Mainstream Renewable Power still ‘committed’ to £2bn project

Wind and solar energy firm Mainstream Renewable Power remains committed to building a £2bn (€2.39bn) wind farm off the Scottish coast despite losing a critical legal battle.

The Irish firm’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore windfarm is one of four Scottish wind projects now in doubt after a legal challenge by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Scotland was upheld.

A judge ruled in favour of RSPB’s claim and “recognised the huge risks from these four offshore windfarms on Scotland’s internationally important areas for seabirds”, according to RSPB head of conservation policy, Lloyd Austin.