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Scotsman
27-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Developer urges SMEs to attend £91m workstream event
Businesses across South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire are being urged to be part of a must-attend event offering the chance to be part of a lucrative supply chain for a new wind farm. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Since receiving planning permission in 2022, OnPath Energy's Mill Rig Wind Farm is set to inject £91 million into businesses within a 60km radius over its 30-year lifespan, supporting around 300 jobs. Glasgow-based civil engineering firm RJ McLeod is inviting a wide range of contractors to attend a Supplier Development Programme event, taking place at Rutherglen Town Hall on Wednesday 28 May from 2pm to 3.30pm. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Robin Winstanley, sustainability & community director at OnPath Energy, said: "The Mill Rig Wind Farm will bring substantial environmental, energy security and community benefits to the local area. Alan Wells, senior project manager (OnPath Energy), Lorcan Hayes, contracts manager (RJ McLeod) and Martin Kellerman, construction director (OnPath Energy) 'We're committed to our 'OnPath Together' development approach, which ensures maximum benefit for the local economy by prioritising businesses and suppliers closest to our projects." "This event provides an excellent platform for local businesses and service providers to connect directly with our primary contractor and explore how they can contribute to this significant renewable energy development." A broad range of companies are being encouraged to attend, particularly those offering services such as electrical and plumbing, fencing, steel fixing, and joinery. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Other priority sectors include agricultural suppliers, timber mills, builders' merchants, equipment hire firms, waterproofing and construction contractors, traffic management, and accommodation providers. The Supplier Development Programme will also be on hand to offer free tender training to SMEs looking to secure future work on the project. RJ McLeod has been appointed to deliver the balance of plant contract covering civil engineering, cabling and off-site highway construction. Jamie Corser from RJ McLeod said: 'These kinds of developments are more than just construction projects they bring long-term work, help sustain local jobs and give a real boost to the wider economy. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'This event is a great chance for local businesses to find out how they can get involved and be part of something that will have leave lasting legacy in the area. 'OnPath Energy and RJ McLeod have a strong track record of involving local SMEs in their projects, and that's something we are really proud to be supporting with this event. 'If you think your business could play a part, I'd really encourage you to come along and make those connections.' The six-turbine Mill Rig Wind Farm, located on the border between South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire near Darvel, will have an installed capacity of 33.4MW, enough to power over 45,000 homes annually. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Beyond the immediate economic impact, OnPath Energy's Mill Rig Wind Farm will establish a community fund providing up to £167,000 annually to support local charities and community groups, equating to potentially £5 million over the project's 30-year lifespan. Additionally, £450,000 will be invested in local training and employment opportunities during the first five years of operation. Business representatives interested in attending this free event should register in advance at For more information about OnPath Energy and its community initiatives, please visit To learn more about OnPath Energy, please visit:
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Ardersier secures work on Aspen wind farm off Aberdeenshire coast
A former oil and gas fabrication yard in the Highlands is to play a role in the construction and running of a floating wind farm off the Aberdeenshire near Inverness, is to serve as an assembly, delivery and operations centre for the 1GW Aspen project in the North completed, it would be one of three connected offshore wind farms with a total of more than 300 turbines about 52 miles (84km) east of Cerulean Winds said Aspen would support more than 1,000 UK jobs during its 50-year lifespan. Floating wind farms involve turbines installed on platforms which are anchored to the is being developed along with two other offshore wind farms called Beech and firm Haventus is redeveloping the 450-acre (182ha) yard at Energy Minister Michael Shanks visited the site on the 1970s the McDermott Yard opened at Ardersier on the Moray Firth for the fabrication and construction of offshore platforms for the then newly-established North Sea gas and oil its height the yard employed about 4,500 people but it closed in 2001 as demand Port of Ardersier forms part of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green of Cromarty Firth, another green freeport site, has awarded a £1.5m contract to Glasgow-based civil engineering firm RJ McLeod as part of its £111m expansion McLeod will carry out all pre-construction work for improvements to a quay to allow the port at Invergordon to better serve North Sea wind farms.
