Inch Cape offshore wind farm

Inch Cape is a 1,080 MW offshore wind farm with 72 turbines in Scottish waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 16 June 2025; the record was last updated on 8 June 2026. Its REPD grid reference is 22 km from the nearest postcode on land (DD11 5SG, Angus). As an offshore wind farm in Scottish waters, it is consented by Scottish Ministers; REPD names Marine Scotland as the consenting authority.

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Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

1,080 MWoffshore wind farm

under constructionstatus in REPD

8 June 2026record last updated

22 km from land (Angus)REPD location

Consent timeline

Date	Stage
4 July 2013	Application submitted
16 May 2017	Marine licence and Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers)
16 June 2025	Construction started

Project details

Technology: offshore wind farm
Capacity: 1,080 MW
Turbines: 72
Turbine capacity: 15 MW
Turbine height: 291 m
Status (REPD): under construction
Record last updated: 8 June 2026
Operator or applicant: Red Rock Power (ICOL)
Consenting authority (REPD): Marine Scotland
Application reference: not recorded
Nearest postcode on land: DD11 5SG (Angus), 21.9 km from the REPD grid reference
Time to decision: 202 weeks
Contracts for Difference: AR6
REPD reference: 2527

Who decides

As an offshore wind farm in Scottish waters, it is consented by Scottish Ministers; REPD names Marine Scotland as the consenting authority.

Postcode districts within 40 km

District	km
Arbroath (DD11)	25.8
Montrose (DD10)	31.0
Carnoustie (DD7)	32.0
Brechin (DD9)	39.8

Straight-line distance from the centre of each postcode district to the REPD grid reference of the wind farm, which is a single point for the whole site.

Other offshore wind projects within 30 km

Project	MW	Status	km
Seagreen	1,075	operational	22.5
Seagreen Phase 1A	540	approved, not built	22.5
Neart na Gaoithe	450	operational	25.8

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. Location: REPD grid reference (56.5, -2.2).

Inch Cape off Angus (applicant Red Rock Power, ICOL): 72 turbines of 15 MW, each 291 m tall. No neighbouring station has more powerful or taller machines. The site's REPD point sits about 22 km from the nearest postcode, DD11 5SG, near Arbroath (DD11).

The application went in on 4 July 2013. The REPD dates the marine licence and the Section 36 consent to 16 May 2017, with Marine Scotland as the authority. That was the day the Court of Session reinstated the ministers' consents, which the RSPB had challenged. On the register's numbers that comes to 202 weeks against a median of 56.6 for offshore wind in Scottish waters. Construction only began on 16 June 2025; the project holds a Contract for Difference from round AR6.

The neighbours near Angus

At 22.5 km, Seagreen is operational at 1,075 MW, and in the same spot Seagreen Phase 1A at 540 MW is approved, not built. At 25.8 km, Neart na Gaoithe is operational at 450 MW. At 1,080 MW, Inch Cape is bigger than any of them. Record last updated on 8 June 2026, shortly before the extract for July 2026.