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| Wed, 13th May 2020 16:37:00 |
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Green energy firms on track to deliver multibillion-pound windfarms |
Britain's biggest green energy companies are on track to deliver multibillion-pound windfarm investments across the north-east of England and Scotland to help power a cleaner economic recovery.
Scottish Power plans to "repower" Scotland’s oldest commercial windfarm as part of a £150m scheme to develop a clean energy cluster in central Scotland capable of supplying 100,000 homes with green electricity.
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The windfarm cluster is expected to create 600 jobs at its peak, and 280 long-term jobs, to help the UK emerge from the worst economic downturn in 300 years while taking steps to meet its climate goals.
Separately SSE and Equinor have revealed plans to use the Port of Tyne to host the operations base for the world's largest offshore wind development, which will create 200 permanent jobs and support a local supply chain industry based on clean energy.
Alok Sharma, the secretary of state for business, said projects like the Dogger Bank offshore windfarm will be "a key part of ensuring a green and resilient economic recovery as well as reaching our target of net-zero emissions by 2050".
"Renewable energy is one of the UK’s great success stories, providing over a third of our electricity and thousands of jobs," he said.
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