SSE Renewables has poured concrete for the first turbine base for the 440MW Viking Energy wind farm on the Scottish island of Shetland. Eight ready-mix lorries carried the concrete to the turbine site from two batching plants set up nearby, each of which can mix 50 cubic metres an hour. Read more…
By Scott Wright Deputy Business Editor Herald A CAMPBELTOWN wind tower manufacturer, which served the onshore and offshore energy sectors, has collapsed into administration after succumbing to deteriorating market conditions. CS Wind (UK) Limited, based at the Machrihanish Business Park was founded in 2016 following the acquisition of Wind Towers Read more…
On 5th September 2021, the Times printed an article under the heading “Thousands more wind turbines planned for Scots countryside”i. For those of us who feel that the Scottish countryside is already overburdened with ugly industrial scale wind farms (or, as the article puts it, is already “one giant wind Read more…