Hywind Scotland
Located 25km off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Spar-buoy floating foundations anchored in 95-129m water depth. Batwind battery storage system also installed.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Location
United KingdomNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
30 MW ◆
Turbines
5 × 6 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Swt 6-0-154 ◆
Foundation
Floating ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
95–120 m ◆
Distance from shore
25 km ◆
Wind speed
10.0 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◆
Grid
Secured · Oct 2017 ◆
Connection
SSE Peterhead Grange substation via subsea export cable to … ◆
Schedule
FID
Nov 2015 ◆
COD
18 Oct 2017 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Farmdown · 2017-01
Equinor → Masdar 25%
- Stake
- 25%
- Consideration
- €47.3m
- Implied 100% value
- €189m
- Implied
- €6.31m / MW
- Basis
- Price for the equity
- Announced
- 2017-01
- Closed
- 2017-Q2
- Project stage
- under construction
Statoil (now Equinor) sold 25% of Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the first floating commercial wind farm, to Masdar Offshore Wind Scotland Limited. Masdar's accounts date the acquisition to 2 November 2016, for consideration of GBP 40,687,500 (25% of the farm company's share capital), followed by GBP 33.7m of further share subscriptions in July 2017, December 2017 and January 2018 as the build was finished; Equinor subscribed alongside. Press at the announcement reported GBP 52.5m, a figure that appears in none of the accounts. Commissioned October 2017. Current ownership: Equinor 75%, Masdar 25%. EUR figures at the ECB 2017-01 monthly average.
Evidence
- offshoreWIND.biz — Masdar's Share in Hywind Scotland Valued at GBP 52.5 Million ↗ 2017-01 ◆ held
- Companies House — Masdar Offshore Wind Scotland Limited - accounts to 31 December 2018 ↗ 2019-10-03 ◆ held
- Companies House — Hywind (Scotland) Limited - accounts to 31 December 2016 ↗ 2017-10-06 ◆ held
- Companies House — Hywind (Scotland) Limited - accounts to 31 December 2018 ↗ 2019-07-09 ◆ held
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026). Ownership lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime: ROC 3.5 ROCs/MWh (floating demonstrator)
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2017-10-18
Offshore construction2017-07 → 2017-10-18
Construction ports
PortStord ◆·assembly and tow-out · quay 800 m · crane 1050 t · draft 16 m
PortPeterhead ◆operations base
Sources & verification
Rests on 13 sources (9 primary) · ◆ 8 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator4
[1]
Marine Scotland2015-10-30◆ Hywind Scotland Pilot Park - Marine Lice…
“Subject to the conditions set out in the Marine Licence (05515/15/0) the Licensing Authority grant a licence under Part 4 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and under Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal A…”
supportsConsentDistance from shoreConsent appliedConsent granted
[2]
Marine Scotland2015-10-30◆ Hywind Scotland Pilot Park - Marine Lice…
“The Development will involve the installation of five 6 MW wind turbine generator units [...] with a draught of no less than 70 m to no more than 85 m and a rotor diameter of 154 m. [...] The Licensee…”
supportsTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacityFoundationStatus+4 more
[16]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2479: Site Name "Hywind Scotland Pilot Park (Hywind 2) Demonstrator", Development Status "Operational", Installed Capacity 30 MWelec, Operator "Statoil"”
supportsRegister entry
[17]
Scottish Government Marine Directorate (MD-LOT)2026-08-23◆ Scottish MD-LOT marine projects register…
“Register row "Hywind Scotland Pilot Park" (key ml/hywind-scotland-pilot-park): Application stage "Post-consent", type "Renewables - Wind".”
supportsRegister entry
Operator4
[4]
Equinor (Statoil)2017-10-18◆ World's first floating wind farm has sta…
"Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid. Today the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, officially opens the wind f…
supportsFirst powerCommercial operation
[7]
Equinor2024-10-01◆ Hywind Scotland - the world’s first floa…
“Hywind Scotland is the world's first floating offshore wind farm. [...] 30 MW. [...] Water depth 95-120 m. [...] Average wave height 1.8 m. [...] Export cable approximately 30 km.”
supportsWater depth
[8]
Equinor2022-10-18◆ Equinor marks 5 years of operations at w…
“Hywind Scotland, the world's first floating offshore wind farm [...] achieving a capacity factor of 54% over its five years of operations.”
supportsBackground
[13]
Masdar2023
“Masdar has a 25 per cent stake in the 30MW project, along with lead operator Equinor, which owns 75 per cent.”
supportsoperatorco-owner
Trade press5
[3]
offshoreWIND.biz2015-11-03◆ Statoil Sets Aside EUR 214 Million for H…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFinal investment decisionWater depth
[9]
offshoreWIND.biz2017-05-29
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionSite rightsassembly and tow-out
[10]
Renewable Energy Foundation2021-08-01
“two floating offshore wind farms, Hywind and Kincardine, which receive 3.5 ROCs per MWh”
supportsMechanismDetail
[14]
offshoreWIND.biz2017-07-24
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionSite rightsModel
[15]