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A cash boost of more than £110m in UK offshore wind manufacturing will support more than 400 jobs in North-East Scotland after the UK Government, Scottish Government and private investors pledge new funding

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, working in collaboration with consortium partners Global Energy Group, Haizea Wind Group, SSE Renewables, has signed a binding contract to provide a £5 million loan to enable the construction of a new offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in Scotland.

SSE is providing substantial financial backing for a new state-of-the-art offshore turbine tower tubular rolling manufacturing plant in the Scottish Highlands with debt investment of £15 million, helping green light an investment of over £110 million in a new UK-based offshore wind manufacturing plant in the Cromarty Firth.

Global Energy Group has agreed terms with leading offshore wind tower manufacturing specialist, Haizea Wind Group, to build a state-of-the-art offshore wind tubular rolling facility at Port of Nigg.