The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you. Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7. The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now. The proposal would be subject to regulatory assessments and public consultation through the relevant legislative procedures. The UKAEA is hoping to have the plant operating in the early 2040s, with initial aims to produce a concept design by 2024.

It is expected to create thousands of highly-skilled jobs during construction and operations, and to attract other high-tech industries to the selected location. STEP, supported by £222 million in funding from the UK Government, aims to design and construct a prototype fusion energy plant capable of providing an environmentally-friendly source of electricity. 'We look forward to welcoming them back to North Ayrshire soon for a further site visit as the deliberations continue.” Ayrshire gamers donate profits to provide mental health counselling sessionsĬouncil leader Joe Cullinane said: “We were pleased to help facilitate the visit which allowed officials from the UK Atomic Energy Authority to see for themselves the size, location, connections to transport networks, grid connectivity and access to skills and academic expertise which Ardeer has to offer.The bid for the North Ayrshire site is being led by the Fusion Forward (Ardeer) consortium, which represents NPL Group and owns the land, North Ayrshire Council and the University of Glasgow. The plant, which would provide unlimited clean energy, could see thousands of jobs brought to the area and provide a huge economic boost to North Ayrshire and Scotland as a whole. It's the second visit to Ardeer as offiicals build their understanding of the site’s potential to host STEP as they make their final deliberations ahead of an announcement, expected in spring next year. Experts have been running the rule over an Ayrshire site on the shortlist to host a prototype fusion energy plant.Ī team from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) arrived on the Ardeer peninsula in North Ayrshire – the only Scottish site and one of five in the UK in the running to host the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) plant.

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