RENEWABLE ENERGY
UK ‘must stop blowing hot and cold on wind farms’
OEG Energy started in oil and gas but began diversifying and is developing an international wind farms business
OEG ENERGY
One of Britain’s largest offshore wind farm services suppliers has warned that the country’s leading position is at risk if the government’s “stop, start” approach to the industry does not change.
John Heiton, chief executive of $330 million (£269 million) turnover Aberdeen group OEG, said the failure of this year’s public auction for new offshore wind projects and difficulties faced by European developers and tier one suppliers required action or those companies could shift their focus elsewhere.
“You want to invest where you can see a recurring level of spend, which has always been the UK’s problem,” he said. “We tend to be a bit stop, start. We always think something is a good idea and then it gets a bit expensive and we say
