Stung
by
reports
over
the
past
few
years
that
the
vast
majority
of
money
spent
on
UK
offshore
wind
farms
has
gone
to
foreign
companies,
the
government
is
doing
everything
within
its
means
to
see
that
more
benefits
go
to
local
firms.
The
government
estimates
that
less
than
one
third
of
the
capital
cost
of
E.ON’s
180MW
Robin
Rigg
went
to
UK
companies,
and
only
4%
was
spent
in
the
area
around
the
project
location
in
the
Solway
Firth,
where
southwest
Scotland
meets
northwest
England.
John
Woodcock,
a
Labour
Member
of…
