European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off Aberdeen is operational

The wind farm lies about 3 km off the Aberdeenshire coast in the North Sea (Aberdeen Bay) and comprises 11 Vestas V164 turbines (2 x 8.8 MW, 9 x 8.4 MW) with a total installed capacity of about 93 MW. It was completed in 2018 (first power in July 2018, full commissioning in September 2018) and serves as a test and demonstration facility for offshore wind technology; operator is Vattenfall, with an investment volume of about GBP 335 million.