British port gears up to support green growth

The port says it is ready to support Boris Johnson’s pledge to power every home in the UK with offshore wind energy within a decade and has already invested GB£12m upgrading its quays, equipment and storage areas to support the industry.

“At Great Yarmouth, we have already invested significantly in our facilities to support the sector and we have a proven track record of delivering big offshore energy projects,” said Richard Goffin, Port Director at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth.”

“We were selected to act as the marshalling harbour for the Galloper Windfarm and more recently the EA1 windfarm that became fully operational this year.”

Green commitment

At the Conservative party conference this month, the prime minister committed £160m to upgrade ports and factories for building turbines to help the country “build back greener”.

Yarmouth’s location close to the Southern North Sea which has the largest concentration of offshore wind projects in the world makes it ideally positioned to deliver large-scale offshore projects to meet government targets.

It’s situated in close proximity to two of the largest windfarms by Vattenfall and Scottish Power, where there is a combined 6.4GW capacity still to be installed.

Peel Ports Great Yarmouth is continuing to invest in its offshore facilities, with significant development plans in the pipeline, including the possibility to expand the port’s footprint by land reclamation.

In September, Norfolk County Council (NCC) announced GB£6m of funding to deliver an offshore energy Operations and Maintenance (O&M) campus at the port.

Built in close proximity to the Southern North Sea Offshore Energy developments, the campus will reduce O&M costs and maximise efficiency of supporting activities, as well as provide access to deep water and the river port for O&M businesses.