We’re absolutely delighted that the Dundonald wind turbine, wholly owned by the Ore Valley Housing Association Limited, won the ‘Best Community Project’ Award at The Scottish Green Energy Awards at a prestigious ceremony at the EICC on December 6. Locogen has worked alongside OVHA on the Dundonald wind turbine project right from the initial idea, […]
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Locogen are delighted with the news that one of our clients, Ore Valley Housing Association (OVHA) has been nominated for ‘Best Community Project’ at the Green Energy Awards, to be presented at the EICC in Edinburgh on December 6th. It’s an outstanding project, which delivers for OVHA, the community and Scottish government across a number
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The Glenshee Ski Centre, located in Aberdeenshire, is a winter sports hub for those in the Scottish Highlands and further afield. After a competitive tender exercise, Locogen are delighted to have secured a contract to provide a full investment grade business proposal for an innovative off-grid wind and energy storage project at the centre. The
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According to the National Grid, local generation could make up more than two thirds of the total capacity of the energy system by 2050. This is the prediction for one of the four ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ just published by the UK System Operator. This ‘Community Renewables’ outcome would deliver rapid decarbonisation as well as substantial
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It’s great to see that the Coigach community interest company is raising £1.75 million through a bond issue with Triodos Bank. Locogen was appointed project manager for the community energy project back in 2015 and took the project all the way through to installation and commissioning in March 2017. Since then, Locogen has provided asset
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Our wind farm asset manager, Bojan Jevtic, on the importance of wind farm site safety visits and how they are conducted. Bojan holds a BEng from Belgrade University and an MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from Edinburgh University. He joined Locogen in 2011, working in the development team on planning applications and wind resource assessments.
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The UK wind energy output last week exceeded 10 gigawatts for the first time and then hit a peak of 13.6 gigawatts around lunchtime on Wednesday – 29% of supply. This encouraging data shows the growing importance of wind energy in the UK electricity mix. The figures come from the power generation company, Drax Group, who
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Locogen has been commissioned to complete a feasibility study and develop a full business case for a wind turbine on behalf of the Urras Bharabhais Community Company on the Isle of Lewis The feasibility study commenced with a site visit in early December 2017 and the work is scheduled to be completed by end of
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We are delighted to announce that two projects Locogen has recently worked on have been shortlisted for the Scottish Green Energy Awards 2017: Ben Mor Hydro and Coigach Community Wind. The award ceremony will be held in Edinburgh on 30th November 2017, attracting over 1000 people from the renewable energy industry. Locogen has been shortlisted for the
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Locogen have just commissioned their latest renewable energy development, a wind turbine at Cantlayhills near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. In late 2015 Locogen was approached by a landowner looking for a renewable energy developer to take forward a wind energy project on their land. During the course of this development the UK renewables market has gone through
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