Speyside residents have demanded face-to-face talks with the head of an energy giant amid claims they are being short-changed by £16million. Communities in the area will benefit from the massive Dorenell Wind Farm that is currently under construction about five miles from Dufftown. However, developers EDF Renewables have only offered Read more…
The boss of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm has said that he believes the development could ‘change the history’ of the city. New wind farm can be game-changer for Aberdeen, project boss says
Wind farm workers are putting themselves in mortal danger if safety training is not kept up to date, a new study has found. Regular safety training could prevent wind farm deaths, study claims
ON the lid of a water butt, John Martin is tracing the ear markings of his sheep, explaining how every crofter on Lewis once cut their own mark to help identify their animals. The Wind of Change: Islanders divided over French energy giant’s blueprints for giant turbines in the Hebrides
We know you are all eager for more information on the Milnes’ Noise Nuisance case. This will be released in due course but for the moment we have been authorised to publish the following statement from their lawyers: The Sheriff has determined in a written judgment that the Milnes have Read more…
Blundering wind farm bosses could be hit with a convoy bill of up to £180,000 after ordering turbine parts in the wrong size. Convoy chaos will be repeated on the A96 after a wind farm firm ordered the wrong parts
Scots industrial magnate Jim McColl was among the VIP guests at the recent opening of the new Moventas factory in Finland. Moventas – which manufactures gears for wind-turbine generators – is part of McColl’s Clyde Blowers Capital group and this new factory will create up to 100 new manufacturing jobs. Read more…
Norway’s state-owned oil company is in preliminary talks aimed at securing planning permission to build a second floating offshore wind-turbine farm in Scotland. Equinor – still better known as Statoil – successfully developed the technology for, and installed, the world’s first floating offshore wind-farm off Peterheid last year. It said Read more…