Renewables ‘rip off must stop now’, unions say after Canadian BiFab trip – Energy Voice

Trade unions said today that the “great renewables rip off must stop now” following a “successful” trip to Canada to meet new BiFab owners DF Barnes.

GMB and Unite said the meeting with the Newfoundland firm was “productive”, but hit out at the lack of supply chain opportunities in Scotland.

GMB Scotland secretary Gary Smith described the situation for Scottish workers a “rip off”, adding that those who subsidise Scotland’s windfarms are “denied the opportunity to build those windfarms”.

The anger from unions centres on recent redundancies amid a dearth of future offshore wind contracts.

Renewables ‘rip off must stop now’, unions say after Canadian BiFab trip