Almost 300 people across Aberdeenshire took part and had their say on the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm during the recent consultation, which has now closed.

The second round of consultation – which provided an update on how plans had changed since the first – included public drop-in events in Peterhead and Longside, a virtual exhibition and live online Q&A sessions, with people getting the chance to meet the project team, ask questions and find out what the windfarm could mean for them.

A joint ScottishPower and Shell project, MarramWind could be one of the first commercial-scale floating offshore windfarms in the world.

MarramWind Project Director, Richard Eakin, said: “It was great to get the chance to see so many people engaged and hear their thoughts and views on how we can bring this project to life in a way that maximises the potential benefits and positive impact for local communities.

“MarramWind could make a long and lasting difference for the north-east and really support the energy transition by delivering investment, jobs and economic growth while turbo-charging the generation of clean energy. Getting the local input and insight to ensure we can achieve this in the right way is vital.

“Massive thanks to everyone who took part in our second round of consultation – we’ll now get to work on analysing and considering all the feedback we received and use that to help shape our final design proposals. We’ll be back in the north-east to share these with the public next year.”

Located 75km off the north-east coast of Aberdeenshire and with a proposed capacity of 3 GW, MarramWind could produce enough homegrown green electricity to power the equivalent of more than 3.5 million homes.