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The timing would have rarely go wrong. Only a week after Boris Johnson helped large-scale expansion of offshore wind farms to power all UK homes, the National Grid was forced to issue a rare warning. “The unusually low wind power that coincides with the shutdown of many generators means that Read more
By Scott Reid The 50:50 partnership will harness the “wealth of expertise” that both companies have within the wind energy sector and support their “mutual growth ambitions”. As well as powering up to one million homes, the Inch Cape offshore wind farm development is poised to play a key role Read more
MSPS have called on the SNP to fork out more funding to kickstart a green recovery from the pandemic – while ministers have been told to “co-ordinate and finance a sufficiently large investment stimulus” from Boris Johnson’s government. The Scottish Government has committed to harnessing a low carbon economy as Read more
FRESH concerns have been raised about Scotland’s ambition to be the Saudi Arabia of renewables with a wind-farm jobs bonanza, as fears grow over the future of another key taxpayer-supported company. It has been confirmed that South Korean-owned CS Wind, Britain’s only UK facility for manufacturing onshore and offshore wind Read more
Developers have until 31 March 2021 to submit detailed tenders to build offshore windfarms on sites identified as suitable in the Scottish government’s Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) that was published last week. The long-awaited strategic plan identifies sustainable options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland Read more
The Spanish electricity group that owns Scottish Power plans to invest €75 billion globally by 2025, doubling its renewable energy capacity. Iberdrola said that it would spend at least €34 billion on developing about 28 gigawatts of renewables, taking its capacity to 60 gigawatts by 2025. Onshore wind farms will Read more
Very few offshore wind turbines have so far been decommissioned anywhere — and little significant activity is expected on that front until the end of the current decade. When large-scale activity starts to gain momentum, the primary focus is likely to be the repowering of existing farms with only partial Read more
A Caithness renewable energy researcher has told a TV documentary that he feels onshore wind turbines enhance the landscape. Magnus Davidson, a research associate at North Highland College UHI’s Environmental Research Institute in Thurso, also made it clear that he sees no problem with further wind developments in the area. Read more