The wind farm he visited Boris Johnson Will be able to provide 40% of Scotland’s energy.
But when it was awarded a contract to build 100 turbines on the coast of Scotland, it was criticized for neglecting British manufacturers.
This Prime Minister Business secretary join Quasi Quatten Depart to Moray Firth to visit the wind farm that is still under construction and is about to be completed.
The Moray East offshore wind farm will be able to use the energy generated by its offshore wind turbines to provide 950 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.
The entire 295 square kilometer site has 100 turbines built at least 22 kilometers from the coast of Scotland.
The wind farm boasts that it will be able to provide 40% of Scotland’s electricity, or power up to 950,000 homes in the UK.
Construction began in 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of August, but the wind farm will begin to output electricity in June. Electricity It will be sold at a price equivalent to 5.75p/kWhr.
It also claims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.7 million tons per year.
However, when the BiFab shipyard in Scotland was neglected due to manufacturing contracts and the jobs flowed overseas, the wind farm sparked controversy.
The union has previously described the award of 100 turbine jackets to UAE manufacturer Lamprell and Belgian steel manufacturer Smulders as an “absolute scandal”.
In a joint statement, the GMB Scotland Minister Gary Smith and United Minister of Scottish Affairs Pat Lafferty stated that the BiFab shipyard in Fife “may eventually get nothing from the Moray East and Kincardine projects” because “a bowl of pasta’s vested interest groups have established preferences. supply chain”.
They added: “The fact is that with the support of the Far East Finance and the Middle East Sovereign Wealth Fund, state-sponsored European energy and engineering companies are sharing thousands of jobs and billions of pounds from our renewable energy sector.”
