ScotWind - Scottish Offshore Wind

Location: Outer Hebrides, Atlantic Sea

Energy source & type: Wind - Offshore Wind Farm

Stage: In early-stage development

Expected COD: Spiorad na Mara: early 2030s and Havbredey: mid 2030s

Potential Capacity: 2.34 GW

%Owned: 75%

Overview

In January 2022, Northland Power was awarded the rights to develop areas originally known as N2 and N4 in the Scottish Waters, supporting Scotland’s journey to net zero.

The selected sites offer a mixture of water depths, allowing for both fixed (Spiorad na Mara) and floating (Havbredey) foundation technologies (no hybrid sites). Both sites benefit from some of the best wind resources in Europe, providing above-average net capacity factors but also challenging metocean conditions.

During the autumn and winter of 2022, Northland spent time engaging with people in the local community, including school children and the Gaelic department at UHI Outer Hebrides, to establish more appropriate and meaningful names for the projects.

This led to the creation of Spiorad na Mara (N4) and Havbredey (N2), with both names reflecting the area in which the projects are situated, including its rich cultural heritage and history.

In May 2023, Northland signed definitive agreements with ESB, a leading Irish energy company, for a 24.5% interest in the ScotWind portfolio. Northland retains a 75.5% stake in each project and continue to lead the development, construction, and operation of the projects.

Northland Power are members of Prosper (formerly the Scottish Council for Development and Industry), the DeepWind Cluster, Forth and Tay Cluster, Scottish Renewables and Renewable UK.

Features

Northland awarded the rights to develop Spiorad na Mara (N4) and Havbredey (N2), 2.34GW out of 27.6GW. It is 8.5% of capacity awarded.
2 out of 20 sites awarded.
One of only 3 groups with fixed and floating sites.
Spiorad na Mara is approximately 5km off the west coast of Lewis. Northland will be prioritizing the development of Spiorad na Mara first (before N2).
Option Lease Agreements signed in April 2022.
Definitive agreements signed with ESB for a 24.5% interest in the ScotWind portfolio in May 2023.