Scottish
Offshore Wind
Ports Alliance

Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance

The Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (SOWPA) is a progressive and collaborative forum of the country’s leading port locations and enabling infrastructure facilities, targeted at optimising the opportunities from offshore wind. 

SOWPA is actively developing opportunities to enhance regional competitiveness, drive efficiencies and fast-track the required expertise to support the UK’s burgeoning offshore wind industry. This will be achieved by optimising large-scale operations and addressing common & complex industry challenges through knowledge sharing and collaboration. 

Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - Facts
Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - Facts
Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - Facts
Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - Facts

Our Locations

SOWPA is represented by Scotland's leading offshore energy ports and critical enabling infrastructure facilities, dedicated to supporting the accelerated deployment of offshore wind in the UK.

Click the SOWPA location markers to learn more about each facility.

These locations are actively engaged across the full offshore wind value chain and are making significant investments aimed at delivering optimised port infrastructure solutions to support the industry.

Ardersier Port

Ardersier Port

Address: Ardersier Port Approach, Inverness, IV2 7QX
Email: enquiries@haventus.com
Website: http://www.haventus.com

  • Green Freeport
  • 150 Hectares Yard Space
  • 650m+ Deep Water Quayside
  • Naturally Sheltered Harbour

Fraserburgh Harbour

Fraserburgh Harbour

Address: Shore Street, Fraserburgh, AB43 9BR
Email: info@fraserburgh-harbour.co.uk
Website: http://www.fraserburgh-harbour.co.uk

  • Active Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance Base 
  • Major Infrastructure Development Plans

Kishorn Port

Kishorn Port

Address: Annat, Corpach, Fort William, PH33 7NN
Email: enquiries@kishornportltd.com
Website: http://www.kishornport.co.uk

  • 160m Operational Dry Dock
  • 17 Hectares of yard space
  • 7 Wet Storage Available
  • Onsite Quarry

Lerwick Harbour

Lerwick Harbour

Address: Lerwick Port Authority, Albert Building, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LL
Email: info@lerwick-harbour.co.uk
Website: http://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk

  • Water depths up to 25m
  • 20 wet storage locations available
  • 25 Hectares of yard space available
  • 60 t/m2 load bearing capacity 

Orkney Harbours

Orkney Harbours

Address: Harbour Authority Building , Scapa, Orkney, KW15 1SD
Email: Paul.Olvhoj@orkney.gov.uk
Website: http://www.orkneyharbours.com+|+www.orkneyfutureports.com

  • Significant future development plans
  • Ambitions to develop 600m of quayside and 20 hectares of laydown
  • Up to 60 Wet Storage locations, covering 16km²

Peterhead Port Authority

Peterhead Port Authority

Address: Harbour Office, West Pier, Peterhead, AB42 1DW
Email: keith.mackie@peterheadport.co.uk
Website: http://www.peterheadport.co.uk

  • 3km Berthing Space
  • 14m Water Depth
  • Operational 24/7/365

Port of Aberdeen

Port of Aberdeen

Address: 16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen, AB11 5SS
Email: info@portofaberdeen.co.uk
Website: http://www.portofaberdeen.co.uk

  • Scotland’s largest berthage port
  • 7,700m Combined Quayside
  • 50,000m2 covered storage area
  • Offshore wind marine logistics hub

Port of Cromarty Firth

Port of Cromarty Firth

Address: Port Office, Shore Road, Invergordon IV18 0HD
Email: port@pocf.co.uk
Website: http://www.pocf.co.uk

  • Green Freeport
  • Over 1.2km Combined Quayside
  • 22 Hectares open storage area
  • Naturally Sheltered Deep Water Harbour
  • Up to 70 wet storage locations

Port of Inverness

Port of Inverness

Address: Harbour Office, Longman Drive, Inverness IV1 1SU
Email: sinclair@portofinverness.co.uk
Website: http://www.portofinverness.co.uk

  • Green Freeport
  • 735m Combined Quayside
  • Experience handling over 300 wind turbines 

Port of Montrose

Port of Montrose

Address: Harbour Office, South Quay, Montrose, DD10 9SL
Email: info@montroseport.co.uk
Website: http://www.montroseport.co.uk

  • Experienced offshore wind operations and maintenance hub
  • 1km Quayside Available 
  • Largest chain and anchor port globally 

Port of Nigg

Port of Nigg

Address: Port of Nigg, Nigg, Tain IV19 1QU
Email: renewables@gegroup.com
Website: http://www.nigg.com

  • Green Freeport
  • 1,200m+ Quayside
  • 50 t/m2 Ground Load Bearing
  • 380,000sqm Laydown Space 
  • 12m Water Depth (Below CD)

Scrabster Harbour

Scrabster Harbour

Address: Harbour Office, Scrabster, Caithness, KW14 7UJ
Email: harbour@scrabster.co.uk
Website: http://www.scrabster.co.uk

  • Over 800m Quayside
  • 9m Water Depth
  • Multi-purpose port with diverse commercial operations, including offshore renewables

Stornoway Port

Stornoway Port

Address: Amity House, Esplanade Quay, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2XS
Email: info@stornowayport.com
Website: http://www.stornowayport.com

  • New Deep Water Terminal, offering two suitable berths for the offshore wind sector.
  • Over 1,400m Quayside 
  • 10 Hectares of yard space available

Scotwind

Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - SCOTWIND

ScotWind is one of the largest single leasing rounds in the world and will see 30GW of offshore wind capacity developed over the next 10 years. ScotWind includes 19.2GW of commercial floating wind sites, establishing Scotland as the leading market globally for floating wind development.

ScotWind projects are represented in Green.

INTOG

Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance - INTOG

the INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas) leasing round will see the deployment of 5.4GW across 13 floating wind projects, aimed at the electrification of offshore oil and gas infrastructure to help decarbonise their production energy.

INTOG projects are represented in Purple.