The world's largest wind farm will be built in Scotland. The government agreed to the construction site

The Scottish government has given permission to build the world's largest wind farm at sea. This decision was made a few days after the US President Donald Trump visiting Great Britain was critical of this project. Environmentalists warn that the investment is a threat to sea fauna.

Sky News informed about the decision on the construction of the wind farm, which was made on Thursday. Construction is planned off the East Lothian coast in south-eastern Scotland, which borders with the capital of Edinburgh.

The investment includes setting 307 wind turbines. They are to provide 4.1 GW of power, which according to estimates is twice as much as you need to power each house in Scotland. According to the developer and operator of this farm, SSE Renewages The project can bring about 8 billion pounds of profit of the British economy and create over 9,000 jobs. The construction of the power plant is to be completed by 2030.

As Sky News notes, the government's decision was made only two days after the end of the US President Donald Trump in Scotland. During his stay, the American leader repeatedly referred to wind farms, calling them “fraud”. He described the turbines along the Scottish coast as “one of the ugliest seen.”

According to local media, such an opinion may be associated with the fact that One of his golf centers in Turnberry, in Western Scotland, is located near such a power plant. It is known that Trump raised the issue of renewable energy during a conversation with the first Scotland minister John Swonney on Tuesday during a meeting in Aberdeenshire, just before departure to the USA. The media assessed this conversation as a fiasco lobbying on the part of the American leader.

The “Scotsman” newspaper announced on Friday that The creation of a Berwick Bank wind farm can have “catastrophic” effects on sea fauna. The turbines will be located about 32 km from the world -famous sea bird colonies St. ABB's and Bass Rock, of which the latter is famous for the colonies of silly. According to the daily, it is estimated that over 30 thousand work of this wind farm during 35 years of operation. collisions with birds.

Activists for environmental protection emphasize the irony of the situation in which The project aimed at solving the climate crisis threatens to cause serious damage to wild natureincluding species whose population drops drastically.

SSE Renewages was obliged to present a plan to counteract the possible impact of a wind farm on sea birds, which must be approved by the ministers before construction.

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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