Inch Cape wind farm’s foundation components have arrived in Dundee, Scotland, and focus is now shifting to the turbine installation phase of construction.
Prior to installation, Forth Ports’ Port of Dundee will host the components of the project’s 72 wind turbine generators, which will each comprise a four-section tower, three 115.5-m-long blades, and a nacelle housing the electrical equipment. Inch Cape will be the first UK project to feature the Vestas V236.15 MW turbines, which will be the largest installed to date.
The first components arrived in early August 2026 onboard heavy transport vessel, Bravewind, with further shipments arriving almost weekly until late September on six different vessels including Boldwind, Tony Stark, and Vestvind.
More than 130 personnel will work from the vast 170 000 m2 yard, taking delivery of the components, carrying out marshalling, assembly, and commissioning before managing the load out and sail away from the port.
A total of 576 components will be offloaded at the port including 288 tower sections, 216 blades stacked in sets of three, and 72 nacelles. The tower sections will be delivered first followed by the nacelles and lastly the blades.
The towers for the wind turbines will be assembled quayside, with the tallest reaching to 127.4 m, almost three times the height of Dundee’s tallest building, Dudhope Court, and the same as Scotland’s highest freestanding building, Glasgow Tower.
The wind turbines will be installed by Cadeler’s new-build turbine installation vessel, Wind Mover, which will transport them to the offshore site in batches of four, starting in November 2026.
Inch Cape ‘got the keys’ to the Port of Dundee in summer and has carried out enabling works and set up temporary offices and facilities ready for the teams from turbine supplier Vestas and local contractors who will transform the port into a bustling pre-installation yard for the next 12 months.
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