Forth Ports has confirmed its new 250,000-square metre quayside at Leith in Edinburgh, part of a £50m investment in infrastructure, will be operational by August.
The ports operator said the combination of Port of Dundee along with the green freeport package of Leith and Burntisland with Tilbury in the south offers one million square metres of space which means they have “solved” the ports capacity issue for the UK offshore wind sector.
The 100-acre site in Leith (pictured) which faces out onto the Firth of Forth, was initially planned to have been completed by the end of 2023.
When ongoing construction works are finished, the site will offer a 250,000-square metre marshalling area for advanced delivery, buffer storage and space for “huge manufacturing capability”, it added.
This combined with plans to develop a purpose-built deep water floating wind turbine integration, marshalling and commissioning facility at Burntisland on the north side of the forth will create the “deepest floating wind port in Scotland with unlimited wet storage”, according to the port.
Forth Ports director of energy David Webster said the quayside on the outter berth will accommodate installation and heavy lift vessels.
The work has been delivered by civil engineering contractor Graham.