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Double whammy won't blow renewables off course
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Scotland on Sunday
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August 24, 2008
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FOR Enterprise Minister Jim Mather and the Scottish Government,
events of the past week have left a big hole in plans to turn the
country into a global leader in the renewable energy industry.
On Friday Mather flew to Kintyre hoping to rescue Scotland's only
wind tower factory near Campbeltown following a decision by Danish
firm Vestas to halt production at the plant.
Vestas, the world's biggest wind power solutions company with a
market share of 23 per cent, is struggling to make the Scottish
factory profitable due to a lack of orders and is now in
consultation with the 92 employees.
Mather held talks with the staff, unions and management in a bid
to salvage the operation but is already ...