Nature charities are urging the Scottish Government to refuse consent for one of the world's largest offshore wind farms, warning it could kill and displace tens of thousands of seabirds.
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Delays in approving the mammoth Berwick Bank offshore wind farm are putting potentially billions of pounds of investment and thousands of jobs at risk, a business group has warned.
While the UK offshore wind sector breathed a sigh of relief after the latest renewables auction, frustration is mounting over delays at Scotland's Berwick Bank project.
Timely approval from Holyrood in the new year could now pave the way for the project to enter the UK's next CfD round.
Alex Meredith, project director of SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank wind farm, told the EVOL X podcast that his project will create “nearly 5,000 jobs”.
Kent has been commissioned to provide substructure design for SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank wind farm off the coast of East Lothian.
I have just watched SSE’s on-line video about the Berwick Bank Wind Farm and I rather wish I hadn’t, not least because I have just had lunch and the aftertaste of leek and potato soup and smoky cheese in a brioche bun has been replaced by something that tastes like engine oil.
Multinational engineering firm Kent has secured a contract with SSE Renewables for work on a major offshore wind project.
Stephen Wheeler, Managing Director of SSE Renewables, one of the big ScotWind winners, says the next generation of Scottish offshore wind will impact globally while transforming locally.
One of the big winners in the ScotWind leasing process already has its sights on securing future offshore wind opportunities.
As SSE commits to invest £15m in the UK’s largest turbine tower manufacturing facility in the Scottish Highlands, CEO Alistair Phillips-Davies says the scale of the company’s ambition and pipeline in offshore wind is behind its decision to inject the funds needed to make Nigg Offshore Wind happen.