Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Moray Firth - Caledonia North Offshore Wind Farm
Moray Firth - Caledonia North Offshore Wind Farm is a planned wind power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 900 MW of capacity, operated by Ocean Winds.
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 | Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm, Moray Firth, Inverness, IV11 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | 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 |
| Application date | 4 Dec 2024 (planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ocean Winds (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 900 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 77 units (25 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 | 57.7890, -3.6284 | 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.
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland)
How it compares
Moray Firth - Caledonia North Offshore Wind Farm is the 23rd-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 68th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 900 MW is 0.32% of the 279,068 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 | 23rd of 742 | 93,216 MW | 0.97% |
| United Kingdom | 68th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.32% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 117th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.14% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 54 substations and 53 grid connections (19 operating, 454 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghead Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Balaldie Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Wester Covesea Solar, Wind and Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 17 km |
| Kinloss Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Kinloss Barracks PV grid connection | Grid connection | 2.64 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Westfield Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 19 km |
Operator 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.