UK secures clean energy deals for ports and storage

The UK Government announced new clean energy deals with ScottishPower, JERA Nex bp, EnBW and Statera Energy to upgrade port infrastructure, develop offshore wind assembly hubs and build a large battery energy storage site.

• Main announcement and agreed actions:

  • JERA Nex bp and EnBW (Mona and Morgan joint ventures) are committing over £100 million to Belfast Harbour to support delivery of two major offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea; the joint venture partners have leased the Trust Port’s offshore wind terminal as the hub for assembly and construction. Government consent granted earlier this year for Mona and for Morgan Generation; Morgan Transmission Assets consent is expected in 2026. The commitment could deliver enough energy for the equivalent of around 3 million UK homes and has the potential to create more than 300 jobs. Belfast Harbour will invest £90 million in a new deepwater berth.
  • ScottishPower is supporting the Port of East Anglia upgrades including £15m (part of a wider £28m upgrade) to build a new operations & maintenance centre for East Anglia TWO, plus a separate £10 million investment with Peel Ports Group to develop the port’s Northern Terminal (supporting an estimated 100 jobs). This complements a prior £1 billion turbine contract for the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in Greenport Hull.
  • Statera Energy confirmed Final Investment Decision for a 680MW Battery Energy Storage System at Carrington, said to deliver clean power for up to 2.2 million homes and support an estimated 200 jobs. Statera also states a pipeline of 8GW of grid-balancing projects representing up to £7 billion planned investment through to 2030.

• Background and additional details:

  • The Prime Minister is promoting these deals at COP30 (World Leader’s Summit in Belém, Brazil); the government cites over £50 billion of investment into UK clean energy industries announced since last year and a national plan to recruit clean energy workers to deliver 400,000 extra jobs by 2030. The announcements are presented as part of the UK’s wider clean energy strategy, including ScottishPower’s £24 billion UK investment programme.
  • Employment estimates from the announced deals total around 600 jobs across the North-West, Great Yarmouth and Belfast. Specific project consents and transmission asset consents (e.g., Morgan Transmission Assets) have target/expected timings noted in the text (consent expected in 2026 for Morgan Transmission Assets).