Moray West Scottish Trade and Innovation Minister Visits Invergordon as XXL Monopiles Arrive

1/08/23, 1:18 PM

Scottish Trade and Innovation Minister Richard Lochhead visited the Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF) at Invergordon on Tuesday.

The minister had the opportunity to tour facilities at the Port, where our Moray West offshore wind farm XXL monopiles are currently being marshalled.

Mr Lochhead commented, "It was encouraging to hear more about plans for Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport. This aims to attract trade, develop businesses and promote regeneration, and to boost the economy in the Highlands and in Scotland more widely."

Pete Geddes, our Project Director for Moray West, commented: “We’ve been delighted to welcome Richard Lochhead MSP to our monopile marshalling site at Invergordon port.” He added, “We look forward to successfully installing the monopiles from Invergordon, benefitting from the new laydown area and deep-water quayside. Having worked with Scottish Government agencies to facilitate the port expansion, we remain engaged with Government to ensure future offshore wind projects, including the Ocean Winds projects, can be delivered promptly and expand the benefits for Scotland, including further ports expansion.”

As OW Ocean Winds UK, we are very proud to have contributed to creating socioeconomic opportunities in this area, and infrastructure development, promoting the adherence of local suppliers and community to this global transition into renewable energy!

Our Moray West (882MW) project is rapidly advancing in its construction phase! Last month, our team and contractors successfully received and load in the first 8 XXL monopiles at the Port of Invergordon, Scotland.

These huge monopiles are one of the keys of our project to efficiently generate clean energy for up to 1,33 million Scottish households.