Weekly update, 4th July
08th
Jul,
2016
Energy & Business Services: • An interesting and innovative tie-up has been announced this week between tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources and onshore wind developer Wind Harvest. The deal will allow Wind Harvest’s 4-turbine Lochend development in Caithness to share access to the recently-connected Ness of Quoys distribution network at times when the MeyGen project […]
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Weekly update, 20th June
25th
Jun,
2016
Energy & Business Services: The MeyGen project in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth has reached another milestone, with Atlantis Resources reporting this week that Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution has connected the MeyGen project to the 33kv Ness of Quoys electricity distribution network. More information is at http://renews.biz/103116/meygen-tidal-powers-up/ Enabling activities: I was really […]
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Weekly update, 6th June
10th
Jun,
2016
Energy & Business Services: A further element of detail is added to the emerging picture of contract awards associated with the £2.6 Bn Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project, with the news this week that Tier 1 supply chain company Siemens has awarded the contract to install up to 84 turbines to Swire Blue Ocean. It is […]
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Weekly update, 9th May
13th
May,
2016
Energy & Business Services: As previously covered in this update Atlantis Resources Ltd has now completed the acquisition of tidal energy assets from Scottish Power Renewables. http://renews.biz/102590/atlantis-seals-tidal-expansion/ I was delighted to meet Cameron Smith of ARL this week, and to take him to meet Scrabster Harbour Trust in a week that the port was very […]
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Weekly update, 11th January 2016
22nd
Jan,
2016
Energy & Business Services: Dounreay Trì Limited is proposing to demonstrate a floating offshore wind farm approximately 6 km NW of Dounreay. The proposal consists of two turbines, located on a single semi-submersible floating platform, with an installed capacity of between 8 to 16 megawatts (MW). It is proposed that a single export cable will […]
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