Timeline

The main purpose of Orkney Community Wind Farms is to generate profit that will be used for the benefit of the people of Orkney whilst also helping to meet our carbon reduction aspirations. Community engagement and input throughout the project’s current and future development remains a top priority and has been essential in reaching key milestones in our project plan to date. 

 

Below is a timeline of public events and key milestones that has taken place to date, and details of what’s next in the projects development:

2018
  • Quanterness, Hoy and Faray sites identified
2019
  • Public consultations
2021
  • Planning permission granted for Quanterness and Hoy
2022
  • Planning permission granted for Faray
2023
  • Public drop-in events

  • Quanterness and Hoy ground investigations.

2024
  • Marine licenses granted for Faray
  • Faray ground investigations
2025
  • Final investment
    decision for
    Quanterness and Hoy
  • Award of turbine
    supply contract
  • Award of construction
    contract
2026
  • Quanterness and Hoy construction
  • Final investment decision for Faray
  • Dredging at Faray
2027
  • Faray slipway and landing jetty construction
2028
  • Faray construction
  • Hoy and Quanterness commissioning and generation
2030
  • Faray commissioning
    and generation