Inch Cape was first awarded planning consent in 2014. The offshore wind farm has a 50-year lease with Crown Estate Scotland and has secured 15-year contracts with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) through the UK government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions in 2022 and 2024 .
ESB and Red Rock Renewables reached financial close on the 1.1 GW offshore wind project in January this year and signed contracts with the main suppliers.
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Inch Cape is expected to produce first power in late 2026 and to be fully commissioned in 2027.
Once operational, the Inch Cape offshore wind farm will generate almost 5 TWh of renewable energy each year, according to the developer.
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Construction activities on the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm are scheduled to start this April with construction work within the project’s export cable corridor. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project team, the work will commence with operations at the export cable landfall site
