Bellrock

ScotWind Floating. 1.8 GW project 120km east of Stonehaven. BlueFloat Energy exited November 2025; Nadara now 100% owner.

Status
Early Developmentlifecycle stage
PossibleHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
Nadara — 100% ◆
Location
United Kingdom
North Sea
Technology
Capacity 1,800 MW ◆
Turbines —
Foundation Floating ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination ScotWind Leasing · 2022 ·
Water depth 63–99 m ≈ Distance from shore 120 km ◇ Wind speed 10.7 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid Secured ◆ Connection Hurlie 400kV substation — NESO TEC register entry at Scoping … ◆
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · announced 2037 ◆
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record

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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification

Rests on 13 sources (4 primary) · ◆ 6 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator1
[13]
Scottish Government Marine Directorate (MD-LOT)2026-08-23◆ Scottish MD-LOT marine projects register…
“Register row "Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm" (key node/25039): Application stage "Pre-application", type "Renewables - Wind".”
supportsRegister entry
Operator4
[4]
Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Limited / Nadara2026-04-21◆ Consent applications submitted for 1.8 G…
"The developer of the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm has submitted Section 36 Consent and Marine Licence applications to Scottish Ministers for the project's Wind Farm Development Area." "Bellrock Offsho…
supportsConsentTotal capacityConsent applied
[7]
Bellrock (Nadara2026
supportsTotal capacityDistance from shore
[12]
National Energy System Operator (NESO)2026-07-21◆ NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) R…
“NESO TEC Register, edition 21 July 2026 - PRO-001496-1: "Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm", Status "Scoping", MW Connected 0, Effective From 2032-10-31, Customer "Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Limited"; PRO-…”
supportsStatusConnection point
[14]
Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (Nadara)2026-09-01◆ Scoping Report - Offshore Transmission D…
“Published: 01/09/2026. Nadara has submitted a comprehensive Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report to the Marine Directorate, for the offshore transmission infrastruc…”
supportsStatus note
Auction pipeline1
[15]
DESNZ (gov.uk)2026◆ govuk-cfd-ar8
gov.uk AR8 collection — Allocation Framework, statutory framework and CIB documents published ahead of the round.
supportsCfD Allocation Round 8
Trade press6
[5]
Enerdata2026-04
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operation
[6]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2025-11-28◆ Nadara acquires BlueFloat JV stakes in 1…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperator
[8]
Global Energy Monitor2025
supportsFoundation
[9]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[10]
Crown Estate Scotland (open data, ArcGIS)2026-04-17
supportsCoordinates
[11]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
supportsTotal capacityFoundationWater depthDistance from shore
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