ScottishPower is “actively pursuing” future offshore wind projects in England and Scotland as part of a £6bn investment plan.
Chief executive Keith Anderson (pictured, left) said that the offshore wind sector deal, announced yesterday, will “drive the transformation of offshore wind generation, increasing the amount of low-cost, low-carbon generation for the UK”.
He added that ScottishPower aims to build more wind farms on top of the projects it already has under development.
Construction is underway at the 714MW East Anglia 1 project off the east coast, and the company has planning consent for the up to 1.2GW East Anglia 3 development.
Planning consultations are also currently taking place for the 900MW East Anglia 2 and 800MW East Anglia 1 North wind farms. If granted consent the former will kick off construction in 2024 and the latter in 2025.
Anderson said: “Two of our offshore wind farms in East Anglia will replace all of the old thermal generation we’ve sold and we are ready to invest more by actively pursuing future offshore projects both north and south of the border.
“We have a fantastic supply chain already in place in the UK, from businesses in and around East Anglia to across England, across Scotland as well as Northern Ireland.
“The sector deal will attract even more businesses in the UK to join the offshore wind supply chain and we are excited to see the transformative impact this will have on our projects.
“We’re pleased the importance of UK businesses is recognised within the sector deal investing £250m into the UK supply chain.”