Caledonia
ScotWind Mixed category (fixed and floating foundations possible). Part of Ocean Winds' Scottish portfolio.
Status
Advanced Developmentlifecycle stage
LikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
Ocean Winds — 100% ◆Location
United KingdomNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
2,000 MW ◆
Turbines
—
Foundation
Mixed fixed-bottom and floating ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
ScotWind Leasing · 2022 ·
Water depth
49–83 m ≈
Distance from shore
40 km ◆
Wind speed
10.5 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
—
Grid
Secured ◆
Connection
Greens 400kV Substation (Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, … ◆
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · announced
2031 ◆
COD · Hafrok
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Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
LikelyHafrok's delivery likelihood for Caledonia
The developer says 2031. Hafrok's year agrees with that date; the year, the chance and the working are for registered readers.
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
2 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 1 recorded ownership deal from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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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 17 sources (12 primary) · ◆ 9 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.
Regulator4
[14]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 12307: Site Name "Moray Firth - Caledonia North Offshore Wind Farm", Development Status "Application Submitted", Installed Capacity 900 MWelec, Operator "Ocean …”
supportsRegister entry
[16]
Scottish Government2026-07-17◆ Offshore wind farms approved
“The North and South Caledonia offshore windfarms, which will cover an area of 429km 2 with up to 140 wind turbines, have been granted consents and marine licences by the Scottish Government. [...] Cal…”
supportsConsentFoundationConsent granted
[17]
Scottish Government Marine Directorate (MD-LOT)2026-08-23◆ Scottish MD-LOT marine projects register…
“Register row "Caledonia North and South Offshore Wind Farms" (key ml/caledonia-offshore-wind-farm): Application stage "Licence", type "Renewables - Wind".”
supportsRegister entry
[18]
Scottish Government Marine Directorate (MD-LOT)2026-07-17◆ Section 36 Consent - Caledonia North Off…
“Applicant name: Caledonia Offshore Wind Limited Applicant address: c/o Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP 1-6 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AA United Kingdom Licence holder: Caledonia Offshore Wind Limited Dat…”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
Operator7
[6]
Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm (Ocean Winds)2026-06
“Construction of the onshore elements for Caledonia will begin 2028. Construction of the offshore elements for Caledonia will begin 2029/30. Caledonia is planned to be operational, supplying two millio…”
supportsCommercial operationTotal capacity
[7]
Offshore Wind Biz2026-05-15
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacity
[8]
Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm (Ocean Winds)2024-11-20
“Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm submitted its application for offshore planning consent to the Scottish Government's Marine Directorate on 20th November 2024. The development encompasses 2000MW generatio…”
supportsTotal capacity
[9]
Ocean Winds2024-11
“Caledonia is an offshore wind farm being developed adjacent to Moray East and represents a continuation of the project delivery Ocean Winds is proud of in the Moray Firth.”
supportsoperator
[15]
National Energy System Operator (NESO)2026-07-21◆ NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) R…
“NESO TEC Register, edition 21 July 2026 - PRO-001436-1: "Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm", Status "Scoping", MW Connected 0, Effective From 2031-03-31, Customer "CALEDONIA OFFSHORE WIND FARM LIMITED"; PR…”
supportsStatusConnection point
[20]
Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm (Ocean Winds)2026-07-17◆ Major milestone for ocean winds as caled…
“Located in the Moray Firth, approximately 40 kilometres from shore, the Caledonia site is being developed as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing round.”
supportsDistance from shore
[21]
Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm (Ocean Winds)2026-05-14◆ Caledonia offshore wind farm receives fu…
“Aberdeenshire Council’s approval specifically covers an underground cable corridor of around 3 kilometres; an additional application made necessary by a small rerouting of the project’s onshore infras…”
supportsStatus note
Auction pipeline1
[22]
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 press4
[10]
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[12]
[13]
Unverified import1
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