Offshore wind plant to bring jobs boost to Montrose — SkimNews
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- Subsea Micropiles will open an offshore wind turbine component factory at the Port of Montrose following a £5m company investment, supporting about 80 jobs.
- The project is backed by £6.7m from the state-owned Scottish National Investment Bank and £1.45m from Scottish Enterprise on top of the firm's own £5m.
- SSE selected the Port of Montrose as the preferred operations base for its Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm, which the source says is expected to create a further 100 jobs.
- The Berwick Bank B project is set to deploy up to 307 turbines generating enough electricity to power up to six million homes, and the source describes it as set to be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world.
- First Minister John Swinney, visiting the site in Angus, said the announcements would help ensure "the benefits of the energy transition are retained in Scotland" and reinforce Scotland's offshore wind supply chain.
- Subsea Micropiles CEO Derek Robertson said Scotland is "an important base for our growth" and that the firm's products can be manufactured locally for both Scottish waters and international markets, with the company already running an operations base at the port from offices in Ireland and Aberdeenshire.
Why it matters: Two major offshore wind commitments — Subsea Micropiles' manufacturing plant and SSE's Berwick Bank operations base — are converging on Montrose, anchoring roughly 180 jobs and over £13m in confirmed investment to Angus. With Subsea Micropiles already on site and the port chosen for an operations base serving a project set to be one of the world's largest offshore wind farms, Montrose is positioning itself as a central node in Scotland's floating offshore wind supply chain.
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