TODAY (October 30) presents us with yet another glimpse of Scotland’s electrical future. Both reactors at Hunterston nuclear power station are closed in a routine graphite inspection outage and are due back on grid on November 12 and December 18. The station’s normal output is 956MW. Reactor 2 at Torness Read more…
Application Received Date: 29 Oct 2018 Max Total MW Of Development Applied For: 75 Max Turbine Height: 200 Number Of Turbines Applied For: 15 2 km south west of Barrhill, South Ayrshire http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Written by David McPhee ScottishPower bosses have confirmed that they are “definitely going for” and are “actively engaged” in the offshore wind market north of the border. Offshore wind managing director, Jonathan Cole, and ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson said yesterday that they were looking “with interest” at the Scottish Read more…
Motorists have been warned to expect traffic chaos as huge wind turbine parts are transported through Aberdeen over the next six weeks. The massive pieces of machinery have been delivered to Dorenell Wind Farm, near Dufftown, from the port at Inverness for the past few months. But due to roadworks Read more…
A record £4.8m was paid to wind farm operators in the space of one day, for switching off turbines when it became too windy. More than 60 farms — most in Scotland — were compensated after electricity supply outstripped demand on October 8. The bonanza far exceeded the previous reported Read more…
Written by David McPhee A contractor for a major Moray Firth windfarm project has been accused of shutting out UK workers in favour of “cheap foreign labour”. Contracts seen by Energy Voice, the Press and Journal’s sister website, indicate a number of non-EU nationals on Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL’s) Stanislav Read more…
Rog Wood Farming correspondent THE Scottish Government, acting on the advice of the Tenant Farming Commissioner, has now laid down secondary legislation to bring tenant farmers compensation liability into line with modern farming practices. Welcoming the Scottish Government’s announcement, Scottish Tenant Farmers Association (STFA) director Angus McCall said: “This move Read more…
Many of you will remember John Etherington. The following is a note from David Bruce sent to us by his partner Gillian Bishop. I was very saddened to be told by Angela Kelly that John Etherington has just died. John, who retired as reader in ecology at the University of Read more…