Energy North

THE company behind the MeyGen project in the Pentland Firth is set to start manufacturing a new-style turbine.

The far north is primed to benefit from a huge expansion in offshore wind power, according to Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone.

A major development tied in with renewable energy is about to get underway at Noss Head which will put Caithness at the 'forefront of HVDC technology'

The far north looks set to play a major part of Scottish Government plans to ramp up offshore wind power generation by 2030.

A Dutch firm’s plan to expand the controversial Limekiln Wind Farm near Shebster hit a stumbling block as Highland councillors objected to the plan.

Energy firm Statkraft has opened a virtual exhibition to present its final proposals for Ackron Wind Farm, near Melvich.

Staff at a specialist battery manufacturing organisation based at Thurso Business Park are all charged up after the company won a major industry award

Energy company RES, which is planning a wind farm north-west of Thurso, says it has been encouraged by the level of local support for the project.

Plans for a seven-turbine wind farm between Reay and Melvich have been turned down by Highland Council.

There is a growing belief that waters to the north of Caithness could play host to major offshore wind farms comparable in scale to Beatrice.

Plans are being prepared for a floating offshore wind farm consisting of up to 10 turbines off the north coast at Dounreay.

Potential applicants to the Baillie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund are being reminded that the next round will close at the beginning of next week.

Shocking levels of fuel poverty in the Highlands have prompted Highland Council to demand action to deliver a fair electricity distribution system.

Huge wind turbine components have been transported through the streets of Wick on their way to a renewable energy development south of Spittal.

Caithness councillors visited the assembly yard at Nigg to get an insight into the next phase of the MeyGen tidal power generation scheme.

Vacancies have arisen for local people to serve on several community benefit funding panels linked to Caithness wind farms.

The MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth generated revenues of £4.1 million last year.

Dounreay is enlisting the help of robotics experts as it explores new ways of decommissioning the site.

Two huge towhead structures were transported through Wick this morning as part of Subsea 7's latest pipeline bundle project for the oil and gas sector

More than £40,000 is being given to groups and individuals in the latest allocation from RWE Renewables' Bad á Cheò Wind Farm Community Fund.