The wind farm is being developed by Morven Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture between JERA Nex bp and EnBW.
The project requires both onshore and offshore elements to generate electricity and transmit it to the national grid.
The infrastructure consists of:
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Morven Wind Farm Array is entirely in Scottish waters and consists of turbines and supporting foundations, inter-array cabling and offshore substation platforms.
Morven Hawthorn Pit grid connection includes underwater offshore cables, underground onshore cables and a land substation.
JERA Nex bp and EnBW plan to expand current support for Scottish schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships by investing in a new offshore wind apprenticeship programme and establish an academic centre of offshore wind R&D and expertise at a Scottish university. This builds on investment in a skills capability accelerator that provided roles to 29 secondees.
JERA Nex bp and EnBW plan to set up a community investment fund to support sustainability and net zero goals.
JERA Nex bp is investing up to £10m in Future Woodlands Scotland, to expand native woodland in rural and urban areas through the Urban Forestry Programme.
Morven has invested into the port, helping facilitate its transformation into Scotland’s largest renewable energy hub, with the upgrade completed in 2024.
In 2024, Morven conducted offshore surveys, which included environmental sampling at 45 locations and geophysical data acquisition from conventional vessels. Additionally, over 8,000-line kilometres of geophysical data was acquired using uncrewed surface vessels to assist with the project’s development.
Morven continues to collaborate with other ScotWind developers on multiple surveys to improve understanding of seabird movements and colony data, helping to inform the offshore wind farm impact assessment. This collaboration has been ongoing since 2022.
We’re developing offshore wind farms in the Irish and North Sea, with a combined potential generating capacity of 6GW. We estimate this is sufficient to power the equivalent of around 6 million UK households with clean electricity.
Combined potential generating capacity
UK households powered with clean electricity
With over 28,000 employees, EnBW is one of the largest energy companies in Germany and Europe. It supplies around 5.5 million customers with electricity and gas.
JERA Nex bp is a purpose-built offshore wind company with the resources, capabilities and resilience to deliver offshore wind at scale.
We’re launching a non-statutory consultation on our Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project on 22 October 2025. Our consultation brochure, details of our public events and ways to have your say will be available from 22 October, with the consultation closing on 30 November 2025.
