January 2018

  Scottish Hydro Electric (part of Perth-based SSE) has got the go-ahead for plans to reinforce the existing power cable transmission system in Grampian. National Grid has recommended that work should proceed incrementally to reinforce and increase the capacity of the existing North East and East Coast transmission system. The Read more

The offshore wind industry is hoping to secure a new deal on subsidies for the sector with the UK government by the middle of ‘this year’. Benj Sykes, joint chairman of the Offshore Wind Industry Council, told a wind-ustry conference in Glasgow that the sector’s promise to hit 50GW of Read more

Scotland’s energy minister has highlighted the planned Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) windfarm off the coast of Fife as an example of the country’s leading position on renewables development. Minister’s backing for major wind farm off Fife

The House of Lords has warned that there is a higher risk of energy black-outs in Britain in a ‘hard’ Brexit when it leaves the EU bloc. The Lords’ Energy and Environment committee also warns that that Brexit will put the UK’s current frictionless trade in energy with the EU Read more

The developer of the £2 billion Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth has announced that it expects the turbines to generate first-electricity in Summer 2018. In the past twelve months, the Beatrice project team has installed all offshore pile clusters, over a third of jacket substructures and more Read more

By David Proctor A north-east surfing club is preparing to fight windfarm developers over fears the project could destroy the “jewel in the crown” of their sport. Moray Firth Surf Riders yesterday said they were concerned about the possibility offshore cables for a massive development could land at Sandend beach. Read more

iSurvey has been awarded contracts totalling £250,000 for work in offshore wind. https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/161964/isurvey-awarded-offshore-wind-contracts-worth-250000/