SSEN awards flexibility contracts to hydro and wind plants

It is the first contract to be awarded to a wind generator by SSEN

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Plans submitted for 38MW wind farm on the Isle of Skye

The Ben Sca Wind Farm would consist of nine turbines, capable of generating enough electricity to power around 34,500 homes

Target date set for £35m tidal energy farm

UK tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines has today set a target of 2013 to install Scotland’s first tidal energy farm. The company, which designed and deployed the world’s first commercial scale offshore tidal stream energy system in Northern Ireland, is investigating the feasibility of a tidal farm in Kyle Rhea, a strait of water […]