An agreement has been reached that will lift the threat of administration from troubled engineering firm BiFab, and see work continue on the current contract for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm. A financial package to complete the contract has been provided by Seaway Heavy Lifting, SSE and the partners to the Read more
SHL, SSE fund BiFab rescue Scottish fabricator saved from administration, Holyrood makes loan offer A deal has been agreed that will save Scottish fabricator BiFab from filing for administration, according to the Scottish Government. http://renews.biz/109197/shl-sse-fund-bifab-rescue/
A study published today in partnership between battery developer Eaton, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has found that the cost of generating energy in wind and solar will halve by 2040. Wind and solar costs to ‘halve by 2040’, study finds
A collection of businesses and supporters of the NnG (Neart na Gaoithe) Offshore Wind Farm, known as the NnG Coalition, have published an open letter asking that RSPB Scotland now ‘work constructively with the project’. NnG Coalition publish open letter to RSPB
Farmers in Scotland are being urged to look at wind turbines more like crops and less like a large-scale investment in property. Scottish farmers urged to look at wind turbines ‘like crops’
Written by Stan Arnaud Hopes of a jobs boom at a Highland port have been put on hold after the company behind a £250million floating windfarm off Stonehaven announced it is changing its plans for the project. Construction of concrete bases for the eight-turbine, 50megawatt (MW), Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited Read more
Written by David Proctor Councillors will cast an eye over the site of a controversial wind turbine project near a north-east village. Members of Aberdeenshire Council’s local review body are taking part in an unaccompanied visit to Crimond Camp tomorrow morning. The local authority rejected plans to build the 261ft Read more
‘A first for Scotland’: Sneddon’s Law windfarm blocked over safe water fears Jody Harrison Reporter A MULTI-million pound windfarm development has been halted in its tracks by Law Lords after people living nearby complained the work was polluting the water supplies to their homes. Scotland’s top civil court has rejected Read more