Hywind Scotland

Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, situated 29 kilometres off , . The farm has five 6 MW Siemens direct-drive turbines on Hywind floating monopiles, with a total capacity of 30 MW.
Wikipedia
Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Power station
  • …is also known as “Hywind Scotland Wind Farm”
  • …is operated by Equinor
  • Description: World’s first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, in the North Sea off the Scottish coast

Hywind Scotland

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
57.48253° or 57° 28′ 57″ north
Longitude
-1.35377° or 1° 21′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C9WFJMW+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 565033674
Wiki­data ID
Q6989526

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Hywind Scotland” goes by many names.
  • German: “Hywind Scotland”
  • Hungarian: “Hywind”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hywind Scotland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hywind”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include German submarine U-1206 and Easternmost point of Scotland.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Petrie’s Loup and South Head.

Aberdeenshire: Highlights

Learn more about Aberdeen and Stonehaven.

Curious Power Stations to Discover

Uncover intriguing power stations from every corner of the globe.