ScottishPower commits £1.5bn to upgrade Britain's largest onshore wind farm

ScottishPower announced a £1.5bn upgrade to Britain's largest onshore wind farm, the single largest capital commitment to an existing UK onshore wind asset reported this week. Reuters carried the announcement on 22 July but did not publish a capacity uplift figure or a completion date. The scale of the investment signals continued appetite for repowering legacy onshore assets even as new-build permitting timelines remain long in the GB zone.

On the supply-chain side, GE Vernova's wind division reported deeper losses in its latest results, with Renews.biz citing onshore order weakness as the primary driver of lower revenue. Separately, BW Ideol moved to secure Mediterranean floating wind supply chain capacity by signing a fabrication facility pact with French construction group NGE. Recharge News reported that a proposed wooden turbine blade factory (which its developers describe as a world first) has won EU funding, though grant size and production capacity were not specified in the headline or summary available.