Farms (open to visitors) · Scottish Highlands
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Neart Na Gaoithe ("strength of the wind" in Gaelic, pronounced [ˈɲarʃd nə gɤ.jə]) is an offshore wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK. It is 15.5 kilometres (9.6 mi) east of Fife Ness, with a generating capacity of 450 MW. It was developed by EDF Renewables and ESB. Offshore work began in 2020, with completion originally planned for 2023 but delayed due to supply chain challenges, the Covid pandemic and "construction woes" until summer 2025. The windfarm, also known as just NNG, became fully operational in July 2025, with an expected operational lifetime of 25 years. It is managed from an operations base in Eyemouth that employs 50 people.
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Background
Architecture
]] Work on the offshore elements of the wind farm began in August 2020. Two 37 km long high-voltage export cables will bring the electricity back to the landfall at Thorntonloch Beach, near Bilsdean on the coast of East Lothian. The shore-side ends of the cables were winched through 650m long horizontal drill ducts under the beach to join with the onshore cable. The offshore cables were then laid across the sea-bed by the installation vessel 'Cable Enterprise', before being buried under the seabed by remotely-operated submarine. The first of the cables was laid out to its offshore substation by 18 June 2021, with the second expected during July 2021. Work continued in September 2021 when…
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- Coordinates
- 56.2678, -2.3208
- Address
- Firth of Forth
- Established
- 2019
Sources
- wikidata: Q15261442 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Neart Na Gaoithe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm?
- Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2678°, -2.3208°.
- When was Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm built?
- Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm dates to 2019.
- Who owns Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm?
- Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm is owned by ESB Group.
- Is Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm. Check ahead for specific facilities.