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National Wealth Fund backs Orkney Islands Council’s community wind farm project
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has secured a loan from The National Wealth Fund (NWF) for its six-turbine wind farm at Quanterness. The 28.8MW wind farm will generate electricity which will be exported on to the national grid, supplying…
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Turbine Contracts Awarded for Quanterness Wind Farm
Turbine supply and maintenance contracts have now been signed for Orkney Islands Council’s Quanterness Community Wind Farm. The project was backed by elected members in February and will see six turbines built at the site in St. Ola,…
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Unanimous Decision to Back Quanterness Wind Farm Project
Elected members at today’s Policy and Resources Committee have unanimously given their backing to plans for the Council to build and operate a six-turbine 28.8MW wind farm at Quanterness in St Ola. A similar project at Wee Fea…
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Turbine Talk – Successful completion of Groundwork Investigations in Faray
Orkney Community Wind Farms has reached another milestone with the completion of Groundwork Investigations (GI) in Faray. Central Alliance, supported by local contractors, completed the works in June 2024 marking the conclusion of all land GI works for…
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Turbine Talk – ‘Local authorities have a transformative opportunity to lead on decarbonisation’
A recent report exploring the potential for public ownership of clean energy in North East Scotland highlighted Orkney Community Wind Farms as an exemplar case study of how councils can meet financial challenges while tackling the climate emergency.…
