Press release: Major Scottish consortium confirms bid for Orkney and Caithness offshore wind project
A consortium of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer RIDG has announced their ScotWind bid for an offshore wind project at the ‘N1 site west of the Orkney Islands. The two-gigawatt proposal – named the West of Orkney Windfarm – has the potential to power more than two million homes and is currently Read More »
Blog: The need to redirect regulators to reach net zero
We get a lot of visitors coming to see what we are up to in Orkney. In the last few months we have welcomed three UK Ministers, MPs and MSPs of every hue and civil servants from multiple disciplines. I believe all go away impressed by what is going on here and invigorated by the Read More »
Press release: Maritime decarbonisation to cruise forward in Orkney
Orkney is to be the setting for an ambitious seven-month project demonstrating technologies to enable maritime decarbonisation. The £2.2 million HIMET (Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition) project will explore solutions for decarbonising ferries as well as shore-side activities in ports. It is one of 55 projects selected for funding under the Department for Read More »
Press release: European Commission backs Orbital €26.7m floating tidal energy FORWARD-2030 project
The innovative Scottish technology developer, Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) will lead a pan-European consortium to deliver the €26.7m FORWARD-2030 project, set up to accelerate the commercial deployment of floating tidal energy. The FORWARD-2030 project consortium will receive €20.5m of grant support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to develop a multi-vector Read More »
