Locogen’s Planning & Environment team has secured yet another consent for a 1MW wind turbine, but this time for Land Energy at their key production site near Girvan in South Ayrshire. This onshore wind project will help Land Energy, a leading supplier of wood pellets and briquettes, take another step to reach their net zero […]
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Locogen and Ripple Energy were thrilled to share the news that Kirk Hill wind farm was generating power for the first time earlier this year. The 18MW wind farm, located in South Ayrshire, is the largest consumer owned onshore wind project in the UK with 5,600 owners. The Locogen team were honoured to be part
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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The UK government has announced significant increases in the strike price cap for onshore wind, remote island wind and solar PV. The increases will apply for the forthcoming allocation round 6 (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference auction. The strike price for solar PV will increase 30% from £47 per megawatt hour (MWh) to £61/MWh.
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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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The Onshore Wind conference, hosted by RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables at the EICC on 23rd September, brought together key players, policy makers and stakeholders from across the industry. It is a critical time for the renewables industry, with high energy prices and net zero targets looming, and onshore wind has a major part to play in
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There is much reporting, quite rightly, on the terrible impact increasing energy prices are having on domestic households. On 1 October the price cap is expected to rise to around £3,600 and further rises in January could see average annual energy bills hot £4,200 next year. This is an extraordinary increase on the £1,400 cap
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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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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
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
Land lease for renewables after FiT – do the numbers stack up? Read More »