{"id":562,"date":"2017-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:28:49","slug":"nng-major-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"NnG to have major impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Study reveals NnG Offshore Wind Farm will make major contribution to Scottish economy<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2,000 jobs for Scotland over four year construction period<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scotland\u2019s next major infrastructure project after Queensferry Crossing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A study of the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm (NnG), carried out by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, has estimated that over the lifetime of the project it will generate an economic impact equivalent to 0.6% of Scotland\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). After the completion of the new Queensferry Crossing, NnG will be Scotland\u2019s next major infrastructure project.<\/p>\n<p>The study into the economic effects of this \u00a32bn infrastructure project also reveals that NnG will create 13,900 person years of employment across its construction and operational phases.<\/p>\n<p>Published today, 28<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2017, the report was commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power, developers of NnG, in order to evaluate and fully understand the project\u2019s impact on the Scottish economy.<\/p>\n<p>The highlights of the study (attached) are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The impact on Scottish GDP (in 2016 terms) is equivalent to 0.6% of the country\u2019s onshore GDP, or \u00a3827.4m over the lifetime of the project<\/li>\n<li>Some \u00a3382m of additional activity will be generated in Scotland\u2019s construction industries, with a further \u00a3440.2m in the services sector.<\/li>\n<li>13,900 person years of employment will be supported by NnG over the course of its lifetime<\/li>\n<li>8,000 person years during its four-year construction phase \u2013 equating to an average of 2,000 Scottish jobs for every year of construction<\/li>\n<li>5,900 person years during its 25-year operational phase \u2013 equating to an average of 236 Scottish jobs for every year of operation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commenting on the study, Dr Stuart McIntyre of the Fraser of Allander Institute, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis study investigated the wider economic impacts on the Scottish economy of Mainstream Renewable Power\u2019s anticipated expenditure on the NnG project. Our study shows that, based on information provided to us about the expected size of this project and the anticipated spend within Scotland, there could be an impact on the Scottish economy over the 30 year lifetime of this project equivalent to 0.6% of Scottish GDP in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Kinsella, Chief Operating Officer at Mainstream Renewable Power, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always known that NnG, as a large scale energy infrastructure project, is important for the Scottish economy. The results of the Fraser of Allander Institute\u2019s study show the full extent of NnG\u2019s impact on the Scottish economy for the first time. The study confirms that NnG will support the creation or retention of large numbers of high skilled, high quality jobs in Scotland during construction and its 25 year operational lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NnG Offshore Wind Farm Coalition, launched this month, has called on RSPB Scotland to abandon its legal action challenging this project and three others. Today\u2019s report shows the full extent of the economic benefit to Scotland put at risk by this ongoing action. I would ask RSPB Scotland to listen to this call and allow the project to move forward into construction. In doing so, Scotland will reap both the economic and the climate change benefits of a green energy project capable of supplying the electricity needs of a city the size of Edinburgh while displacing 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study of NnG, by the Fraser of Allander Institute, has estimated that the project will generate an economic impact equivalent to 0.6% of Scotland\u2019s GDP.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[281],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A study of NnG, by the Fraser of Allander Institute, has estimated that the project will generate an economic impact equivalent to 0.6% of Scotland\u2019s GDP.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spreng Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-28T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-15T09:28:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"885\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"585\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dylan Macdonald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sprengthomson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sprengthomson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dylan Macdonald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/\",\"name\":\"NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-28T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-15T09:28:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/26ee5b118281322f5c2b8b18273f08db\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg\",\"width\":885,\"height\":585,\"caption\":\"Andy Kinsella, chief executive of Mainstream' offshore division\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NnG to have major impact\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/\",\"name\":\"Spreng Thomson\",\"description\":\"Intelligent Creative Communications\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/26ee5b118281322f5c2b8b18273f08db\",\"name\":\"Dylan Macdonald\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a8c40ca44bb9010a060a5ac088c08ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a8c40ca44bb9010a060a5ac088c08ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dylan Macdonald\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/author\/dylan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson","og_description":"A study of NnG, by the Fraser of Allander Institute, has estimated that the project will generate an economic impact equivalent to 0.6% of Scotland\u2019s GDP.","og_url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/","og_site_name":"Spreng Thomson","article_published_time":"2017-08-28T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-15T09:28:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":885,"height":585,"url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dylan Macdonald","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sprengthomson","twitter_site":"@sprengthomson","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dylan Macdonald","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/","url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/","name":"NnG to have major impact - Spreng Thomson","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-28T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-15T09:28:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/26ee5b118281322f5c2b8b18273f08db"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Andy-Kinsella-Chief-Operating-Officer-Mainstream-Renewable-Power-resized.jpg","width":885,"height":585,"caption":"Andy Kinsella, chief executive of Mainstream' offshore division"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/nng-major-impact\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NnG to have major impact"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/","name":"Spreng Thomson","description":"Intelligent Creative Communications","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/26ee5b118281322f5c2b8b18273f08db","name":"Dylan Macdonald","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a8c40ca44bb9010a060a5ac088c08ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a8c40ca44bb9010a060a5ac088c08ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dylan Macdonald"},"url":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/author\/dylan\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}