The Scottish government has urged London to address “unfair and disproportionate” grid charges for wind farms north of the border ahead of this year’s Allocation Round 8.
Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy Gillian Martin said a “level playing field” was needed on the current TNUoS regime to avoid a repeat of AR7.
Martin told Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference in Glasgow this week the AR7-winning schemes are a “positive step to ensuring industry growth and success” in Scotland, but that she “wants to see more (capacity) coming through” in future rounds.
To hear her comment and the latest on ScotWind leases from Crown Estate Scotland listen to the latest episode of the reNEWS Podcast, a dispatch from Glasgow.
Also on the show, Mingyang vice president global strategy and investment Aman Wang maps out the Chinese turbine supplier’s European expansion plan.
Mingyang is considering five sites across Europe to establish a manufacturing base should permission be denied by the UK government to build a £1.5bn turbine factory in Scotland, he told delegates.
“We are purely waiting for the UK government to make a decision,” Wang told delegates.
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