# SSE backs UK's largest offshore wind tower facility at Port of Nigg

SSE provided £15 million debt investment to support the construction of a £110-120 million offshore wind tower manufacturing plant at Port of Nigg, Scotland, by Global Energy Group and Haizea Wind Group. The facility will create 400 jobs and produce up to 135 towers per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-12-03
- Where: Port of Nigg, Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
- Value: $147.0M (110.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 135 offshore wind towers per year
- Products: offshore wind turbine towers
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Global Energy](https://endata.com/companies/7879.md) (partner)
- [SSE](https://endata.com/companies/9249.md) (investor)
- [Haizea Wind](https://endata.com/companies/32032.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [sse.com](https://www.sse.com/news-and-views/2021/12/sse-backs-uk-s-largest-offshore-wind-tower-facility-to-be-built-in-scotland/), 2021-12-01: "SSE is providing substantial financial backing for a new state-of-the-art offshore turbine tower tubular rolling manufacturing plant in the Scottish Highlands with debt investment of £15 million."

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