Aberdeen
Aberdeen is a 96.8 MW offshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Vattenfall. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Offshore
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 96.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- Vattenfall
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.2193, -2.0720
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Aberdeen compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 96.8 MW station would generate roughly 322 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 119,340 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in Scotland All run by VattenfallNearby generating sites
- Hill of Fiddes Β· 6.9 MW onshore wind farm10.4 km
- Meikle Carewe Wind Farm (GB) Β· 10.2 MW onshore wind farm25.5 km
- Tullo Β· 17.5 MW onshore wind farm29.6 km
- Peterhead Β· 1,180 MW gas-fired power station33.4 km
- Gordonstown Hill Β· 12.5 MW onshore wind farm36.5 km
- Mid Hill Β· 75.9 MW onshore wind farm37.4 km
- Kildrummy Β· 18.4 MW onshore wind farm38.0 km
- Boganlea Β· 2.31 MW onshore wind farm40.9 km
Also operated by Vattenfall
Vattenfall operates 10 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Thanet Β· offshore wind farm300 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd Β· onshore wind farm228 MW
- Ormonde Β· offshore wind farm150 MW
- Kentish Flats Β· offshore wind farm90 MW
- Ray Β· onshore wind farm54.4 MW
- Kentish Flats Extension Β· offshore wind farm49.5 MW
- Edinbane Β· onshore wind farm41.4 MW
- Clashindarroch Β· onshore wind farm36.9 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) (Aberdeen Bay - Demonstration site)
- Developer / operator
- Vattenfall
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 31 August 2011
- Permission granted
- 26 March 2013
- Construction started
- 7 April 2018
- Began operating
- 7 September 2018
- Capacity in planning record
- 96.8 MW
- Address
- Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2505
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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