In Depth: Scottish ports forced to play the Round 3 waiting game

The UK's Round 3 is drawing ever closer, but turbine makers are yet to commit to a single site

Among his many talents and responsibilities, Nik Scott-Gray has added a new one in the past 18 months: tour guide.

As development manager for Forth Ports, which owns seven ports along the east coast of Scotland, Scott-Gray has sunk many hours into showing the sites to prospective offshore turbine manufacturers.

In spite of his efforts — not to mention First Minister Alex Salmond’s crusade to transform Scotland into a renewables powerhouse — no manufacturer has yet signed on the dotted line.

“It is a little frustrating,” Scott-Gray concedes. “Every man and his dog have…

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