The growth of the offshore wind power industry continues with major expansion plans for sites around the UK announced recently. One of the large wind farms that is currently in construction off the Scottish coast is the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm. Robin Rigg is being developed by E.ON UK and will have a capacity […]
The first electricity from the Whitelee Wind Farm is already being produced from 20 of the proposed 140 wind turbines that will eventually comprise the entire project. Developed by ScottishPower Renewables, the Whitelee Wind Farm on Eaglesham Moor to the south of Glasgow will eventually have a maximum capacity of 322MW, generating enough electricity to […]
Construction is currently underway at the Greenknowes Wind Farm a wind power project that is being undertaken by ScottishPower Renewables. The Greenknowes Wind Farm will comprise 18 wind turbines and will havea maximum electricity production capacity of 27MW when it is in commercial production. This will provide electricty to power up to 15,000 homes.
The wind […]
There have been a range of proposed wave power demonstration projects announced in the last 12 months using an array of newly developed devices - a list of the devices have been included at the end of this post.
AWS Ocean Energy have been developing their own device - called the Archimedes Waveswing energy system - […]
A planning application has been submitted for a new wave power station on the Isle of Lewis in the UK. The Siadar Bay Wave Energy Project aims to generate 4MW of electricity by harnessing the power in the waves of Siadar Bay.
The project is a joint scheme between npower renewables, one of the UK’s leading […]
Last week I wrote about the proposed 181-turbine Lewis Wind Farm and the approval that was being sought by Lewis Wind Power. The Scottish Government has refused the application to proceed on the grounds that the project did not comply with European law protecting sensitive environments.
Scottish ministers were concerned that the project would have a serious impact […]
