We continue to work to ensure we meet all applicable regulations,” it said. The £2.6bn Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project has been given the green light for construction by owners SSE (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) (35%) and SDIC Power (25%) after the project reached Financial Close today (23 May). HMRC declined to say whether it was investigating any breaches. All Rights Reserved. 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Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Beatrice is a joint venture led by the privatised utility Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE), and is one of the largest investments made in Scottish infrastructure. It is due to be completed next year. An SSE spokeswoman said: “SSE, and its project partners, take any potential breach of UK immigration law by its contractors extremely seriously and each of [Beatrice’s] suppliers is contractually required to fully comply with UK law, including obtaining all relevant work permits and paying at least the national minimum wage. Workers on Beatrice project in Scotland have included irregular migrants on under £5 an hour, Last modified on Sun 21 Oct 2018 13.19 EDT. “SSE, along with its [Beatrice] partners, took action as soon as the issue came to light to ensure SHL was meeting its contractual and legal obligations.”. The Beatrice demo was built in 2007 as a joint venture between SSE and Talisman. The Home Office said it “agreed to grant a concession as a temporary arrangement, outside of the immigration rules, to workers deemed to be essential to the construction and maintenance of wind farms within territorial waters. “We have been working closely with the Home Office and relevant industry bodies regarding concerns raised around the employment of non-EEA nationals in UK territorial waters. Employing 1,500 people onshore and offshore during construction, the project generated first power in July 2018. Our Role. Posted by miningawareness in Uncategorized, #BattleforBiFab, Beatrice Wind Farm, BiFab, BOWL, BurntIsland Fabrications, China, CIP, coal, Dutch multinational, ESB, Fife, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, Germany, Government of Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Lewis, Netherlands, offshore oil and gas, offshore wind farm, oil and gas, PM Theresa May, Red Rock, renewable energy, RWE, Scotland, SHL, Siemens, SSE, UK, UK Export Finance, wind, News from the Scottish Government: A group of Russian workers recruited as relief crew on the giant crane ship contracted to carry out the initial construction on the Beatrice windfarm were detained by immigration officials at Aberdeen airport in April 2017. SHL deployed one of its giant crane ships, the Stanislav Yudin, to work on the project a few miles from the Scottish coast. http://www.gov.scot/CrownCopyright (Emphasis our own. Indeed ranks Job Ads based on a combination of employer bids and relevance, such as your search terms and other activity on Indeed. The Guardian has identified several other low-paid migrant workers being used on guard vessels for other windfarm construction and offshore cable-laying sites. The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, called on the government to enforce the law and prevent the offshore industry importing cheap labour. The continued need for the concession is kept under review.”, World's largest offshore windfarm opens off Cumbrian coast. They were being brought in to the country on seafarer identity documents, intended for foreign crew leaving UK waters immediately, instead of the official permits required of people from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) entering the UK to work. 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