Green Volt offshore wind farm
Green Volt - Offshore Wind Farm is a 560 MW offshore wind farm with 35 turbines in Scottish waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 May 2024. REPD's grid reference for it is not at the wind farm site, so no distance from the coast is given. As an offshore wind farm in Scottish waters, it is consented by Scottish Ministers; REPD names Marine Scotland as the consenting authority.
Consent timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 January 2023 | Application submitted |
| 19 April 2024 | Marine licence and Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 560 MW
- Turbines
- 35
- Turbine capacity
- 16 MW
- Turbine height
- 270 m
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Flotation Energy / Vårgrønn
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- Marine Scotland
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Time to decision
- 65 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 11851
Who decides
As an offshore wind farm in Scottish waters, it is consented by Scottish Ministers; REPD names Marine Scotland as the consenting authority.
All offshore wind farms in UK waters
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database can lag behind consent decisions.