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Locogen Secures Funding for Four Innovation Green Hydrogen Projects

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Locogen and their partners have successfully secured funding for four innovative green hydrogen projects as part of the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund. The projects will investigate co-locating hydrogen production facilities with onshore solar and wind developments to maximise the use of renewable assets. All four projects have their own innovative objectives, from investigating […]

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Locogen and Eurowind deliver Scotland’s largest refurbished wind farm

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Working with Eurowind Energy, Locogen has helped deliver Scotland’s largest refurbished wind farm. Situated to the east of Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders, the 16MW Howpark Farmhouse wind farm is a new subsidy-free development comprising eight V80 Vestas turbines. First consented in 2018, the Howpark Farmhouse Wind Farm provides a novel approach to challenging economic and site conditions. Howpark

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High Voltage Maintenance and Management for Wind and Solar

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Professional maintenance and management of high voltage equipment for your renewable asset is vitally important, both for safety and efficient generation. Legislation and insurance providers both now demand that proper arrangements are in place to manage your high voltage equipment and conduct regular maintenance. But securing properly accredited high voltage services can be time consuming

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Bespoke Community Wind Turbine Scoops Best Community project at Scottish Green Energy Awards

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We’re absolutely thrilled that that the Bespoke Community Wind Turbine project has won Best Community Project at the 2021 Scottish Green Energy Awards.  It’s been a long road, but ultimately a successful one, resulting in a project, maybe the last FiT  accredited one, that will benefit the community for many years to come.  Read below

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Land lease for renewables after FiT – do the numbers stack up?

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Land Lease for Renewables post feed-in tariff The end of the Feed-in Tariff in March 2019 was a seismic event for onshore renewables. The scheme, focused on <5MW renewable generation, was a huge success. Over the lifetime of the FiT, there were a total of 860,257 solar PV installations (5,127 MW) and 7,561 wind installations

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From First to Last: Cabinet Secretary’s First Turbine launch Could be Last FiT Accredited Turbine in UK

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MSP Michael Matheson, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, joined us on Friday 30th July toformally launch the Bespoke community wind turbine, near his local constituency of Falkirk. This marked the first turbine Mr Matheson has opened since being appointed to his new role; however, it could also be the last

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First Spin for Last FiT Turbine? The Bespoke Community Turbine and a Huge Milestone

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On April 8th, suitably windy and wild, the Bespoke Community Development Company turbine, near Greenrig Farm, to the south of Falkirk, was finally commissioned. It’s not the largest turbine in the world, not by a long shot. But the turning of the blades marked a hugely significant milestone for onshore wind in the UK. The

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