Scotland's largest offshore wind farm Seagreen is operational

Seagreen is Scotland's largest offshore wind farm at 1,075 MW, comprising 114 Vestas V164 turbines (10 MW each) in water depths up to 58.6 m. It is operated by SSE Renewables (49%) in a joint venture with TotalEnergies (51%); first power was generated in August 2022, with full commissioning in October 2023. An extension (Seagreen 1A, +36 turbines) was approved in 2022, expected to raise capacity to around 1.5 GW. Merged (7 Oct 2026): The separately recorded entry 1f5f15e5 (phase 1) has been folded into this one; the wind farm lies about 27 km off the Angus coast in the Firth of Forth zone.