Peterhead - The Salamander Project offshore wind farm
Peterhead - The Salamander Project is a 100 MW offshore wind farm with 7 turbines in Scottish waters. Its status: awarded Section 36 consent and marine licences by Scottish Ministers on 24 July 2025, not yet built (Salamander Offshore Wind Farm). The Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) still records: application submitted on 24 April 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 July 2024. Its REPD grid reference is 67 km from the nearest postcode on land (AB42 1BP, Aberdeenshire). 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 |
|---|---|
| 24 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 24 July 2025 | Section 36 consent and marine licences granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Status source: Salamander Offshore Wind Farm. The Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) still shows this project as “application submitted”.
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Turbines
- 7
- Turbine capacity
- 14 MW
- Turbine height
- 172 m
- Status
- approved, not built (Salamander Offshore Wind Farm; REPD: application submitted)
- Record last updated
- 11 July 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted / Simply Blue Group
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- Marine Scotland
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Nearest postcode on land
- AB42 1BP (Aberdeenshire), 66.8 km from the REPD grid reference
- REPD reference
- 11035
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 events credited to a named source are from that source; other dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database can lag behind consent decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (57.6079, -0.6703).