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More InformationReady For Tomorrow
At ABP, we proudly serve our customers and our communities in pursuit of our ambitious missions which are ‘Keeping Britain Trading’ and ‘Enabling the Energy Transition’. These are underpinned by a strong commitment to safety, sustainability and our people. This is reflected in the launch of our sustainability strategy, ‘Ready for Tomorrow’, in February 2023, which set out our plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations by 2040 by the latest.
As part of our sustainability strategy, we plan to invest around £600m to decarbonise our own infrastructure and equipment between now and 2040. Our sustainability strategy is based around a Net Zero target for our own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and focuses on five key themes, including net zero, air quality, biodiversity, waste and water management.
As part of ‘Ready for Tomorrow’ we are also planning to invest around £1.4bn in infrastructure and facilities to support customers involved in the energy transition. To make Net Zero a reality, it is essential that there is a partnership approach, both between industry players, but also between governments and industry itself.
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More InformationFloating Offshore Wind
Celtic Freeport is an exciting project that will unlock the widest possible opportunities for Wales by accelerating innovation and encouraging significant investment, while fast-tracking modern skills for new green industries and national decarbonisation.
ABP is planning to invest around £500 million to develop new and repurposed infrastructure in Port Talbot to enable the port to host manufacturing, installation, and supply chain activity for the Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW) sector. This has the potential to create 16,000 new, high-quality jobs and attract £5.5 billion inward investment.
Green Port Hull
ABP has over 30 years’ experience in servicing the UK’s offshore energy industry, supporting developers through the full offshore wind project lifecycle.
The offshore wind facility at Green Port Hull, a £310 million joint investment by Siemens and ABP has created a renewable energy hub with world-class offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing, assembly, and servicing facilities as its centre piece. Find out more about offshore wind at ABP here.
O&M
Over recent years, together with its customers, ABP has invested over £300 million to support the growth of offshore wind in the UK. Our extensive land bank at key strategic port locations ideally located to major offshore wind development sites, means ABP is well placed to continue to support the continued growth of the sector. Our Ports of Grimsby, Barrow and Lowestoft have emerged as leading centres of offshore wind operation and maintenance.
The award-winning Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) project is designed to support offshore energy projects in the Southern North Sea and will attract many offshore energy supply chain companies to Lowestoft, bringing new jobs and prosperity to the area whilst safeguarding the important kittiwake population. It represents a £25 million investment by ABP in state-of the-art infrastructure to support the offshore energy sector.
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Associated British Ports
Associated British Ports (ABP) is the UK’s leading ports group, with 21 ports handling around a quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade worth £157 billion. Together with our customers, our ports contribute more than £15 billion to the UK economy and support 200,000+ jobs. ABP has the ability to work with customers to support the full offshore wind development cycle.
ABPmer, our hydrographic and marine survey consultancy, and our UK Dredging operation, offer specialist services and consultancy during the planning phase of offshore sites. During the build-phase, our ports offer the perfect location, people, equipment and transport connectivity. For the operations and maintenance phase, ABP’s ports handle the crew transfer and maintenance vessels, as well as having the potential to house the crews and engineers.
We also offer services for decommissioning or re-powering many of the largest offshore wind projects, such as the £1 billion, 650MW Walney offshore wind farm in the North West of England, one of the largest anywhere in the world. Utilising our port locations, we are well positioned to offer a multi-port distribution package with one consolidated contractual agreement, offering significant benefits for your business.
Find out more about offshore wind at ABP here.
