Guardian: Wind power Scotland launches £70m wind energy fund Funding for ports and shipyard upgrades will stimulate the offshore wind industry and create 28,000 jobs, Alex Salmond says Ports and shipyards in Scotland are being given £70m to help tackle a multibillion pound funding gap facing the offshore “green economy”, Alex Salmond has announced. The first minister said the investment fund would allow Scottish ports and windfarm factories to upgrade their facilities to meet the immense challenge…