Members
of
the
North
Planning
Applications
Committee
are
set
to
discuss
the
up-to-339-turbine
development
at
their
meeting
in
Inverness
next
Tuesday.
Planning
officials
are
recommending
they
“raise
no
objections”
to
the
£4.5bn
($6.8bn)
project
which
would
cover
114
sq
km.
Moray
Firth
is
a
joint
venture
between
Portugal's
EDPR
and
Spain's
Repsol
Nuevas
Energias.
Developer
Moray
Offshore
Renewables
says
the
project
could
create
hundreds
of
local
jobs
and
provide
electricity
for
around
one
million
homes.
The
council
is
a
consultee,
with
final
consent
for
the
development
controlled
by
Scottish
Government
regulator
Marine
Scotland.
The
local
authority
says
it
has…