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Green light for world’s largest offshore wind farm situated in Forth & Tay region
Fantastic news for offshore wind on the east coast of Scotland today as the Scottish Government grants consent order for SSE’s Berwick Bank offshore wind farm, after a decade of meticulous development work.
- Berwick Bank has the potential to inject c.£8 billion of value into the UK economy and create over 9,000 UK jobs
- At full capacity, Berwick Bank could generate enough electricity to power more than six million homes annually
Today’s Section 36 consent determination by Scottish ministers approves the project’s main offshore wind farm array in the outer Firth of Forth off the East Lothian coast.
The decision represents the last major consent necessary for the project to proceed. Delivery of the project will now be subject to SSE securing a contract for new low-carbon offshore wind power under the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, as well as reaching a final investment decision.
Berwick Bank offshore wind farm is vital to the UK’s 2030 clean power mission and to the energy security goals of the Scottish and UK governments.
If fully delivered, Berwick Bank would become the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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