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Blade hub idea for old n-plant site

A NEW wind turbine recycling site at Chapelcross could bring up to 80 jobs to the area

 A cross party group of local MSPs recently wrote to the Scottish
Government to make the case for land at the former nuclear site becoming
the site of a planned specialist blade facility for the decommissioning,
and recycling, of old wind turbine blades.

Colin Smyth, Oliver Mundell,
Emma Harper and Finlay Carson all signed the letter which was sent to
Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray MSP. And Mr Smyth also raised the issue in a
Scottish Parliament debate last week on the green economy, when he
criticised the fact that although Dumfries and Galloway had more windfarms
per head of population than anywhere else in Scotland, few of the jobs from
the renewable industry were based in the region.

In September, Scotland’s
wind energy industry signed the Onshore Wind Sector Agreement with the
Scottish Government. It commits the industry, the Scottish Government and
its agencies to delivering a recycling hub in Scotland to support supply
chains to reuse and refurbish parts from windfarms. Speaking in the
debating chamber, Mr Smyth said: “Using the former nuclear power station
would be a visible example of a just transition in action, and it would fit
in with the Government’s commitment to the Borderlands inclusive growth
deal, with its pledge to make Chapelcross a focal point for clean energy.

 DNG24 3rd Feb 2024

February 5, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable