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 the UK’s manufacturing sector and supply chain. This has the potential to support over 2,800 jobs in Scotland at the peak of construction and over 400 during operation.

We want to hear your views

We believe our refined routes and sites are the ones that best balance our technical requirements with the impact on the environment and the people who live, work and enjoy spending their time in the area.

But we need your views to help us develop our plans, and to let us know if there is anything else you would like us to take into account as the project progresses towards applications for consent.

The last day for submitting feedback is Friday 30 May 2025.

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

Public consultation

Last year we consulted with local people on our preferred landfall point, onshore cable route options, onshore substation site options, and our planned offshore scheme.

We have considered all feedback received and have developed our plans in more detail.

We are now holding a final round of pre-application public consultation to update local people and stakeholders on how our proposals have developed and seek their feedback to help us refine our plans.

Our public consultation runs from Monday 05 May to Friday 30 May 2025.

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.