The future of hundreds of proposed offshore renewable energy jobs in Tayside still hangs in the balance as a legal battle over the protection of birds continues.
The saga has been going on for more than three years.
Permission to build four major offshore windfarms in the Firth of Tay and Firth of Forth was granted in October.
The proposed Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo projects sparked jobs hopes.
But a report by Marine Scotland late last year indicated that the work could kill up to 3,000 birds every year including rare species.
As a result, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland launched legal action in January in a bid to have the proposed projects cancelled.
The case was heard through the end of May and the beginning of June.
But both parties are now forced to wait anxiously for the verdict, with no estimated date set for its release.
