Moray EastLatest News
Keep up to date on the latest developments and news for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm.
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Moray East Offshore Wind Farm announces that it has completed the transaction to divest its…
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News Release Moray East celebrates the installation of its last turbine
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Moray East - Scotland's biggest offshore windfarm - exported its first power to the National Grid on…
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Press Release - Moray East Announce Completion of Substation Installation
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Fraserburgh, 10 August 2020 Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (known as Moray East) today announced…
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Banff, 10 August 2020 Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (known as Moray East) celebrated today as…
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On the 7th July 2020, Moray East successfully completed the installation of its first jacket in the…
Moray East Key Facts
- Consent for construction of up to 1,116MW granted in 2016
- CfD for 950MW awarded in 2017
- Connection to National Grid at a new substation to be constructed at New Deer in Aberdeenshire via underground cable (planning permission granted by Aberdeenshire Council in 2014)
- Total underground export cable corridor route 86km (52km offshore and 34km onshore)
- Total wind farm Area – 295km2
- Maximum turbine blade-tip height – 204m (669 feet)
- Minimum distance from shore – 22km (13.5 miles).
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40%
Of Scotland's electricity will be provided
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1.7
Million tonnes of CO2 emissions saved every year
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1.43
Million homes throughout the UK could be powered
500
Kilometers of cabling will be installed across the site
