The Beatrice Oil Field is a small oilfield consisting of 3 platforms located 24 km off the north east coast of Scotland.

[1] Beatrice was the first field to be developed in the Moray Firth area, and at 24 km from the shore that can be seen from the land.

[6] Since 2007 Beatrice Alpha has been supplied electricity by two 5MW wind turbines which were constructed to test the viability of a windfarm being built in the area.

Led by Talisman Energy in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (and others), the Beatrice Wind Farm Demonstrator Project, at a cost of €41 million, saw two 5 MW wind turbines installed adjacent to the Beatrice oil field.

[2] On 23 May 2016 the £2.6bn Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project was given the green light for construction by owners SSE (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) (35%) and SDIC Power (25%).

The Inner Moray Firth is designated as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes.

The SAC protects the inner waters of the Moray Firth, from a line between Lossiemouth (on the south coast) and Helmsdale (on the north coast) westwards and although the proposed wind farm is outside this area the companies involved are working to ensure that the wildlife will not be impact in any way not just in the operating of the wind farm but also in the building phase.