Nick Forrest, Acting Head of Development at GreenPower, is seen below honing his skills for his presentation to Primary 7 pupils as part of Argyll and Bute Education’s initiative to promote interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. GreenPower was invited to take part because the company has an established presence in Argyll […]
Inspirational support for powering the future, now!
Powering Futures Schools Challenge Programme in North Argyll and Stirling, supported by GreenPower During March a 30-week programme for young people, aimed at engendering skills to tackle real-world problems set by businesses, culminated in the final presentations for hundreds of young people across the country. In Oban, local wind farm operator and developer GreenPower, which […]
Renewable Industry Questions Zonal Pricing
GreenPower supports renewable industry efforts to question the benefits of zonal pricing for the energy market, signing a joint letter to the UK Government, which can be viewed here.
GreenPower – Eday exhibition open day thank you
Scottish renewable energy company GreenPower would like to thank all those who attended the open day exhibition last week (19th Nov) on the revised design for the proposed Neven Point Wind Farm on Eday. Sam Layton, Lead Project Manager, said: “The weather was cold, windy and wet, but around 30 people attended the event, and […]
GreenPower Sets Out Commitments to Community on Neven Point Wind Farm
Scottish renewable energy company GreenPower publishes a register of key commitments to the community as it holds the first of two public exhibitions for its wind farm proposal at Neven Point, on the island of Eday. Orkney. A fresh community pre-application consultation kicks off this week based on a revised design. Experienced independent renewable energy […]
Community feedback from GreenPower developments
GreenPower has a vision for a future economy powered entirely by renewable energy. We are a leading independent renewable energy business from Scotland, with 25 years’ experience in renewable projects. We’re committed to making a positive difference and to being a responsible developer and operator. We don’t just build projects, we build relationships with local […]
GreenPower Community Fund Supports Village Halls and Sports Local to Carraig Gheal Wind Farm
Local wind farm operator, and Scottish owned independent renewable energy company GreenPower, is delighted to announce another round of Carraig Gheal Wind Farm community benefit funding awards to local projects in the North Argyll area. Six awards were made by the long established Carraig Gheal Wind Farm Community Fund (CGWFCF) Steering Group chaired by John […]
New Marquee for GreenPower
On the day that the UK closed its last coal fired power station, GreenPower celebrated by setting up our new marquee complete with its ‘climate stripes’. These stripes help to visually portray global temperature trends from 1850 to the present day. Renewable energy is the bedrock of the fight against climate change, driving the transition […]
The End of Coal in the UK
Today, Tuesday 1st October 2024 marks the end of electricity production by coal in the UK – a journey started over 140 years ago by Edison powering strings of lightbulbs in London. Since then, coal has come to define the energy, cultural, and visual landscape of large tracts of the UK. Having studied Mechanical Engineering […]
GreenPower at the Dalmally Show 2024
The Dalmally Show is a key event in the agricultural calendar in north Argyll and as sponsors of the event and operators of the local Carraig Gheal Wind Farm, GreenPower enjoyed the opportunity to host a stand at this year’s event. The stand included a time lapse video of the construction of Carraig Gheal Wind […]