Well done to The Herald on Sunday (“Green revolution on life support,”
November 8) for highlighting that less than ten percent of the Scottish
jobs promised in offshore wind have materialised.
Indeed the Offshore Wind Group, which consisted mainly of Scottish
Government departments and wind energy companies, published a document
titled “Scotland’s Offshore Wind Route Map” in 2010 which estimated that
28,377 jobs in offshore wind would be created by 2020. In its latest data,
the Office for National Statistics has estimated that only 1,700 jobs have
been created; another estimate is 1,900.
Will the Scottish Government admit this to the people and apologise with
the same enthusiasm that they made the original prediction?
Geoff Moore
Braeface Park, Alness
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