The latest round of public consultation for Morven Offshore Wind Farm will close on 30 November 2025.
The latest round of public consultation for Morven Offshore Wind Farm will close on 30 November 2025. The consultation ends six weeks after it launched, giving local residents and community members the opportunity to provide feedback on the current proposals.
The proposed development would include offshore and onshore infrastructure connecting wind turbines, located approximately 60km off the Aberdeenshire coast, with the national grid at Hawthorn Pit substation, near Seaham. The consultation focuses on proposals for offshore electricity cables in English waters, underground onshore electricity cables near Seaham, and a substation near Hawthorn Pit, known as the Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project.
Feedback for this round of consultation can be submitted until 23:59 on 30 November 2025. Residents and local stakeholders are invited to join the conversation and help shape how the project progresses.
Those interested in the project have had the opportunity to join in person and online public events during the consultation period. This has included a workshop with students at Seaham High School so they could learn about, and provide their views on, the project.
The Morven Offshore Wind Farm is being developed by Morven Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture between Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) and JERA Nex bp Limited, and has the potential to power the equivalent of around 3 million UK homes.
Thomas Hudson, Project Director at JERA Nex bp said: “We have enjoyed meeting residents and stakeholders and hearing their views and insights. We are especially grateful to the Seaham High School students and local Scouts groups for ensuring that we have considered the views of young people in our project.”
Kate Potter, Deputy Project Director at EnBW said: “We recognise the importance of working closely with local communities as we develop the Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project. The feedback we receive will help us continue to refine our proposals and we encourage anyone who has yet to share their views to get involved and have their say.”
For further information and to access the online feedback form visit: morven.local.
Further enquiries:
Should you have any queries or require further information please contact:
JERA Nex bp press office
EnBW Central Press Office
+49 721 63255550
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bp and EnBW - the joint venture behind three major UK offshore wind developments - have signed a lease agreement for a new office in Edinburgh which will become home to their Morven project team.
Together, bp and EnBW have signed the Option to Lease Agreement for Morven with Crown Estate Scotland (CES)