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Financial close reached at Inch Cape flagship offshore wind project

Published 16 hours ago

The flagship Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm project has reached financial close raising more than £3.5 billion of funding, the equal joint owners ESB and Red Rock Renewables announced today.

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Pilot to support oil and gas workers transition to renewables

Published 5 days ago

Oil and gas workers seeking to transition into careers in renewables and clean energy will be given additional support under a pilot scheme launched today.

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Sarens PSG lays foundations for offshore wind success in groundbreaking study

Published 5 days ago

Sarens PSG’s new Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone has been chosen as the base for a major study aimed at enabling the rapid and cost-effective deployment of floating wind turbines in the North Sea on an industrial scale.

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Van Elle signs £30m agreement with Wood for delivery of electricity transmission schemes

Published 1 week ago

Ground engineering contractor Van Elle has signed an eight-year partnering agreement with energy group Wood Transmission & Distribution to deliver piling and foundations across transmission schemes in Scotland.

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Apollo’s revenue hits £12m as it diversifies beyond oil & gas

Published 1 week ago

Energy advisory and engineering consultancy Apollo Engineering Consultants has reported a 20% increase in revenue to £12 million for the year ending 31 March 2024.

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Plans lodged for Kilwinning battery energy storage facility

Published 1 week ago

Plans have been submitted for a new battery energy storage system facility in Kilwinning.

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Ventex-backed Rovtech acquires VALOR ROV

Published 2 weeks ago

Rovtech is to acquire the VALOR Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) business from Seatronics in a deal worth seven figures.

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£800m deal to build Europe’s largest battery storage projects in Scotland

Published 2 weeks ago

An £800 million deal has been agreed to create two further Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sites in Scotland – each of which is the largest in Europe.

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ILI Group wins consent for 100MW BESS in North Ayrshire

Published 1 month ago

ILI Group has secured Section 36 planning consent for its 100MW Flemyland battery energy storage system (BESS) project in North Ayrshire by Scottish ministers.

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Balfour Beatty to help unlock renewable energy capacity between Scotland and England

Published 1 month ago

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract by Prysmian to install 68 kilometres of high voltage direct current land cables from Fraisthorpe Sands to Drax in North Yorkshire as well as an additional 1 kilometre of HVDC land cable at Peterhead.

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UK Government sets out pathway to clean power energy system by 2030

Published 1 month ago

The UK Government has published an action plan that sets out its pathway to a clean power energy system by 2030.

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£150m offshore wind capital investment to unlock private sector growth

Published 1 month ago

Record funding of £150 million capital investment from the Scottish Government will support the growth of the offshore wind sector and support thousands of well-paid, green jobs across Scotland over the next decade, acting net zero and energy secretary Gillian Martin has said. 

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SSEN Transmission plans £22bn ‘mission-critical’ infrastructure investment

Published 1 month ago

SSEN Transmission has unveiled plans to deliver at least £22 billion in mission-critical grid infrastructure, supporting up to 17,500 jobs in Scotland and adding up to £7bn of value to the Scottish economy.

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Pioneering floating offshore wind farm project hits major milestone

Published 1 month ago

One of the world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind projects is on track to be built in Scottish waters after the team behind it hit a major milestone.

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Highland clean power scheme scoops Scottish Green Energy Award

Published 1 month ago

A pioneering clean power scheme that has cut fuel poverty in 250 Highland homes has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry.

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