Inch Cape Offshore Limited, developer of the 1080 megawatt (MW) Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has been awarded a contract for difference (CfD) in the UK Government's latest allocation round (AR6).

Inch Cape is one of Scotland's largest offshore wind farms and will be located in the North Sea off the Angus coast. It will connect to the national grid via an 85 kilometre offshore cable route and through an onshore substation which is currently under construction at Cockenzie in East Lothian.

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Inch Cape Project Director, John Hill said: "The award of the CfD is an important milestone for the project as we continue to work closely with our key suppliers and stakeholders towards achieving financial close later this year."

The AR6 award of 266MW will top-up the project's previous CfD award from Allocation Round 4.

Inch Cape will be an around £3 billion investment in the UK's energy infrastructure and will create thousands of jobs during construction. Once operational it will generate more than 5TWh of renewable electricity each year and make a substantial contribution to the UK's energy security.

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Limited is a 50/50 equal joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables.