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Scottish Renewables: More pylons needed to cut energy bills

Published 1 year ago

Scotland urgently needs more pylons, power lines and substations to cut energy bills, create energy security and tackle climate change, Scottish Renewables has said.

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Ten companies join Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc to drive sustainable mobility and decarbonisation

Published 1 year ago

Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP), a collaboration between Michelin, Dundee City Council, and Scottish Enterprise, has selected ten pioneering companies for its latest accelerator initiative, aiming to enhance sustainable mobility and promote decarbonisation.

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Mainstream Renewable Power partners with Ocean Winds on second ScotWind site

Published 1 year ago

Renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds have partnered to develop a second ScotWind site of 500 MW east of Shetland, expanding the overall footprint of the Arven Offshore Wind Farm to 2.3 GW.

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Jones Bros gets started on major East Ayrshire wind farm contract

Published 1 year ago

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has began work on the 49-turbine North Kyle Wind Farm in East Ayrshire which will have the capacity to power more than 160,000 households.

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EDF signs seven-year PPA with North Kyle onshore wind farm

Published 1 year ago

EDF has signed a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with developer Brockwell Energy to purchase renewable energy from North Kyle onshore wind farm, which is currently under construction in East Ayrshire.

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Wood Group’s contract wins drive positive momentum in financial forecasts

Published 1 year ago

Aberdeen-based oil engineering firm Wood Group has raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts on the back of a series of significant contract wins.

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UK government urged to support Scottish pumped storage hydro plant

Published 1 year ago

The Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for energy, Neil Gray MSP, has called on the UK Government to give developers the certainty they need to invest in a new generation of pumped storage hydro plants, a move which could create almost 15,000 jobs and enable more renewable electricity to come online.

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Global Wind Projects commences delivery of 54 turbine towers for NnG Wind Farm

Published 1 year ago

Onshore wind turbine crane and installation services provider Global Wind Projects has commenced work on what is its first offshore wind project.

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VINCI Energies amplifies Scottish influence with NorPower acquisition

Published 1 year ago

Pictured (L-R): Neil Lamont (operations director, NorPower), Scott Van Der Vord (CEO, VINCI Energies UK & RoI), and Alistair MacLeod (managing director, NorPower)

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Lawyer issues tender costs and supply chain warning amid upcoming gas and oil boilers ban

Published 1 year ago

An upcoming ban on the installation of gas and oil boilers in new buildings in Scotland has prompted a construction lawyer to urge contractors to consider the implications when pricing projects or agreeing to completion dates.

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Hugh Yendole appointed project development director for Salamander floating wind farm

Published 1 year ago

Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 have appointed Hugh Yendole as development director for Salamander, a pioneering floating offshore wind joint venture.

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Solar panels funding to be limited to homes with renewable heating systems

Published 1 year ago

The Scottish Government is to limit funding for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems to properties that include renewable heating systems.

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ASCO Group acquired by private equity firm Endless

Published 1 year ago

Private equity firm Endless LLP has acquired ASCO, an Aberdeen-based firm that offers integrated supply base operations to the energy sector, for an undisclosed sum.

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Nuclear services firm JFN Limited falls into administration

Published 1 year ago

Glasgow-based nuclear services firm JFN Limited, which was sold earlier this year for just £3, has gone into administration.

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Johnston Carmichael appointed administrators of Sustainable Marine Energy Limited

Published 1 year ago

Graeme Bain and Donald McNaught, of accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael, have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Scottish renewables company Sustainable Marine Energy Limited (SME).

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