Buchan Offshore Wind
A ScotWind project located 75km off the coast of Fraserburgh, Buchan Offshore Wind will have up to 70 wind turbines generating around 1GW of clean, green renewable energy.
Buchan Offshore Wind will invest over £1.4bn in Scotland’s manufacturing sector and supply chain, and around £850m in the rest of the UK, supporting an estimated 14,000 jobs during construction and 370 in operation.
We want to hear your views
Subsea cables bringing energy from the turbines will come ashore at Rattray, and underground cables will then transport the energy to a new project substation in the Peterhead area. This new substation will be connected to the existing Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) transmission network.
To help us develop our plans we asked local people and stakeholders for their views on our preferred landfall point, onshore cable route and inland substation location. Buchan Offshore Wind’s turbines will not be visible from the Scottish coastline.
Public consultation
Our public consultation closed on Friday 15 December.
You can find out more about Buchan Offshore Wind, our project, and view our consultation materials using this website.
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 University of Highlands and Islands STEM engagement programme.
We are committed to working in partnership with the local community throughout the project to ensure it is delivered in the best way and benefits local people. Please let us know if there are projects or initiatives you would like us to know about.