The Bristol Port Company (BPC) has confirmed its plans for the development of the Bristol Wind Terminal (BWT) at Avonmouth Docks, Bristol.
BWT will provide essential new port infrastructure to support the production, marshalling, integration and deployment of floating offshore wind turbine units destined for the Celtic Sea, as part of The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5.
Round 5 will create 4.5GW of new renewable energy capacity, enough to power more than 4 million homes, with the potential to unlock a further 12 GW of capacity in the Celtic Sea in future rounds.
The facility, illustrated below, will be capable of handling the assembly or manufacture of sub-structure bases; integration of the towers, blades and nacelles; and deployment of the completed, floating structures to deep water sites.
The development marks a significant opportunity for the region and BPC with BWT planned to be fully operational in 2030.
