GreenPower is delighted to support the Powering Futures Schools Challenge Programme in 2025. Following its successful involvement in Powering Futures’ Schools Challenge Programme in 2024, GreenPower has once again joined the programme in 2025 as a Schools Partner with a particular focus on Oban High School in Argyll. The Challenge Programme is a project-based, interdisciplinary […]
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Celebrating Scotland’s Eco Warriors
The RSPB’s Nature of Scotland Awards Dinner was held on the 28 November and is the chance to recognise those who dedicate their time and effort to help nature thrive. With over 400 guests in attendance the evening was a great chance to celebrate and enjoy the wonderful films that showcased some of the amazing […]
Badge of Honour – brings well deserved recognition
The Committee for the Scottish Downhill Association for Mountain Biking is made up of volunteers who put in their time and energy to make the SDA race series one of the best in the UK. At the recent Scottish Cycling Awards Dinner, the Chairman of the SDA Colin Houston received a special Award in recognition […]
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 […]
GreenPower support Mòd an Òbain 2024
Independent Scottish based renewable energy company GreenPower are delighted to be a sponsor of this year’s Royal National Mòd. To be hosted in Oban, The Mod is Scotland’s premier celebration of the Gaelic language, culture and heritage. GreenPower has had a long association with this part of Argyll and Bute. One of our earliest wind […]
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 […]