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Copenhagen Offshore Partners has set out its plans for a floating wind farm off Dounreay The proposals include a substation and underground cables onshore The site would be near the Dounreay nuclear power complex and HMS Vulcan, a Ministry of Defence facility Highland councillors will be told of the plans Read more
RISHI SUNAK has been accused of a “policy flip flop” by the Liz Truss campaign over his stance on onshore wind power. On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak seemed to have changed his policy on onshore wind farms, prompting his rival in the Tory leadership race Liz Truss to call out his Read more
Alba Party deputy leader Kenny MacAskill has been criticised for a “pathetic stunt” to highlight the “scandal” of electricity from a Scottish wind farm being “siphoned south”. The East Lothian MP posed with a woman in a fancy dress outfit outside the UK Government offices in Edinburgh to “expose the Read more
Residents fear a new extension to an electricity substation near Beauly could lead to a return of noise problems which affected them for years. Highland Council has given the go-ahead for an extension to the 132kv facility at Wester Balblair. SSEN Transmission says the work is needed due to the Read more
Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at the top of a wind turbine in Hull, with smoke being seen across the city. Pictures showed the gearbox section on fire, with the blades also affected. Eyewitnesses described seeing burning debris falling to the ground. The 410ft (125m) tall turbine is on Read more
Octopus has launched a new partnership with wind turbine manufacturer EWT to upgrade 1,000 old turbines of onshore wind farms. After identifying these turbines in England, Scotland and Wales, partners plan to increase their capacity. In the joint announcement, Octopus and EWT stated that the upgrade would mean these wind Read more
A SECONDARY grid connection will be needed for an offshore wind farm. SSE Renewables had already secured a grid connection at Branxton, near Torness, for the Berwick Bank Wind Farm. Now, following a holistic network design review of the British electricity network by National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO), a Read more