Subsea Cable Set To Boom In Scotland

At last, after numerous false dawns, the renewable energy boom is about to generate manufacturing jobs at scale. Not one, but two big plants for making subsea power cables are in Scotland’s planning system.

Sumitomo Electric, part of a Japanese engineering giant with serious pedigree in this sector, has announced it will build one in the Highlands.

It is not yet saying precisely where, what the scale will be, how many jobs will be required, and how much it intends to invest. But all these numbers are likely to be large. Such plants only stack up if they’re on a very big scale.

And it seems that by no coincidence at all, the owner and operator of the Nigg industrial site in Easter Ross, Global Energy, has lodged a detailed plan for precisely that type of factory to be built on 15 hectares of farmland next to the existing fabrication yard.

That’s an area equivalent to 20 football pitches. The buildings would take up nearly half of that, and two of them will be up to 44m (144ft) high – the same height as the spire of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Nigg lies within the boundaries of the green freeport designation, won in January by bidders for the Cromarty Firth and Inverness. It means tax breaks for investors, though the details of how the incentives will work are some months off.


Discover more from LN247

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Advertisement

Most Popular This Week

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

More from Author

Advertisement

Read Now

South Africa-Botswana Border Closed Due to Heavy Rainfall and Flooding

The South African Border Management Authority has temporarily shut down the Grobler’s Bridge crossing between South Africa and Botswana due to severe rainfall and flooding in the region. This critical border post, located in northern South Africa, is a vital trade route, particularly for miners from Zambia and...

Federal Fire Service to Enforce Mandatory Fire Insurance for Buildings

The Federal Fire Service is set to mandate fire insurance as part of its building inspection checklist. This decision emerged from a strategic meeting between the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the Federal Fire Service at the NAICOM headquarters, aimed at strengthening their collaboration. Fire insurance provides coverage...

South Sudan’s Displaced Families Struggle Amid Rising Floods

South Sudan's seasonal flooding, once a natural part of the country's climate, has now turned into an annual catastrophe, displacing hundreds of thousands and worsening the humanitarian crisis. Families, like that of Nyabuot Reat Kuor, a mother forced from her home in Gorwai, are bearing the harshest...

Discover more from LN247

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading