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One of Europe’s largest wind power engineering firms has promised to open a turbine manufacturing base in Scotland in readiness for a major expansion in North Sea windfarms.

French nuclear and renewables group Areva has signed an outline agreement with the investment agency Scottish Enterprise to site one of three new factories it is opening across Europe in eastern Scotland.

The deal, unveiled during a visit to Paris by the first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, is predicted to create up to 750 engineering jobs at the new site and f…

Industry poised for expansion if green targets are met, although separate study warns Big Six investment in clean energy may fall.

Meeting the UK’s renewable energy targets would create a world-leading industry capable of supporting 400,000 jobs and saving the country £60bn in oil and gas imports, according to a new analysis released today.

The report by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) predicts that meeting the UK’s mandatory target of producing 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 would result in annual …

Spanish wind power company Gamesa will build a £125m offshore windfarm facility in the port of Leith, creating around 800 jobs, it said on Friday.

The announcement comes just days after George Osborne said in his budget that “renewable energy will play a crucial part in Britain’s energy mix”, after warnings by major wind companies that their investments in the UK were under threat from political uncertainty.

The manufacturing facility, on the northern edge of Edinburgh, will produce blades and generator units for offshore wind turb…

THE world’s biggest offshore wind farm is set to be built in Scotland with a multi-billion-pound investment, securing hundreds of jobs and further cementing the country’s position as a global leader in renewable energy.

The £4.5 billion project envisages up to 300 turbines in water 200ft deep more than 13 miles off Caithness, generating enough power for more than a million homes by 2020.

The wind farm would be a major boost to the Scottish Government’s target of generating 100 per cent of the country’s electricity demand from ren…