‘UK’s largest’ consumer-owned wind farm under construction

Construction has started at Kirk Hill Wind Farm in Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, set to be operational in early 2024

SSE to power Hunterston Port

SSE Energy Solutions has announced a partnership to provide renewable energy for the proposed development of Hunterston Port and Resource Campus

Consumer-owned wind farm receives £14m boost

Virgin Money has invested £14m to support Ripple Energy in developing an 18.8MW wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland

EDF switches off 46-year-old nuclear power station

The French energy giant will now move into the defuelling phase of Hunterston B in North Ayrshire in Scotland

Hunterston B nuclear power plant’s shut down date brought forward to early 2022

EDF had planned to keep generating electricity from the 44-year-old facility until 2023 but says it will now move into the defuelling phase no later than 7th January 2022

Cracks in the graphite bricks
Cracks in Hunterston B nuclear plant revealed

About 370 hairline fractures have been discovered in the reactor bricks

Animal sludge and waste food to produce renewable energy

In a £13.5m deal, Scottish and Southern Energy is to build Scotland’s largest biomass plant in north Ayrshire, which will use animal sludge and waste food to produce renewable energy. The anaerobic digestion plant, at a landfill site at Barkip, is expected to be operational by next year. It will be capable of processing around […]