EnergyChina's Ming Yang extends UK reach with Scotland turbine factory plan
Chinese role in critical infrastructure questioned as London faces heat over Beijing ties
Ming Yang Smart Energy Group is planning to invest 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility near Inverness in Scotland. (Ming Yang Smart Energy Group)
CHRIS DORRELL
October 17, 2025 12:10 JST
LONDON -- China's Ming Yang Smart Energy Group has unveiled a plan to build the U.K.'s largest wind turbine factory at a time when the British government has come under pressure over its courting of Beijing, raising questions about London's ability to meet its green energy targets without Chinese involvement.