After Bi-Fab, Scotia Supply Chain chief calls on UK Offshore Wind Industrial Group to back level playing field for Scottish renewable contractors – Scottish Energy News

The UK leads the world in offshore wind and will continue to do so for the next decade.But the offshore wind story has not been such plain sailing north of the border. Scotland has less than 5% of the UK installed capacity despite our offshore wind, wave and tidal potential Read more

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Union chief accuses Beatrice wind-farm developer of ‘dirty tricks’ over Bi-Fab wages crisis – Scottish Energy News

The Scottish Trades Union Congress has accused the multi-national company Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) and its parent group, oil-field services supplier Subsea-7 of engineering the near-bankruptcy of the Bi-Fab contractor. Two weeks ago, the Fife-based firm – which employs some 1,400 people at Methil and at Arnish on Isle of Read more

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Scottish Gas boss and GMB union chief call for Govt. to remove renewable energy subsidies from household fuel bills – Scottish Energy News

GMB, the union for energy workers, is backing a call by Scottish Gas for the cost of renewable energy subsidies taken off utility bills and instead paid for by general taxation. The Office for Budgetary Responsibility predicts that the ‘green’ surcharge which the UK’s 27 million households already pay is Read more

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