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Port of Blyth launches clean energy terminal to capitalise on booming renewables market

The new terminal is focussed on opportunity for low carbon focused investment and innovation

CGI of Bates Clean Energy Terminal at Port of Blyth(Image: handout from Port of Blyth)

The Port of Blyth has announced the launch of a clean energy terminal as it looks to capitalise on the North East’s growing hold on the renewable energy market.

The Bates Clean Energy Terminal offers enhanced facilities for companies in the renewables and offshore energy sectors and the opportunity for low carbon focused investment and innovation.

With support from the North East LEP, the development aims to strengthen the Port’s reputation as one of the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ’s leading offshore energy support bases. It has created an enlarged 17-hectare terminal with two berths, upgraded heavy lift quays, and up to eight hectares of quayside development land. Further expansion of the area is likely in the future.

A report last year claimed that the North East’s offshore wind supply chain could create 4,500 new jobs in the next five years to support the growing renewables industry.

The Port of Blyth has been building up a hub of companies in the fast-growing sector for a number of years, while the nearby Port of Tyne last year launched its own clean energy park after securing the maintenance base for the world’s largest offshore wind farm, at Dogger Bank in the North Sea.

Port of Blyth chief executive Martin Lawlor said: “The launch of the Bates Clean Energy Terminal represents another important milestones in the port’s development as a major offshore energy base and in our commitment to the national decarbonisation strategy.

“With the support of national and regional partners, we are creating a unique opportunity for low carbon focused inward investment and are confident that this initiative will help to further expand the significant offshore energy supply chain already located around the Blyth Estuary.”

The Port of Blyth has also committed to a decarbonisation strategy for its site involving electrification of plant and low carbon energy initiatives for new and existing buildings.