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title: "Moray East"
source: https://hafrok.com/projects/uk-moray-east/
identifier: uk-moray-east
updated: 2026-10-13
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# Moray East

Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/uk-moray-east/  
Data as of: 2026-10-13

Located in the Outer Moray Firth. Scotland's then-largest offshore wind farm.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sea basin | North Sea |
| Capacity | 950 MW |
| Turbines | 100 |
| Lifecycle stage | Operational |
| Owners | Ocean Winds · Diamond Green Limited · Equitix |
| Coordinates | 58.188, -2.72 |
| Commercial operation (announced) | 2022-Q2 |

## Milestones

- **Consent granted** — 2014-03-19 (achieved)
- **Final investment decision** — 2018 (achieved)
- **Onshore construction** — 2019-03 (achieved)
- **Offshore construction** — 2019-05 (achieved)
- **First power** — 2021-06-05 (achieved)
- **Commercial operation** — 2022-Q2 (achieved)

## Offtake

CfD-backed offtake

- **CfD · AR2** — £57.5/MWh · 2012 real · CPI-indexed · awarded 2017-09 · 15-year term

## Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording.

- Ocean Winds, date not stated — https://www.oceanwinds.com/projects/moray-east/
- Marine Scotland (Scottish Government Marine Directorate), 2014-03 — https://marine.gov.scot/ml/section-36-consent-construction-and-operation-maccoll-stevenson-and-telford-offshore-wind-farms
- UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), 2017-09-11 — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference-cfd-second-allocation-round-results
- EDP, 2023-10-02 — https://www.edp.com/en/news/ocean-winds-sells-minority-stake-its-950-mw-moray-east-offshore-project
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2021-06-07 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2021/06/07/moray-east-offshore-wind-farm-starts-delivering/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2022-04-07 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2022/04/07/moray-east-reaches-full-output/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2020-05-04 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/05/04/first-moray-east-owf-jacket-foundations-arrive-at-port-of-nigg/
- Power Technology, date not stated — https://www.power-technology.com/projects/moray-offshore-windfarm-east-scotland/
- Tethys (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), date not stated — https://tethys.pnnl.gov/wind-project-sites/moray-east-offshore-wind-farm
- EDP, 2024-05 — https://www.edp.com/en/investors/investor-information/market-notifications/ocean-winds-completes-sale-minority-stake-its-0
- Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited, 2019-05-24 — https://www.morayeast.com/news/news-articles/moray-east-commences-offshore-construction-works-950mw-windfarm
- Siemens, 2019-10-30 — https://news.siemens.co.uk/news/first-moray-east-onshore-transformer-arrives-on-site
- DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/
- Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited, 2018-12-06 — https://www.morayeast.com/news/moray-east-windfarm-confirms-financial-close
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2026-05-06 — https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69fc56908cc72d2f863ea58d/REPD_publication_Q1_2026.csv
- National Energy System Operator (NESO), 2026-07-21 — https://api.neso.energy/dataset/cbd45e54-e6e2-4a38-99f1-8de6fd96d7c1/resource/17becbab-e3e8-473f-b303-3806f43a6a10/download/tec-register-21-july-2026.csv
- Scottish Government Marine Directorate (MD-LOT), 2026-08-23 — https://marine.gov.scot/?q=marine-projects
- Companies House, 2024-09-09 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11413117/filing-history/MzQzNDkxMzE0NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- Companies House, 2026-09-11 — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07101438/filing-history/MzU0MzYyOTkxMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf
- Marine Scotland (Scottish Ministers), 2014-03-19 — https://marine.gov.scot/sites/default/files/telford_decision_letter_and_conditions_.pdf
- BEIS (gov.uk), 2017-09 — https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a82efe7e5274a2e8ab5a1bb/CFD_allocation_round_2_outcome_FINAL.pdf

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