Energy North

Two local women, Zoe Farquhar and Louise Todd, are following their work dreams thanks to a local wind farm community fund.

A radioactive emission at Dounreay in February "contravened multiple conditions" of its radioactive substances authorisation, it has emerged.

The Caithness-Moray HVDC link will play a major role in achieving emissions targets, Scotland's energy minister Paul Wheelhouse has said.

Six towheads for the Equinor Snorre project have been delivered to Subsea 7's site at Wester, with a further three due to arrive at Wick next week.

Plans for an extra seven turbines at Limekiln Wind Farm near Reay have met with widespread opposition locally.

A wind farm company will investigate the possibility of enhancing high-speed broadband services following a request from Councillor Karl Rosie.

Advice for communities interested in accessing wind farm funds will be available at special sessions on Thursday.

Struan Mackie, deputy chairman of the Dounreay Stakeholder Group, has visited Japan to discuss the impact of nuclear decommissioning on communities.

A new low-emission vehicle is busily making its way along the country roads of the county thanks to Caithness Rural Transport.

A controversial wind farm near Reay will not damage tourism and will generate around £350,000 a year in community benefit, the landowner has said.

The Beatrice offshore wind farm off the coast coast of Caithness is in contention for three honours at this year's Scottish Green Energy Awards.

Scrabster harbour is on the crest of a wave after a fifth record-breaking trading year in a row.

Simec Atlantis Energy's results show that the pioneering MeyGen project exported more than 21 GWh of electricity to the national grid.

A public meeting is to be staged in Wick as part of the consultation into the proposed transmission subsea link to Shetland.

Newly released figures underline that green electricity generation forms "the backbone of Scotland's energy system", according to Scottish Renewables.

Caithness could become a base for training people in operations and maintenance work for offshore wind, Thurso and Wick Trade Union Council has heard.

A councillor has said the planning system is "broken and over-centralised" after he was refused a meeting with the energy minister over a wind farm.

Money from a local wind farm community fund is to be made available to help individuals increase their chances of getting a job.

The operators of the Moray West offshore wind farm have insisted that the project remains viable despite failing to win a Contract for Difference.

The first tidal-powered data centre in the world could be set up in Caithness in the next five years