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24/10/2023

Witches welcome at Whitelee

ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee windfarm is welcoming back wicked witches, ghoulish ghosts and everything in between to celebrate Halloween.

12/10/2023

Island kids blown away by offshore windfarm STEM event

Children and young people cross Islay, Jura and Colonsay got to learn all about offshore wind during the October school holidays at special STEM* education events organised by ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind project team and Fugro, the company carrying out metocean, wind resource and geophysical surveys for the proposed windfarm.

06/10/2023

ScottishPower Renewables funds Bikeability course for Suffol...

Suffolk County Council is creating a ‘Bike Library’ for year 5 and 6 pupils at Phoenix St. Peter Academy, Lowestoft as part of a pilot project to promote active travel.

04/10/2023

Flying Insect study at Whitelee Windfarm

ScottishPower Renewables is participating in a cutting-edge project that’s studying the genetic diversity of one million flying insects from across the UK and could lead to the discovery of undescribed species.

07/09/2023

ScottishPower Renewables’ EA Hub set to deliver further jobs...

ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Hub windfarm construction projects are set to deliver a further jobs and investment boost for the local region after awarding a major construction services contract to the Stowen Group.

23/08/2023

SPR’s Ed joins Tour of Britain community ride as it takes ce...

ScottishPower Renewables – Official Supporting Stage Partner for Stage 5 – joined local cyclists, businesses and representatives from the Tour of Britain racing teams in Suffolk on Friday 18 August to celebrate the impending arrival of the UK’s leading cycle race.

02/08/2023

Island opportunities to meet SPR’s MachairWind offshore wind...

The team behind ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind offshore windfarm will be back on Colonsay and Islay next week, giving local people the chance to meet the team and find out more about the green energy company’s first offshore windfarm in the region.

24/07/2023

Whitelee Windfarm flying the flag for environmental excellen...

ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee Windfarm has been presented with an international Green Flag Award for a third consecutive year. It’s the only windfarm to receive the accolade, which recognises spaces that meet the needs of the communities they serve.

18/07/2023

Packed supply chain event as businesses explore MachairWind ...

Supply chain businesses from across Scotland packed a special ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in Argyll to hear about the opportunities that could be available thanks to ScottishPower Renewables’ planned MachairWind offshore windfarm.

17/07/2023

Charlie Jordan, CEO ScottishPower Renewables

In just seven years’ time, Scotland has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 75% and more than doubling its renewable energy production.

12/07/2023

ScottishPower to repower Scotland’s first commercial windfar...

After almost 30 years of service, Scotland’s first commercial windfarm has been powered down in preparation of the site being supercharged to help meet the UK’s Net Zero targets.

12/07/2023

Mammal mia!

An innovative project to monitor the behaviour and activity of marine mammals using the waters around ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm is now underway.  

30/06/2023

WEW: Speeding up offshore wind projects

WEW: Speeding up offshore wind projects

30/06/2023

ScottishPower Renewables confirms Seaway7 offshore wind cont...

ScottishPower Renewables confirms Seaway7 offshore wind contract for East Anglia THREE

28/06/2023

WEW: Growth of onshore wind

Our Onshore MD, Barry Carruthers, talks during Wind Energy Week about the future growth in onshore wind via repowering and the support needed to unlock those opportunities.

28/06/2023

ScottishPower Renewables riding high as Suffolk Tour of Brit...

ScottishPower Renewables has been revealed as an Official Supporting Stage Partner for Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain, the UK’s leading cycle race, which will take place in Suffolk – home to the green energy company’s East Anglia offshore windfarm projects.

23/06/2023

ScottishPower Renewables meet politicians at Coal Clough win...

Community benefits and improved energy security were on the agenda as ScottishPower Renewables hosted a visit to Coal Clough windfarm by Antony Higginbotham MP and Ukranian parliamentary representative Volodymyr Kreidenko. 

23/06/2023

Women in Engineering - Alexis Pacot

Women in Engineering - Alexis Pacot

23/06/2023

Women in Engineering - Julie Richmond

Women in Engineering - Julie Richmond

15/06/2023

Metocean surveys underway at SPR’s MachairWind

Metocean surveys are now underway in the vicinity of ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind offshore windfarm project area – off the coast of Argyll – following the deployment of a floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) buoy, metocean buoys and seabed frames by the appointed contractor, Fugro.

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