The Port Of Barrow is one of Britains best potential assembly sites for wind
turbine equipment. In 2008 it was used to complete Robin Rigg wind farm
electrical sub station topsides.
The Dong offshore support base for the Barrow Offshore wind farm is located
within the port.
Barrow-in-Furness, Morecambe Bay's largest heavy industrial town, is a
good place to manufacture or assemble wind turbines. Manufacturers wishing
to supply the UK’s West Coast, Irish Sea basin and Ireland with turbine towers,
engine nacelles, composite blades or electrical equipment are invited to set up
here.
The port of Barrow can handle vessels of up to 36m beam and 230m length
within the main docks, larger vessels can use the deep water river berth.
The quayside can handle cranes of 1000 tonne lift capacity.
A modern ready to move into 6,804m2 building is available to lease at Anchor
Basin, to help you get started.
The new waterfront Business Park is also being created to help companies
seeking to service the offshore wind industry.
The port has good road/rail connections. There are six Irish Sea wind farms
planned in the coming decade, to find out more about them see below.
1. Barrow – Dong (operational) 2. Shell
Flat – Shell Wind Energy Aegir 3. Southport – Energie Kontor
UK Offshore 4. Burbo- Seascape Energy 5.
North Hoyle – National Wind Power 6. Rhyl Flats – Celtic
Offshore 7. Solway – TXU Energy
In May 2002 the port of Barrow was first used by contractors to support one
of the early stage of Irish Sea Off Shore wind farm development. This is what
was said by Seacore project manager James McGovan said “It is a very good
facility here with lots of access. There is no problem in getting things in so
it is ideal really for someone to base a wind farm operations – this week
tubular steel piles 53m long, weighing 140 tonnes were lifted. Steel masts
already erected at Barrow docks will be built on top of them. The two masts are
being used by Shell Renewables International off Blackpool”
