SCOTTISH and Southern Energy (SSE) last week announced a major contract for all the fabrication work for the 114 offshore wind turbines planned for the Seagreen array off the east coast of Fife.
Rather than to the currently mothballed BiFab yards in Methil and Burntisland, the work has gone, lock, stock and barrel, to China and the United Arab Emirates. Once more, Scotland is missing out on the downstream activity from major developments off shore.
This is not just a severe blow to the local economies in Methil and Burntisland, but to Scotland as a whole. To what extent did the decision-makers at SSE take account of their corporate social responsibilities; of the consequences for their carbon footprint and of the sustainability and security issues involved?  https://www.thenational.scot/news/18740307.wind-turbine-row-shows-must-act-like-scotland-aspire/?fbclid=IwAR1MvGXT2FnqaIWP8fS0mmdzZfJ1V_p8g5aO3KYksiqe9iB9Y4AXkCWDxGI

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