Peel Ports Clydeport has welcomed its largest-ever wind turbines to King George V Dock in Glasgow, marking a milestone for Scotland’s renewable energy sector.
The achievement follows a £3 million investment in new infrastructure, including a purpose-built egress road and enhanced terminal facilities, designed to streamline the handling of oversized project cargo.
The dock received six turbines with 80.5m-long blades, the biggest ever managed at the site operated by the UK’s second-largest port group.
The components arrived from China aboard the BBC Raise last month and have since been transported to a major wind farm project in Ayrshire.
Jim McSporran, Port Director at Peel Ports Clydeport, commented that the recent investment has significantly enhanced the capability to support complex and oversized cargo, futureproofing the operations to meet the needs of the energy sector and help deliver on national net-zero ambitions.
The new road, completed in spring 2025, provides a direct and more efficient link to Scotland’s main road network, removing previous restrictions on manoeuvring space for large components.
The investment comes on the back of a record year in 2024, when the facility handled over 1,000 turbine components.
Over the next 12 months, more than 100 turbines and 800 additional components are scheduled to pass through the dock.
Since 2005, King George V Dock has processed components for more than 1,200 turbines accounting for over 35% of Scotland’s total installed capacity making it the nation’s leading port for onshore wind infrastructure.
