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This is a big one. I’ve quoted the Energy Voice headline as it captures the likely impact on the local community. The Beatrice Wind Farm will be a massive 84 turbine array in the outer Moray Firth. The first foundation piles have been laid. The project will mean several onshore infrastructure benefits including:
- An operations and maintenance base in Wick
- Berthing income for the Port of Cromarty
- 71 new jobs on Lewis
- A substation at Blackhillock
- An export cable from Portgordon to the substation
- Infrastructure and construction work and up to 100 new jobs at Nigg
- A 2 000 ton capacity storage tank at Nigg to fuel the ships calling there
- Numerous smaller supply chain contracts for the local economy
Talking-up Scotland 