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Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

United Kingdom

The 1005th largest power station in the world

882 MW · Capacity

Moray West Wind Farm is an 882 MW offshore wind farm located in the outer Moray Firth off the coast of north-east Scotland. It is located adjacent to the Moray East Wind Farm, both of which are just south of the Beatrice Wind Farm. The wind farm is around 40 km (25 mi) north of Buckie, and 22 km (14 mi) from the coast of Caithness. The Moray West wind farm is operated by Ocean Winds, a 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renováveis and Engie. Ocean Winds have commercial power purchase agreements with Amazon and Google, respectively for 473 MW and 100 MW of power from the wind farm. It was consented in 2019, with first power exported in July 2024 and the farm reached full power output in April 2025.

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