‘One of the biggest days’: £700m contracts for offshore Scottish wind farm projects awarded

‘One of the biggest days’: £700m contracts for offshore Scottish wind farm projects awarded

Contracts worth almost £700 million for new offshore wind farms along Scotland's coasts is "one of the biggest, most significant days" in the nation's energy and industrial future, Nicola Sturgeon has told Sky News.

The first minister said it was "really exciting" as it was announced 17 projects had been awarded contracts for the leasing of seabeds for the development of offshore schemes.

The nation's largest-ever auction of permits to construct offshore wind farms has seen final awards totalling £699.2m and includes contracts with Scottish Power, Shell, SSE and BP.