Ports and Harbours
Scotland's port and harbours include many of the main infrastructure players for offshore wind and their related supply chains. Our ports are expanding to meet the demands of the offshore wind industry.
Scottish Ports and Harbours
Scotland's ports come in all shapes and sizes and cover almost the whole sweep of the Scottish Coast.
While all of our ports and harbours are not yet listed here we are aiming to add all the remaining ones in the next few months. We have also used links to their own web sites as well as those in the Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (SOWPA has 13 port members) and on the Scottish Energy Ports Capability Directory. There you will find detailed information on quayside lengths, water depth and laydown areas.
Most of the ports on the East Coast are already involved in the wind industry acting as construction sites, manufacturing sites or as Operation and Maintenance Bases. Others are seeking such a role as offshore wind expands beyond the existing sites on the East Coast with the new sites which have been announced as part of the ScotWind and INTOG leasing rounds.
Wherever possible we have indicated port forward development plans in our list below. Many also have animated flyovers to show the existing and planned development of these port sites.
Any developer, Tier 1 or supply chain companies who would like to contact our ports and harbours can do so through the OWS web site enquiry form or through the contacts listed on the SOWPA and Energy Ports Directory web site.
Map of Ports and Harbours with Offshore Wind Projects
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The Scottish offshore wind map above lists all of the current and pipeline projects including the 19 sites in the 30GW ScotWind Leasing Round. The ScotWind fixed and floating sites are shown separately in navy blue and green respectively. It also shows the location of the ports and harbours along with their proximity to these offshore wind sites. The INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas) leasing round produced another 12 sites, mostly clustered around the oil and gas infrastructure on the East Coast, but with at least one Innovation site in Argyll on the West Coast.
Port sites will have to be expanded to meet the requirements of offshore wind component manufacture and especially for the largest of these components, the substructures required for floating wind. Other ports are aiming for roles more suited to their scale and capabilities. These include logistics and support roles as well as manufacturing of smaller offshore wind components which do not require large laydown or storage areas. The listing below places the ports and harbours in their appropriate industry roles based on their own ambitions in this regard.
Ports by Offshore Wind Role
Find out more about the different roles that our ports are already delivering, or are preparing to deliver, for the offshore wind industry in Scotland and the UK.
Marshalling and Manufacturing.
The ports in this section are some of our largest sites in Scotland. These include (in alphabetical order) Ardersier Port, Energy Park Fife (Methil), Hunterston PARC, Kishorn Port, Lerwick Harbour, Port of Aberdeen, Port of Cromarty Firth, Port of Dundee, Port of Leith, Port of Nigg, Scapa Port and Stornoway Port.
Component Manufacturing and Logistics
Ports and harbours in this section include Arnish Yard (Stornoway), Burntisland, Campbeltown Harbour, Montrose Port, Peterhead Port and Port of Inverness.
Both Montrose and Peterhead have existing O&M bases for offshore wind but with ambition to be involved the manufacture and marshalling of components
Operations and Maintenance along with Support Functions
Ayr, Buckie Harbour, Eyemouth Harbour, Fraserburgh Harbour, Kinlochbervie Harbour, Lyness, MacDuff Harbour, Scrabster Harbour, Stromness Harbour, , Wick Harbour.
Buckie, Eyemouth, Fraserburgh, Scrabster and Wick are already home to O&M activities but are keen to capture more such business.