SSE plans world’s second largest wind farm off Fife coast

Friday, September 17 2021

Wind energy – Berwick Bank

A wind farm covering the same area as the whole of Fife is planned for the North Sea.

The world’s second largest offshore wind farm could be built 34 kilometres from Angus and 36 kilometres off the Fife coast.

is planning to build Berwick Bank Wind Farm in a vast area measuring 1,314 square kilometres.

SSE Renewables brings together Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind farms, into one single wind farm, now known as Berwick Bank Wind Farm.

The plan is to build Berwick Bank Wind Farm in a vast area measuring 1,314 square kilometres.

The proposed 4.1GW development would more than double the size of current offshore wind operations in Scotland.

It is more than twice the size of any single wind farm currently in development and the second largest proposed anywhere in the world.

SSE Renewables said the number of turbines and their height is not known at this stage.