Press release: Large-scale green hydrogen facility being considered for Orkney
Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL), the consortium formed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has announced it is studying the use of offshore wind to power the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale on the island of Flotta in Orkney, Scotland. The OWPL consortium has Read More »
Press release: Royal Mail trial delivering mail to North Ronaldsay community by drone via SATE project
This week, Royal Mail has started a trial of scheduled, autonomous flights for two weeks between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay with Windracers Ltd via the SATE project in a bid to better connect remote island communities. The flight trials, which form part of the SATE project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via the Read More »
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 »
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 »
