On 1 August 2011 Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied for consent under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the construction and operation of an electricity generating station and wind turbine / tower and turbine testing project called the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, to be located in Aberdeen Read more
Following the Supreme Court decision to uphold the consent for the 450MW Viking windfarm project on the Shetland Islands, the distribution network operator said it is now preparing to deliver the required transmission cable connection. http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/sse-to-re-route-onshore-cable-for-viking-windfarm/1178693#.Vh4uxnaFOpo
On the same day that a construction industry coalition and fuel poverty charities called for £10bn housing energy-efficiency improvement programme in Scotland, a vulnerable, house-bound, disabled resident in rural Aberdeenshire has sent this letter – in desperation – to Scottish Energy News. See full story here: http://www.scottishenergynews.com/this-will-be-my-third-winter-with-no-hot-water-heating-or-insulation-exclusive-diary-of-a-life-in-fuel-poverty-misery-in-that-shames-scotland/
The Clyde onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire – already one of the biggest such projects in Europe – is set to get even bigger. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/sse-orders-50-new-siemens-turbines-for-clyde-wind-farm-extension-2/
Councillors will decide the fate of a proposed windfarm that could dominate part of the Perthshire skyline. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/campaigners-urge-perth-and-kinross-council-to-reject-major-windfarm-plan-1.904884
Greig Cameron Strathclyde Pension Fund has committed around £50 million to the world’s largest offshore wind investment fund. It was one of the backers in a second round of fundraising by the Green Investment Bank’s offshore wind fund. The £355m secured takes the fund to £818m as it closes in Read more