Buchan Offshore Wind

Buchan Offshore Wind

A ScotWind project located 75km off the coast of Fraserburgh, it will have up to 70 wind turbines generating around 1GW of clean, green renewable energy – enough to power the equivalent of 1.4 million homes.

Subsea cables bringing energy from the turbines would come ashore near Rattray head, and underground cables would then transport the energy to a new project substation in the Peterhead area. This new substation would be connected to the existing Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) transmission network at the existing Peterhead substation.

Buchan Offshore Wind could see more than £1.4bn invested in Scotland’s manufacturing sector and supply chain, with potential for a further £800m in the rest of the UK. This has the potential to support over 2,800 jobs in Scotland at the peak of construction and 320 during operation.

We want to hear your views

To help us develop our plans we are asking local people and stakeholders for their views on our preferred landfall point, onshore cable route and potential onshore substation location. Given the distance from shore there will be very little, if any, visibility of the turbines from the Scottish coastline.

The last day for submitting feedback is Friday 20 December 2024.

You can view our plans, ask questions of the project team and give us feedback at one of our public exhibitions:

Public consultation

Our first round of public consultation on our preferred landfall point, onshore cable routes and substation siting areas, took place between Monday 20 November 2023 and Friday 15 December 2023.

Since then we have been developing our plans, and our second round of consultation will take place from Monday 25 November 2024 to Friday 20 December 2024.

Working with the community

Buchan Offshore Wind is already working with the supply chain in Scotland, but we’re also active in local and regional initiatives such as the Best of Buchan Awards, Peterhead Scottish Week and the Peterhead FC Community Foundation Schools Partner Programme. We’re also funding the University of Highlands and Islands STEM outreach role for Fraserburgh, Mintlaw and Peterhead.

We are committed to working in partnership with the local community throughout the project to ensure it is delivered in a way that balances potential impacts with wider benefits, and which benefits local people. Please let us know if there are projects or initiatives you would like us to be aware of that may benefit from working with Buchan.