Where will UK's largest wind turbine factory be built?

The UK's largest factory for making steel towers for offshore wind turbines looks set to be built in the Highlands. The £110m facility has been proposed for Port of Nigg on the Cromarty Firth. Inverness-headquartered Global Energy Group, which owns the port, and Spanish company Haizea Wind Group are behind the plans.

What's happening at the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing plant?

Construction is underway for an expansion to the world's largest manufacturing plant for wind turbine towers, a project designed to double production and lead to the hiring of at least 850 new employees.

How many turbine towers can a UK factory produce a year?

The factory will be capable of producing up to 135 towers per year for the next generation of fixed and floating turbine towers as well as other important structures for the offshore wind industry such as transition pieces, suction buckets and bespoke tubular structures for the exciting floating offshore wind market in the UK and abroad.

Does SSE support a new offshore wind 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.

Where are giant wind turbines used?

The giant turbines are used in wind farms being constructed in the North Sea, as well as exported around the world. They are currently being supplied to the 1.4-gigawatt Hornsea Two project off the Yorkshire coast which will be the world's largest offshore wind power plant, powering the equivalent of 1.3 million homes.

Who makes wind turbines?

The development, manufacture, project management and servicing of onshore wind turbines has been the core competence and passion of the Nordex Group and its more than 9,600 employees worldwide for over 35 years.