MachairWind

ScottishPower Renewables is transforming East Anglia into a world leader in offshore wind energy. Find out more about our ambitions to develop four projects across the zone we were awarded as part of The Crown Estate’s Round 3 process.

MachairWind Offshore Development

Generating 100% green energy

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is excited to be developing the MachairWind project off the coast of Argyll – our first offshore windfarm of its kind in Scottish waters. MachairWind has a proposed generating capacity of 2GW, which is enough clean, green electricity to power the equivalent of more than 2 million homes across the UK.

Find out more out the MachairWind Project below

Project Overview

Project Timeline

News

Read more about our project milestones and upcoming events.

Communities

As we progress our plans for MachairWind, we will keep stakeholders, local people, businesses, and communities informed and highlight where there are opportunities to get involved.

Supply Chain

SPR is committed to investing in the regions local to our offshore wind developments from local businesses on the doorstep of our projects, to global companies around the world. Click here to read more about how your business could get involved, and our skills and educations programmes.

Environment

At SPR, we pride ourselves on being a responsible developer and approach all our renewables’ projects in a considered and sensitive way that takes account of the local environment and ecology. Click here to learn more about what we are doing to better understand and protect our project environment.

Marine

Read our advance notifications of offshore survey works associated with vessels in the windfarm area and proposed cable corridor, including notices to mariners.

Join Our Team

If you're interested in joining our team, find out more about what job opportunities we may have.

Project Timeline

Development Phase

March 2021

Surveys start

April 2022

Option to Lease Agreement signed with Crown Estate Scotland

April 2023

Deployment of metocean buoys

Q3 2023 - 2024

Site Investigation (geotechnical and geophysical) Surveys

Mid 2020's

Project Consent

Construction Phase

Late 2020's

Contstruction Starts.

Operation & Maintenance Phase

Future

Operatoin & Maintenance for 25 years (until late 2060's)

Location

MachairWind Location

Crown Estate Scotland has awarded SPR the rights to develop an offshore wind farm within an area of seabed that is located north-west of Islay and west of Colonsay.
The Option Area which SPR has been granted the rights to develop is large, but in forthcoming years we will carry out surveys across this area that will enable us to identify the most suitable location for the final MachairWind wind farm array within that bigger Option Area.

The seabed lease area – which was set out by Crown Estate Scotland – is shown on the map below as the ‘Crown Estate Scotland Option Area’.

The windfarm itself will only cover a part of this area and its exact location will be informed by survey works that will be conducted over the coming months and years.

FAQ'S

ScottishPower Renewables is excited to be developing the MachairWind project off the coast of Argyll – our first offshore windfarm of its kind in Scottish waters. Crown Estate Scotland has awarded SPR the rights to develop an offshore wind farm within an area of seabed that is located north-west of Islay and west of Colonsay.

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Project Notices

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MachairWind Offshore Development

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