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Insights for Argyll on craft to come for offshore renewables
The Carbon Trust has been running a competition for new designs for craft supporting the operation of offshore wind Continue reading
Your News Gets into the News
We’ve been working on ways to get stories from our readers into the main news flow as easily and transparently as possible. Continue reading
Apple now world’s biggest technology company
Apple is now valued at £152 billion, £2 billion more than Microsoft, Continue reading
Council agrees 2010-11 Asset Management and Capital Plan
With implications for Campbeltown, Helensburgh and Mull, Argyll Continue reading
Renewable energy: capacity and technology is there but…
(updated below on 17th December) … where is the infrastructure – the investment in the infrastructure? Continue reading
Isle of Lewis to host one of world’s largest ‘wave farms’ generating renewable energy
It has just been announced that Sladar on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides is to be the location for a wave farm generating up to 4MW, enough to power around 1,500 local houses.
The project is a collaboration between npower Renewables and Wavegen and is expected to generate not only electricity but about 70 jobs in the area. It is one of the first marine renewable energy projects to be approved in the UK.
First Minister, Alex Salmond, announcing the go-ahead, said: ‘Today’s announcement is a significant step in Scotland’s journey to become a world leader in renewables’. Director of the conservation body WWF Scotland, Richard Dixon, said: ‘Scotland is a world leader on wave power and continued support for these green energy scheme will deliver huge export benefits in technology and expertise’.