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Implications of Highland Council’s Social Value Charter
Our analysis finds that the Social Value Charter will cost the Highland economy £2 billion as 4 out...
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BiGGAR Economics was commissioned by SSE Renewables to consider the economic impact of four of their projects in the Great Glen. The study considered the jobs and gross value added (GVA) that these projects generated by analysing the contracts that were awarded during the development construction and operation of each project
The results of this study were published by SSE Renewables on the 8th June.
The four projects that were analysed were:
The development, construction, and operation of these projects have generated and will continue to generate substantial local, regional, and national impacts. Companies from across Highland secured work from these projects including significant civil, electrical and service contractors. This included many companies within the Great Glen.
Our analysis found that during the development and construction phase it was estimated that the four projects supported:
This economic activity includes the contractors directly employed to build the four projects, and it also includes the wider economic impact associated with these companies spending in their supply chain (the indirect impact) and the spending of their employees in the wider economy (the induced impact).
There would also be long-term economic impacts associated with the projects as a result of the OPEX, which includes the direct, indirect and induced impacts. It was estimated that in an average year, the projects would support:
The analysis also found that the three wind farms secured a greater share of their contracts from local suppliers than the average for wind farms across the UK. For example, 37% of the total lifetime contract value is expected to be secured within Highland for the three wind farms that were assessed. This is significantly higher than the industry average, where 27% of lifetime contracts are typically secured within the Local Authority in which the wind farm is built.
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