The Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has reached financial close and is now moving into the construction phase. Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés will transport and install the monopile foundations off the Angus coast in Scotland.
Inch Cape, a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, will be the UK’s first offshore wind farm to install 15 MW Vestas turbines. Engineering and project preparation are already underway, with installation of the monopile foundations set to begin in late 2025. The monopiles, measuring up to 110 metres in length and weighing up to 2,500 tonnes, will be loaded at a newly built quayside at the entrance to the Port of Leith in Edinburgh.
