Installation of all the 54 monopile foundations for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm’s wind turbines is complete, marking a major milestone in the project’s offshore construction.

The Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm will produce 1GW, covering 150 square kilometres of the North Sea. It will feature 72 wind turbines and a single offshore substation and the power it generates will be transported 85 kilometres via export cables to a new substation being built on the East Lothian coast at the site of the former Cockenzie Power Station.

Inch Cape project director John Hill said: “The scale of Inch Cape’s monopiles is leading-edge for the industry and to reach this milestone the project has overcome significant challenges. These are amongst the largest ever monopiles to be installed for an offshore wind farm; they have diameters of 11.5 metres, are up to 102 metres in length and weigh around 2300 tonnes.”

As well as 54 monopiles with transition pieces, Inch Cape will comprise 18 jacket foundations with 54 pin piles to support its 72 Vestas 15MW 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.

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.

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