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Fraser Phillips, Chair of the Fife Economy Partnership, said: “We strongly believe Fife is the natural location for offshore wind investment. Our location, only 25 nautical miles from the closest of the proposed Scottish TerritorialWater and Round 3Wind Arrays in the Firth of the Forth, is ideal. We also have the skills base, with over 1,500 people currently working in the industry and great development opportunity, with over 100 Ha of coastal land available.”
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FIFE UNITES FOR RENEWABLES FUND SUBMISSION
Fife Economy Partnership has pooled public and private sector expertise to submit a unique expression of interest in the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund.
Five companies joined with the Fife Economy Partnership and Fife Council to develop a submission which demonstrates that the region is the natural location for investment in Scotland’s offshore wind supply chain.
The National Renewables Infrastructure Fund was established by the Scottish Government to support the development of port and near port locations for offshore wind turbines and related development with the aim of stimulating the wind farm supply chain in Scotland.
The Fife Submission brings together Babcock, Briggs Marine, Forth Ports, Scarborough Muir and Shepherd Offshore Group, all of which own portside or inland sites suitable for supplying the offshore sector. It includes development opportunities at Rosyth (pictured), Inverkeithing, Burntisland and Methil/ Fife Energy Park.
Cllr Tony Martin, Strategic Chair: Environment Enterprise & Transportation Committee Fife Council, explained the region is spearheading a number of joint working initiatives aimed at bringing the public, private and education sectors together: “Fife Council recognises enormous potential for the further development of a cluster of economic activity with some of Scotland’s leading engineering firms, including Oceaneering Umbilical Solutions, Briggs Marine, Babcock, Rolls Royce and BiFab. As a landowner ourselves we saw the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund as an opportunity we could best exploit by working in partnership.”
This submission comes just a month after Tyneside marine firm Shepherd Offshore announced plans to create a manufacturing facility on the site of a mothballed microchip plant in Dunfermline. Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) also recently won the contract to design and manufacture two offshore substations for RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr wind farm, worth £12m.
Collieson Briggs from Briggs Marine, said: “There is a real buzz about renewables in Fife at the moment. I strongly believe we have unrivalled support from local public sector organisations as well as the momentum to attract more big players to the region.
“Methil, Burntisland, Inverkeithing and Rosyth are all perfectly placed to benefit from this fund. I believe the choice to come together to express our interest was the right one; strengthening Fife’s bid to be a key location for this developing industry.”
Fife Economy Partnership
www.investinfife.co.uk
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