Planners urge Moray Firth offshore backing

Highland councillors have been advised to support plans for the 1.5GW Moray Firth project, some 22km off the coast of Caithness, Scotland.

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…

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