Civil engineering contractor Global Infrastructure (Scotland) Ltd. has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract by SSEN Transmission for the design and construction of two strategic storage facilities in Dundee and Inverness.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN) and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) have reached another significant milestone in the development of a new subsea electricity superhighway, as planning consents for all the onshore and offshore elements of the project have been granted by all three local planning authorities.
Scotland urgently needs more pylons, power lines and substations to cut energy bills, create energy security and tackle climate change, Scottish Renewables has said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.