Hopes of a jobs boom at a Highland port have been put on hold after the company behind a £250million floating windfarm off Stonehaven announced it is changing its plans for the project. Construction of concrete bases for the eight-turbine, 50megawatt (MW), Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL) development had been due to start at Kishorn, in Wester Ross, this summer, but stalled after its Spanish backer said it had “encountered difficulties with an important element of its supply chain.” Yesterday Kishorn Port Limited (KPL) director Alasdair Ferguson said any work the yard may win for the project is now unlikely to get underway before the end of 2018 after KOWL announced it will install one 2MW machine on a semi-submersible platform next year.
Energy Voice 16th Nov 2017 read more »
