SSEN said the report is “the starting gun’ for a £5 billion investment in Scottish grid infrastructure projects

Agency predicts the recent ScotWind announcement will lead to the creation of thousands of new jobs

Of 74 applications, 17 projects have been awarded right to Scottish seabed

Tens of thousands of households across the UK could become micro-owners of the offshore wind farms

It will be based in Brittany, France and is claimed to be the first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm on the continent

It will support the decarbonisation of the oil and gas industry and small-scale projects of less than 100MW

A new report estimates the forthcoming ScotWind leasing round could create 5,000 jobs a year

Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Renewables have set up a joint venture to bid in the ScotWind offshore leasing round to deliver the next generation of offshore wind farms

The organisation, which manages Scotland’s seabed, suggests total investment in ScotWind Leasing projects could surpass £8 billion

ScotWind is the next round of seabed leasing for offshore wind development off the Scottish coast – the organisations aim to develop large-scale projects which will enhance the Scottish supply chain and economy