Almost 1500MW of onshore and remote island wind has secured Contracts for Difference in the fourth allocation round.
SSE Renewables netted a contract for 220MW of its Viking wind farm – half of the Shetland project’s 443MW overall capacity – in the round’s largest offer, while Brockwell Energy’s 212MW North Kyle project followed in a close second.
Viking secured a strike price of £46.39/MWh in the remote island wind category, while North Kyle struck £42.47/MWh in the onshore wind pot
A total of ten projects were successful in the onshore wind category to the tune of 888MW, with ScottishPower Renewables picking up half of the winning bids.
The developer’s 119.7MW Cumberhead West, 74.1MW Arecleoch Extension, 51.3MW Kilgallioch Extension, and 71.5MW Douglas West Extension were all successful, along with the 79.8MW Hagshaw Hill repowering scheme.
Elsewhere in the onshore wind pot, EDF Renewables won with its bid for the near 100MW Stranoch wind farm.
BayWa r.e secured two offers for its 48MW Broken Cross and 50MW High Constellation ventures.
Rounding off the onshore pack was Coriolis, with its 81.6MW Chirmorie project in South Ayrshire.
Six remote island wind projects were allocated offers, with delivery set for 2026/27.
EDF Renewables’ 200MW Stornoway wind farm followed Viking as the second-largest remote project, while Peel NRE won two bids for its 46MW Beaw Field and 48MW Mossy Hill sites.
Orkney Islands Council completed the set with two 28.8MW community-led projects, Hoy and Quanterness
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