Power plant · Scotland, United Kingdom
Seagreen Phase 1A
Seagreen Phase 1A is a permitted power plant in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 540 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish and Southern Energy and Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd.
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 | Firth of Forth Wind Zone 2, Dundee, Tayside, DD4 0AD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | 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 | 6 Dec 2019 (Marine licence, issued by Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Sept 2018 (planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Dec 2019 (granted, planning authority Marine Scotland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE / Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd (SSE / Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 540 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 36 units (15 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 | 56.6370, -1.9234 | 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 granted (planning authority Marine Scotland)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Marine Scotland)
How it compares
Seagreen Phase 1A is the 33rd-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 102nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 540 MW is 0.18% of the 300,461 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 | 33rd of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.54% |
| United Kingdom | 102nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 229th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 grid connections (14 operating, 150 MW) and 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverbervie Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Brotherton Wind Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Peattie Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 49.7 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| St Cyrus Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Mill Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Brownieleys Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 35 km |
Operators and place
More from Scottish and Southern Energy
- Dogger Bank A & B (was Creyke Beck A & B)2,400 MW · under construction
- Dogger Bank C (was Teesside A)1,200 MW · under construction
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Clyde Wind Farm350 MW
- North Nesting Wind, Shetland250 MW
- Muckla Moor249 MW
- Stronelairg Wind Farm228 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.