Public consultation round one is now closed.

ScottishPower Renewables is in the process of developing the MachairWind offshore windfarm off the northwest of Islay and west of Colonsay, with a generating capacity of around 2 Gigawatts – enough clean, green energy to power up to 2 million homes across the UK.

Have your say

A key part of the project is the building and maintaining of trusted relationships with our stakeholders and communities.

One of our main goals is to meaningfully consider all feedback received and demonstrate how your feedback has been incorporated into the decision-making process. This engagement is important to us as it helps to refine the development proposals for the project and understand what is important to you.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share their views on the MachairWind windfarm development area over the six-week public consultation. 

The project team are now collating all of your feedback, which will help us better understand what matters to you, as we prepare to refine the development proposals for the project.

We will be returning for another round of public consultation in Autumn 2025.  This consultation will, in part, show how your feedback has helped shaped our decision making.

We will update our website when the next consultation is live. In the meantime, if you have a question or suggestion, please get in touch – we would be glad to hear from you.

Get in touch

machairwind@scottishpower.com

MachairWind Project Team, ScottishPower HQ, 320 St Vincent St, Glasgow, G2 5AD 

*Should you require a pre-paid envelope, please collect one at your local service point or email us your postal address at machairwind@scottishpower.com

Please note any comments made to the prospective applicant during this pre-application consultation are not representations to the Scottish Ministers or any other consenting body. If the prospective applicant, MachairWind Ltd, proceeds in submitting an application for a marine license, there will be an opportunity for formal representations to be made to the Scottish Ministers via Marine Directorate - Licensing Operations Team (MD-LOT) upon application submission.