Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farm Project Passes Planning Milestone

Scottish floating offshore wind farm project passes planning milestone

​One of the world’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind projects remains on track to be built in Scottish waters after it passed a major planning milestone.

Shock as Scots farmer threatened with losing his land – for wind farm 300 miles away

A Scots farmer was left shocked after discovering that a multinational energy company could have ripped land away from him to help build a wind farm 300 miles away. Jack Milroy was approached repeatedly by Equinor who wanted to purchase some of his farm in Kirkcolm, near Stranraer, to create a special coastal habitat for sandwich terns. After he repeatedly rejected the company’s overtures, it instead went to the Scottish Government to ask whethe…

Extensions confirmed for two Scottish windfarms

Work has begun to expand windfarms in South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. ScottishPower Renewables have announced they have begun work to extend two of their windfarms. These are otherwise known as: Arecleoch Windfarm in South Ayrshire and Kilgallioch Windfarm in Dumfries and Galloway. Image: Kilgallioch Windfarm Altogether the work is set to add an additional 22 turbines to the sites – 13 to the one in South Ayrshire and nine in Dumfries …