• C and F launch heavyweight turbines

    EIRE TURBINE manufacturers C and F Green Energy has launched its biggest machines yet, with a new range of heavyweight machines rated between 200 and 250kW.

  • Wind-powered water treatment

    AN ARRAY of 10 small-scale wind turbines have been installed at Scottish Water's Stornoway waste water treatment works.

  • When the turbine stops...

    WIND TURBINE installers cannot offer the same troubleshooting expertise as a machine's manufacturer – no matter what promises they might make before things go wrong.

  • Gaia sets sail ...

    AT A distance of over 16,000 kilometres, the despatch of an 11kW Gaia-Wind turbine to the South Sea island of Tonga sets the furthest ever distance for an export order for the Scottish-Danish company.

  • Full power at Easter Howlaws

    FOR BORDERS farmer, Mervyn Wallace, the journey to completion of his two wind turbines hasn't all been plain sailing – but he is now delighted with the look and performance of the finished articles.

  • Dingwall takes the lead

    IT MIGHT be one of Scotland's most remote auction marts, but Dingwall has taken the lead in the renewable energy race by being the first to be powered by its own wind turbine.

  • Kingspan Wind – one year old and world famous

    KINGSPAN WIND will celebrate its first birthday in November this year – but the turbine design at the heart of the new brand has already earned an enviable worldwide reputation.

  • Offshore delay could boost onshore wind

    Gordon Stewart, head of renewables for Bidwells in Scotland, argues that offshore renewables are not going to deliver what is expected of them quickly enough – and the Government and its agencies may soon be forced to relax the restrictions holding back further onshore windfarm developments

  • Stornoway wind farm approval

    Planning consent has been granted for a 36 turbine wind farm, a mile to the west of Stornoway, which will generate 129.6 mW of electricity – The development will support 75 jobs in the Western Isles and generate contracts worth £40 million for the local economy, said Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing, who gave his formal approval last week.

  • From Oz to Ireland