ScottishPower has opened its new headquarters in Glasgow.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended the official opening ceremony at the St Vincent Street building on Tuesday, 11 July.

As well as unveiling its new headquarters, ScottishPower announced it will invest £4 million every day until 2020 to 'future-proof' the UK's electricity system. Overall, the programme will total around £8bn until 2020.

The St Vincent Street building will also at as the company's global base for offshore wind. Experts will work to deliver major projects not only in the UK, but also in the United States, Germany and France.

Ignacio Galán, Chairman of ScottishPower, said: "Glasgow has a long and successful history in innovation and industry and our new headquarters will ensure that the city continues to be a centre of engineering excellence and invention.


"For the first time, we have our expert teams under one roof with a shared purpose to harness low carbon power and deliver digital transformation.

"Along with our skilled workforce, our new HQ will also be an exciting hub delivering our planned £8bn investment in new projects across the UK and beyond. Together we will provide the systems that power the future."

FM Sturgeon said: "ScottishPower's new UK headquarters demonstrates this global company's commitment to Scotland. It's a fitting new home for a company that has been a huge asset for Glasgow, and the wider country, for many years.

"This building houses more than 1600 employees, and ScottishPower has committed to spending £4 million every day to support innovation and the transition to clean energy.

"This level of ambition is an exemplar to our world-leading energy sector. I wish ScottishPower every success in the future as they help us realise our long-term plan for Scotland's energy future, which includes a proposal to meet half of our energy needs from renewables by 2030."

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