Negative
Setback or risk materialised
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
In April 2025, an unplanned transmission outage occurred on one of the two 220 kV high-voltage AC subsea export cables connecting the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth to the Aberdeenshire coast, reducing the site’s export capacity by 50% and affecting power delivery to around 450,000 UK households.