Pressure is building on an energy firm who want to build overhead power lines through the Moray countryside. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/986546/moray-msp-joins-calls-underground-cables-investigated-connect-windfarm/
Conservation charity John Muir Trust said it will take no further legal action over a planned 67-turbine wind farm in the Highlands. http://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/13807/john-muir-trust-abandons-highlands-wind-farm-legal-action/
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is creating a digital clone of its 7MW Levenmouth demonstration wind turbine in Scotland. http://renews.biz/103615/catapult-clones-levenmouth-giant
The government has today released its 2016 Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), which outlines the full sources of British and Scottish energy in 2015 The statistics show that renewable power made up 24.6% of UK electricity in 2015, up 5.5% on 2014. But the figures also show that nuclear Read more
Air traffic services company NATS has signed a contract to provide radar mitigation services for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off the Aberdeenshire coast. The mitigation solution will see NATS ‘blanking’ the EOWDC development on its Perwinnes radar and the installation of a wide area multilateration radar system Read more
Renewable developers are demanding urgent action from Scottish ministers to ensure a major windfarm off the Fife coast goes ahead. http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/renewables-giants-fight-for-major-fife-windfarm/1265102#.V5nCV4-cFPY
A DECISION to uphold a legal challenge against wind farm developments could be subject to an appeal. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/guild-im-hoping-wind-farms-will-get-go-ahead/
Scotland-based Natural Power has delivered an independent energy yield assessment for financing purposes on behalf of SunEdison Norway for the Tellenes Wind Farm. The energy generated by the project has been purchased by Google for a 12-year period to supply its European data centres. An independent energy yield assessment is Read more