The transition to renewable energy is crucial in the fight against the global climate crisis and we want to be at the forefront of driving the UK renewables industry forward to make long lasting, sustainable change. Wind With a growing portfolio of onshore windfarms and an extended pipeline of...
1 June 2021 | Online The Climate Change Committee has set out the UK’s path to net-zero and it’s clear we aren’t going to get there without more than doubling the amount of onshore wind capacity we have now. As industry takes on the task of trying to achieve the levels of deplo...
SSE Renewables said. Back in 2012, the company sought consent to erect 26 turbines to expand the original power plant but its proposal was rejected by the Scottish government in 2015. The proposal was later redesigned after the appetite for onshore wind in Scotland...
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“With our offshore wind aspiration set at 11GW, and the potential of an additional 12GW of onshore wind by 2030, Scotland needs a planning system which meets our ambitions. All future developments and ambitions need to be guided by net-zero and the climate emergency. ...
The GIS, which is effectively a big “on and off” switch, will receive the power from the offshore windfarm. The shunt reactors and statcoms will control and smooth the electricity and the transformers will convert the power from 220kV up to 400kV to make it suitable for transfer to th...
30 October 2012 – Scotland aims for 50% renewables by 2015 Salmond, leader of the pro-independence campaign, throws his weight behind the renewables sector while speaking at the RenewableUK's annual conference in Glasgow. 29 January 2013 – Scottish offshore wind nearing 'tipping point', says...
To date, Capital Dynamics has acquired over 150 MW of onshore wind projects developed by Energiekontor, with Strathrory marking the fifth transaction between the parties. “[..] we intend to intensify our collaboration with Capital Dynamics and look forward to future transactions to jointly work...
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc (LON:ORIT) announced on Thursday that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a subsidiary of personal care products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) to supply it with electricity from the 50-MW Cumberhead wind project in Sco...
Just recently, the developers received clearance for a small increase in the permitted size of wind turbines, allowing the use of machines with a tip height of up to 155 metres instead of 145 metres. “The increase in tip height is a relatively modest, but important, change which allows the...