Green transformation underway at Ardersier Port

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An effort is underway transform the UK’s oldest brownfield port into a vast energy transition facility that will include a manufacturing hub for floating wind foundations, a £300m “green steel” mill, and an advanced concrete production plant.

Ardersier Port - around 14 miles east of Inverness - was once one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, but the 400 acre site was closed in 2001.

The site’s transformation will begin with a £20m, nine-month ‘capital dredge’ – removing 2.5 million cubic metres of sand which will open up the massive port once more. Once the dredging is complete next summer the site’s new owners - businessman Tony O’Sullivan and civil engineer Steve Regan - will build a bespoke slipway which will allow floating oil and gas structures to be hauled onshore prior to removing all contaminants and decommissioning them.

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Over the next five years Ardersier Port plans to deliver an oil rig decommissioning facility; a waste from energy recovery facility designed specifically to deal with special wastes; a £300m green steel plant powered by offshore wind and energy from waste; a concrete production plant utilising dredged sand from the port, and a dedicated floating wind hub for concrete floating wind foundation manufacturing.

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