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Council gives go-ahead for Hunterston offshore turbine tests near Largs

20 February, 2012

The view from Largs is set to change, with the news that North Ayrshire Council's planning committee has given the go-ahead for an offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston.

The £10 million facility will test models and prototypes of offshore turbines before they are deployed in the new generation of windfarms around the Scottish and UK coast.

The committee was told that the development represents an opportunity to tap into the massive investment pouring into this industry, totalling between £100 billion and £120 billion over the next few years.

The new facility will operate for five years and has the potential to generate a range of economic and employment opportunities for local businesses. The committee also heard that major turbine manufacturers have indicated that this is a necessary precursor to turbine manufacturing plants.

The new development at Hunterston will establish North Ayrshire and the West of Scotland as a centre of expertise for the offshore generating industry.

What do you think of the decision? Post your comments and have your say here on s1largs


24 February, 2012 | 8:12:25

Sandy Morton says

Sandy Morton says

The decision stinks!  This part of the world was a very beautiful place to live and work in for many years and supported a great number of jobs in the tourist industry but we then got the two Hunterstons and the Coalport - both eyesores.  The proposed turbines will be a visual obscenity and I do support renewable energy but not at the size of these things.  With a bit of luck they will erect one and we'll get a wee gale and it'll fall down and do irreparable damage - as long as nobody gets hurt.  There is an election coming up soon so support the candidates who are against such developments irrespective of political persuasion.

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