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Renewables
SSE Moving Forward With Major Scottish Offshore Wind Farm
Scottish energy giant SSE said it has government approval to develop an offshore wind farm that at present would be the largest such installation in the world.
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Offshore Wind
First Power Flows from World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
The massive Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will be the world’s largest offshore wind installation when completed, has begun sending power to the UK grid. GE officials on Oct. 10 said the first of the company’s turbines at the site is now operational. Dogger Bank, located about 130 kilometers (81 miles) off the northeast coast […]
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Hydrogen
Projects Underway as Part of UK’s Hydrogen Plan
The UK has a broad plan to develop a hydrogen economy as a feature of its commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Energy analysts have said hydrogen not only could fuel the country’s
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Renewables
SSE Backs Top Power Execs With New UK Renewable Energy Group
A group of energy sector entrepreneurs, supported by a Scottish multi-national energy company, has announced the launch of a business venture focused on rolling out large-scale wind and solar farms across the UK and Europe. Renewco Power on Sept. 22 said it wants to develop more than 4 GW of renewable energy projects in the […]
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News
Carbon Capture Eyed for New Scottish Gas-Fired Plant
Two major European energy companies said they will jointly develop a new natural gas-fired power plant that features carbon capture technology. The 900-MW Peterhead CCS Power Station would be built as part of Scotland’s Net Zero Infrastructure program. SSE, a British utility, and Norwegian energy firm Equinor announced the new plant on May 11. The […]
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News
Small Hydro Innovation Revitalizes Scotland’s Storr Lochs Plant
The refurbishment of Storr Lochs, a small hydropower plant built nearly 70 years ago at an isolated location in Scotland’s mountainous Isle of Skye, has given the project new life and purpose. The reason
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News
RWE Will Close Wales Plant, Leaving UK With Four Operating Coal Units
German utility RWE on August 1 announced it will close its last coal-fired power plant in the UK. The closure of the Aberthaw B power station in south Wales, scheduled by the end of March 2020, means just four coal plants will be operating in the UK. The plant originally was scheduled to be shuttered […]
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Renewables
Voith Completes Modernization of Scottish Hydro Station
Voith in December announced it has completed the modernization of the Mucomir hydropower station in Scotland, and the 20-MW facility is again producing electricity for the Scottish grid. Voith was responsible
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Press Releases
Voith modernizes small hydroelectric power station for one of the UK’s largest renewable energy suppliers
Heidenheim/Spean Bridge. Technology Group Voith has won a contract to modernize the Mucomir small hydroelectric power station in Scotland. Operator is SSE, one of the largest suppliers of renewable energy in the UK. Voith oversees the building, installing and commissioning of the power stations turbine, the replacing of the digital governors and hydraulic units as […]