ESB and Red Rock Renewables have signed a PPA to supply SSE Energy Markets with electricity from the 1080MW Inch Cape wind farm off east Scotland.
The latter will take 50% of the wind farm’s electricity output for a period of at least 15 years, the developers said.
This agreement provides Inch Cape with a “reliable route to market for its clean electricity from early generation”, said the partners.
Full commercial operation is expected in 2027.
The project is also fully backed by UK government Contracts for Difference (CfD) and was one of the winning projects in the most recent allocation round.
Construction of the project’s onshore substation is well underway in Cockenzie, East Lothian with the offshore substation jacket and platform being fabricated at the Smulders’ yard in Wallsend, North East England.
The project’s financial close is set for later this year.
Vestas is supplying V236 turbines.
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Limited is a 50/50 equal joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables.