Installation of all the monopile foundations for 1.1 GW Offshore Wind Farm in the UK

Installation of all the monopile foundations for 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm’s wind turbines is complete, marking a major milestone in the flagship Scottish project’s offshore construction.

Inch Cape has now successfully installed all the project’s 54 giant monopiles in the North Sea off the Scottish coast.

Since the first installation in December, Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has been transiting to and from the new purpose-built berth at the Port of Leith in Edinburgh collecting five monopiles per voyage and steadily installing them across the site.

As well as 54 monopiles with transition pieces, Inch Cape will comprise 18 jacket foundations with 54 pin piles to support its 72 Vestas 15 MW turbines. A team of around 100 continues to work at the Port of Leith, where all the remaining components are being loaded out for installation after completion works, supported by Global Energy Solutions.

Inch Cape is owned in a 50/50 equal joint venture by ESB and Red Rock Renewables.

The offshore construction activity to come this year will include the installation of transition pieces and jacket foundations along with the remaining sections of the second export cable, the first array cables and the first turbines. The project is on track for first power in late-2026 and full commercial operations in 2027.