Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

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Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

The wind farm, which covers an area of 187km², will be located approximately 44km from the coast of Aberdeen, lying on the same latitude as the town of Stonehaven (and the historic clifftop castle of Dunnottar).

1GW capacity expected
40 - 60 turbines (18MW – likely, up to 25MW under investigation)
Up to 70m water depths
Jacket-type fixed foundations
Cable lengths: 235km (export), 140km (inter-array)

Foundation types

Jacket Foundation

For this project off the east coast of Aberdeen we’ve opted to use a Jacket Foundation type using pin-piles to provide stability. This method uses a Drive-Drill-Drive installation method to install the pin piles into the harder substrate layers.

Project timelines

You can see the timelines for the development of our projects below.

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Fixed and floating foundation concepts selected
Wind turbine generator concepts selected
Bird and mammal surveys continue
Pre-FEED for fixed and floating foundations and electrical concepts
Onshore civil engineering begins
Benthic, geotechnical and geophysical studies commence

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Pre-FEED for wind turbine generators
Metocean, geophysical, geotechnical and environmental studies continue

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

By end of 2025:

Seabed and environmental assessments completed
Onshore civil engineering completed
Preliminary Front-End Engineering Design for fixed and floating foundations, electrical infrastructure, completed
Consenting Applications submitted

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

By end of 2026:

Front-End Engineering Design for floating foundations, offshore and onshore grid completed

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

By end of 2027:

Detailed designs for the turbines, fixed and floating foundations, offshore and onshore electrical infrastructure completed

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Phase 1 (97km² / 200km²)

By mid-2028:

Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of turbines, foundations, anchors, pin piles, sub-stations and cables (export and inter-array) completed
Transportation and Installation (T&I) of anchors and pin piles at both sites

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Phase 1 (97km²/ 200km²)

By mid-2030:

Transportation and Installation (T&I) of jackets, sub-stations, cables (export and inter-array) and turbines
Wind farms energised

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Phase 1 (97km² / 200km²)
Phase 2 (103km² / 200km²)

By mid-2031:

E3 and NE2 Phase 1 commissioned
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for NE2 Phase 2

Projects:

Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Ayre Offshore Wind Farm

Phase 2 (103km² / 200km²)

By 2033:

Transportation and Installation (T&I) of turbines, floating foundations, anchors, sub-stations and cables (export and inter-array)
Wind farm energised
Wind farm commissioned

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