Dozens of Scottish wind turbines change hands in £50m deal
Fifty small-scale, single wind turbines scattered across Orkney, Lewis and Shetland have changed hands as part of a £50 million deal.
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Transocean Winner: Operation to move rig is temporarily suspended
Increasingly rough conditions at sea have caused the operation to move the Transocean Winner to be temporarily suspended.
Jobs boost expected for Lewis as Bifab scores £100m Beatrice contract
A boost for jobs at a fabrication yard on Lewis was welcomed as “excellent news” after its owner won a £100million contract.
Engie pays £3million to Scottish island community after halting windfarm
An island community is celebrating a £3million windfarm payout - without a single turbine being built. A French company will pay up as part of a "golden au revoir" deal after scrapping its £200million proposal for the Eishken estate on Lewis. Engie, previously trading as GDF-Suez, abandoned the project last October, blaming uncertainty about the laying of a connecting subsea cable to the mainland for its decision.