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Caithness-Moray transmission link project was worth £4.5m in hotel stays

Caithness-Moray transmission link project was worth £4.5m in hotel stays

Caithness-Moray transmission link project was worth £4.5m in hotel stays

29 July 2020

A four-year project to create an undersea transmission link led to more than 90,000 overnight hotel stays in Caithness, Sutherland and Moray.


Feasibility funds awarded for private kill service

Feasibility funds awarded for private kill service

Feasibility funds awarded for private kill service

22 July 2020

A group that is pushing to have an abattoir established in the far north has been awarded wind farm funds for a feasibility study on the matter.


Local residents enhance their skills and boost employability with wind farm funding

Local residents enhance their skills and boost employability with wind farm funding

Local residents enhance their skills and boost employability with wind farm funding

16 June 2020

Eleven local residents have received money from a Caithness wind farm to enhance their skills and increase their employment potential.


University team looking at MeyGen impact on marine wildlife

University team looking at MeyGen impact on marine wildlife

University team looking at MeyGen impact on marine wildlife

14 June 2020

Students from the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University are examining the findings of environmental research carried out at MeyGen.


Subsea 7 workers wait for more news on job cuts

Subsea 7 workers wait for more news on job cuts

Subsea 7 workers wait for more news on job cuts

02 June 2020

Employees of Subsea 7 in Caithness are waiting to find out if they are to be affected by 3000 job losses being made by the company worldwide.


Covid-19 money made available through Baillie community benefit fund

Covid-19 money made available through Baillie community benefit fund

Covid-19 money made available through Baillie community benefit fund

27 May 2020

Baillie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has made a sum of money available for a fast-track funding stream to help community organisations.


Seven community groups benefit from Achlachan wind fund

Seven community groups benefit from Achlachan wind fund

Seven community groups benefit from Achlachan wind fund

27 May 2020

Seven community groups working within the Halkirk area have benefited from the Achlachan Wind Farm fund in its first year of operation.


Harbour hoot in Wick for carers and seafarers

Harbour hoot in Wick for carers and seafarers

Harbour hoot in Wick for carers and seafarers

22 May 2020

The Clap for Our Carers in Wick last night was noisier than previous Thursdays thanks to Seacat catamarans in the harbour blasting their sirens.


Energy firm making contact over Achlachan community benefit

Energy firm making contact over Achlachan community benefit

Energy firm making contact over Achlachan community benefit

13 May 2020

Energy firm Whirlwind Renewables is keen to ensure as many people as possible gain from its Achlachan Wind Farm community benefit package.


Caithness village centre and gin distillery benefit from SSE coronavirus response grants

Caithness village centre and gin distillery benefit from SSE coronavirus response grants

Caithness village centre and gin distillery benefit from SSE coronavirus response grants

11 May 2020

Two organisations in Caithness are among those sharing in a £550,000 package of community support from SSE as part of its coronavirus response.


Caithness plays its part in helping China develop tidal energy

Caithness plays its part in helping China develop tidal energy

Caithness plays its part in helping China develop tidal energy

07 May 2020

Caithness has played a key part in assisting China to develop its tidal energy industry, according to the company behind the MeyGen project.


Collapse of giant crane destined for Moray East offshore wind farm

Collapse of giant crane destined for Moray East offshore wind farm

Collapse of giant crane destined for Moray East offshore wind farm

04 May 2020

The shocking moment a giant crane – destined for Moray East offshore wind farm – collapses was caught in a YouTube video at the weekend.


Beatrice offshore wind farm teams adapt working arrangements

Beatrice offshore wind farm teams adapt working arrangements

Beatrice offshore wind farm teams adapt working arrangements

23 April 2020

The Beatrice offshore wind farm is continuing to operate during the coronavirus pandemic but working arrangements have been adapted.


MeyGen tidal energy project continuing to operate

MeyGen tidal energy project continuing to operate

MeyGen tidal energy project continuing to operate

15 April 2020

The MeyGen tidal energy project off the north Caithness coast is continuing to operate despite the difficulties created by the coronavirus pandemic.


£1.5m grant towards the next phase of MeyGen project

£1.5m grant towards the next phase of MeyGen project

£1.5m grant towards the next phase of MeyGen project

26 March 2020

The company behind the pioneering tidal energy scheme in the Pentland Firth has been awarded over £1.5 million towards the cost of the next phase.


Towheads on the move through Wick

Towheads on the move through Wick

Towheads on the move through Wick

19 March 2020

Two giant yellow structures known as towheads were transferred from Wick Harbour to Wester.


Bright future in the pipeline for Subsea 7 in Caithness

Bright future in the pipeline for Subsea 7 in Caithness

Bright future in the pipeline for Subsea 7 in Caithness

13 March 2020

The future for Subsea 7 at its Caithness yards looks "very positive", according to site manager Willie Watt.


Piling work completed on Moray East offshore wind farm

Piling work completed on Moray East offshore wind farm

Piling work completed on Moray East offshore wind farm

28 February 2020

Moray East has announced the completion of piling work on its 950MW offshore wind farm.


Almost £4 million raised for company behind MeyGen project

Almost £4 million raised for company behind MeyGen project

Almost £4 million raised for company behind MeyGen project

27 February 2020

SIMEC Atlantis Energy, the company behind the MeyGen renewable energy project, has raised almost £4 million in a successful bond issue.


Thurso-based scientist awarded £986,000 for Flow Country research programme

Thurso-based scientist awarded £986,000 for Flow Country research programme

Thurso-based scientist awarded £986,000 for Flow Country research programme

17 February 2020

Thurso-based scientist Dr Roxane Andersen has been awarded £986,000 to undertake a major new research programme into the Flow Country peatlands.


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