A new resource has been launched which will allow citizens, communities, professionals and business to access comprehensive information about any piece of land or property in Scotland for the first time. http://www.scottishhousingnews.com/18034/landmark-launch-for-online-scottish-land-information-service/?ct=t(PAS_Ebulletin_31_July7_30_2015)#
A 150-mile long electricity grid cable built to transmit renewable-energy generated electricity from the Highlands to the Central Belt has won a Scottish national award. The Beauly-Denny transmission project won the ‘Greatest Contribution to Scotland’ award at the Saltire Civil Engineering Awards. Beauly-Denny is the longest transmission line to be Read more…
Renewable electricity’s share of generation reached a record 29.8% of the UK mix in Q2 2017, while output from coal fell 50% to a record low of 2.1% – according to the latest quarterly energy trends published yesterday by the UK government. Renewables’ share of electricity generation increased from its Read more…
The Neart na Gaoithe Coalition of renewable energy supply-chain companies organisations – which joined together to demonstrate industry support for an offshore wind farm proposed for a site 10 miles off the coast of Fife – has reached 50 members since being formed ten weeks ago. The coalition comprises companies Read more…
The Greencoat UK Wind investment trust has raised £340 million after investors scrambled to take part in the first of a series of share placings by the listed renewable energy infrastructure fund. As a result, Greencoat, which buys British wind farms, will issue 291 million ordinary shares at a Read more…
The consortium of French and Portuguese energy companies developing the Moray Firth-East offshore wind turbine farm has provisionally awarded a major cabling contract for the 950-MW development. Royal Boskalis Westminster NV subsidiary VBMS will supply and install inter-array cables for the 950-MW wind farm – if it proceeds into construction Read more…