The equity consortium – which includes Siemens Project Ventures, the Marguerite Fund and Infrared Capital – aims to bring the wind farm, sited in 45-55 metres of water in the Outer Forth Estuary, to switch-on by 2020, subject to the outcome of a judicial review now under consideration by the Scottish courts.

Speaking today at the Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference, Mainstream’s chief operating officer Andy Kinsella underlined the positive impact the £2bn ($2.85bn)