Energy transition facilities provider and the owner of Ardersier Port east of Inverness, Haventus, has secured a £100m ($125m) joint credit facility to turn the port into a major hub for deploying fixed and floating offshore wind turbines. The loan was provided by the Scottish National Investment Bank and the UK Infrastructure Bank with a £50m investment from each. The financing follows a £300m capital commitment announced in 2023 by leading energy investment firm Quantum Capital Group when Haventus began the redevelopment of Ardersier Port. The facility will support industrial-scale deployment of fixed and floating offshore wind. Haventus has taken a final investment decision and construction has begun on the site which includes the development of a new 650-metre quay wall and associated quayside. Based in Scotland’s Moray Firth, Ardersier Port is well placed to support offshore wind developers and manufacturers of offshore wind components and equipment as the 35GW of ScotWind and INTOG project pipeline is built out. The port will offer a 1.8 sq km site with quayside access and suitable infrastructure for marshalling, integration, manufacturing, and assembly of offshore wind components. According to Haventus, it will be the largest dedicated offshore wind deployment port facility in Scotland, capable of hosting and supporting gigawatt-scale projects. “With work now underway on site, we aim to have the facility open and operational in the second half of next year,” Haventus chief executive, Lewis Gillies, said. “We expect the site at Ardersier to be of significant strategic importance in supporting the growing offshore wind industry over the coming years. We are pleased to fund this development and to be doing so with the UK Infrastructure Bank. The project perfectly aligns with our net zero mission and illustrates the benefits of our two organisations working together,” The Scottish National Investment Bank CEO Al Denholm added. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsUnited Kingdom