First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP has today spoken of the Scottish Government’s commitment to being a partner with the offshore wind industry to “unleash its potential for every single person living in this country”. In his ministerial address to Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wi
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Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll held its first UK SPARK innovation challenge in Glasgow last month.
SSE Renewables’ flagship onshore wind project in Shetland has seen more than £70 million spent so far since work commenced in 2020. More than 70 companies in Shetland have benefitted from their involvement in Viking Wind Farm with the spend also benefitting the wider Scottish a
Another landmark has been achieved at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.
Six projects currently under development in Scotland will more than double the UK’s pumped storage hydro capacity to 7.7GW, create almost 15,000 jobs and generate up to £5.8 billion for the UK economy by 2035, a report by Scottish Renewables and BiGGAR Economics has found. ‘The Eco
Plans have been submitted for one of the world’s biggest wind farms in the Firth of Forth capable of providing power to more than five million homes.
The Seagreen offshore wind farm off the coast of Angus has generated power for the first time. SSE Renewables and its partner TotalEnergies said the first Vestas turbine of a total of 114 was commissioned and connected to the grid in the early hours of Monday morning.
An investigation is underway into the death of a 23-year-old man at a construction site in Shetland.
Energy services company Global Energy Group has today announced its investment in the UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility to be built at Port of Nigg.
Montrose Port Authority and Seagreen Wind Energy Limited marked St Andrew’s Day with the burial of a time capsule celebrating a major milestone in a development serving what will be Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm, 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus. Pupils from Ferryden Primary
COP26 is being powered by 100% renewable energy generated at SSE’s Griffin Wind Farm in Perthshire. The energy supplied to the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) venues hosting the summit has been traced back to the Scottish wind farm, confirming that the mains energy being used by delegates is
SSE Renewables has taken a key step forward in the planning process for its Berwick Bank Wind Farm, highlighting how it will reduce the impact of the site on key seabird populations.
The development of SSE Renewables’ proposed up to 1.5GW pumped hydro storage scheme at Coire Glas in the Great Glen has reached another landmark with the confirmation of the tenderer shortlists of contractors for the civil engineering and mechanical and electrical works. Subject to finding the
SSE Renewables is to invest almost £50 million over the next two years to repower the existing Tummel Bridge Hydro-Electric Power Station with modern and efficient turbine technology.
A new independent report has today set out a series of five recommendations to transform how Scottish companies secure work in offshore wind.