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 2,880 Scottish jobs during construction and 400 in operation.
We want to hear your views
Buchan Offshore Wind’s turbines will not be visible from the Scottish coastline. 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. This new substation will be connected to the Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) transmission network at the existing Peterhead substation.
Our second round of consultation will take place from Monday 25 November 2024 to Friday 20 December 2024. We will publish full details on this website when it starts.
Public consultation
Our first round of public consultation, on our preferred landfall point, cable routes and substation siting areas, took place from Monday 20 November 2023 to 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. We will publish full details on this website when it starts.
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 Paterhead.
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.