The redevelopment, led by Peel Ports Clydeport, will modernise the former coal terminal into a critical hub for port infrastructure supporting renewable energy. <\/p>\n
\u201cHunterston is set to become a major facilitator of the UK energy transition, and this decision is a big step forward in making that happen,\u201d said Lewis McIntyre, managing director \u2013 port services at Peel Ports Group.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be no energy transition without ports, and harnessing the potential of sites like Hunterston is key to achieving the UK\u2019s net-zero goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ambitious upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n This ambitious upgrade follows Highview Power\u2019s announcement of plans to build the world\u2019s largest Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) facility at Hunterston, reinforcing the site\u2019s importance in the UK\u2019s renewable energy strategy.<\/p>\n The redevelopment is projected to attract GB\u00a33.5bn in inward investment and create over 5,000 jobs.<\/p>\n With 90% of the 350-acre site already under option for energy projects like HVDC cable manufacturing and gravity base structure production, Hunterston is emerging as a leader in the green and blue economies.<\/p>\n Pending the approval of marine licences, the site will play a pivotal role in the UK\u2019s renewable energy transition.<\/p>\n Scheduled to begin in early 2025, the two-year project includes filling in the current dry-dock basin and constructing a new quay wall, enhancing the site\u2019s capacity for offshore wind and other renewables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A major step in the UK\u2019s energy transition has been achieved with planning permission granted for a \u00a3150m transformation of Hunterston marine yard in Ayrshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[670,1872,1873,573,843,1871,553,539,181],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-energy-transition","tag-highview-power","tag-liquid-air-energy-storage-laes-facility","tag-marine-civils","tag-marine-construction","tag-peel-ports-clydeport","tag-peel-ports-group","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4856"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}