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Jamie McGrigor (Conservative) | Question S3W-40329
To ask the Scottish Executive whether progress has been made in securing a buyer for the Skykon wind turbine tower factory at Machrihanish.
John Swinney (Scottish National Party)
The First Minister welcomed the announcement on 9 March 2011 that Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Marsh Wind Technology have established a joint venture, Wind Towers Ltd, which has submitted a bid to acquire the Skykon Facility and has secured "preferred bidder" status from administrators, Ernst and Young.
The Scottish Government, Scottish Development International and Highlands and Islands Enterprise have worked closely with SSE and Ernst and Young in order to reach this position
The joint venture partners will now work through details of their bid.