By Brian Donnelly Business Correspondent Scottish civil-engineers will lead the construction of the country’s newest onshore wind farm following the award of a £67 million contract by Vattenfall. Glasgow-based RJ McLeod will deliver roads and access tracks, electrical infrastructure, turbine foundations and other infrastructure at South Kyle wind farm Read more
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Angus communities are bracing themselves for one of the county’s biggest infrastructure projects after councillors approved plans for a massive underground renewables cable. The connection will bring enough electricity for one million homes from the Seagreen Offshore Windfarm off the Angus coast onto land at Carnoustie, before running 19km underground Read more
More bad news for East Ayrshire Lethans Wind Farm (2019) – East Ayrshire – CONSENTED Wind Farm (Generating station of >100 <200 MW Capacity) Max Turbine Height: 220 Number Of Turbines Applied For: 22 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Larbrax, Leswalt, Stranraer, DG9 0RR Wind Farm Comprising 8 Turbines Up To 110 M To Tip Together With Ancillary Infrastructure Dumfries and Galloway Council (18/0539/FUL) The decision on this case has been issued. The case has been dismissed and planning permission has been refused. Ref No: PPA-170-2139 http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=120260 This decision Read more
A contractor on a major Scottish wind farm development has been accused of not making “suitable arrangements” to deal with an emergency situation. Deme Offshore, brought in by Moray East Offshore Wind Farm to manage the 100-turbine construction project last year, was alerted to the issues related to the Moray Read more
Investment in local renewables and low carbon heat. Additional funding of £5.5 million is being made available for renewables projects to contribute towards a green recovery following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Communities will be able to bid for a share of £4.5 million through the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme Read more
THE CHAIRMAN of local campaign group Sustainable Shetland, Frank Hay, has called SSE’s £580 million investment decision in the controversial Viking Energy wind farm a “cynical attempt” to undermine the ongoing consultation process into the proposed interconnector transmission link. Meanwhile, central mainland councillor Moraig Lyall said that she remained strongly Read more