SSE also announced that while turbine installation at its 500MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm has been delayed due to welding defects in a number of the monopile turbine foundations supplied for the project, the overall construction timeline and value of the project will not be affected.

The £160m ($263m) Glendoe, built into the hills above Loch Ness, is the largest hydroelectric plant to be built in Scotland in more than 50 years.

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