Green freeport win in Inverness and Cromarty Firth could fast-track £1bn investment in region – partners

Hydrogen partners ScottishPower and Storegga have backed Opportunity Cromarty Firth’s (OCF) green freeport bid although the carbon storage specialist is also supporting a rival Aberdeen and Peterhead harbour application.

The green hydrogen developers maintain OCF green freeport status would have the potential to bring forward more than £1 billion of investment in a larger-scale plant by up to 10 years and place the Highlands at the centre of future large-scale production of the sustainable energy due to the region’s growth potential of offshore wind.