Supply chain jobs could be created in 11 areas of Scotland after they were selected to manufacture around 8,000 offshore wind turbines.
The sites, which include Dundee and Aberdeen, could become the future centres of the UK's offshore wind industry, cited as a key area for economic growth in Scotland.
Scottish Enterprise, with support from Highlands and Islands Enterprise, is running the project which will receive close to £20 billion worth of funding.
Identifying the sites has got the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan, set to create tens of thousands of Scottish jobs, underway.
The areas chosen are Leith, Dundee, Nigg, Hunterston, Aberdeen, Arnish, Campbeltown, Machrihanish, Ardersier, Kishorn, Peterhead and Energy Park Fife at Methil.
Scottish National Party Lothians MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville told the Edinburgh Evening News: "The Firth of Forth windfarm project has potential to create around 700 jobs in building and maintenance, and maybe thousands more further up the supply chain."
Paul Willson, of PB Power, recently told the Telegraph that shortages in the supply chain could cause the ambitious programme to stall.
Written by Kevin Clark
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