NW Of, Dounreay, Nuclear Research Establishment, Thurso, KW14 7TY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Mar 2017 (permit 16/04775/S36, Marine licence, issued by Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Oct 2016 (reference 16/04775/S36, planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Mar 2017 (granted, reference 16/04775/S36, planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hexicon (Hexicon AB/ Dounreay Tri) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dounreay Tri (Hexicon AB/ Dounreay Tri) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units (5 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.7004, -3.8739 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Marine Scotland, reference 16/04775/S36)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland, reference 16/04775/S36)
How it compares
Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration is the 601st-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 1,858th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 601st of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,858th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,928th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 grid connections (18 operating, 246 MW) and 17 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosskirk Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Forss Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Wind 9.8 MW grid connection at Dounreay | Grid connection | 9.8 MW | Planned | 15 km |
| Dounreay GSP | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Forss Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Melvich Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.