Green Breeze Energy Ltd, the joint partnership between GreenPower (Drumduff) Ltd and Thrive Renewables, are delighted to have received accreditation of our Drumduff Wind Farm, near Blackridge in West Lothian. The site was one of the last to be built out under the Renewable Obligation support mechanism and benefitted from a financial grace period. GreenPower […]
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GreenPower Proud to Continue Sponsorship of RSPB Nature of Scotland Community Initiative Award
GreenPower is delighted to be sponsoring the 2018 RSPB Nature of Scotland Community Initiative Award for the fifth year running. This award celebrates outstanding community-based initiatives that benefit nature and reflects GreenPower’s philosphy of “thinking globally, acting locally” and commitment to sustainable communities. Tayport Community Garden were the 2017 winners of the Community Initiative Award […]
Carraig Gheal Community Benefit Fund – Largest Independent Funder of Bridge of Orchy Hall Restoration
The community hall within Bridge of Orchy had fallen into a bad state of repair and by 2015 was virtually unusable. It meant that Bridge of Orchy , a remote village north east of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, had no public space, along with no school and very difficult to access services. The […]
Drumduff Wind Farm – Successful Transition from Coal to Clean Renewable Energy
The completed Drumduff Wind Farm, a joint venture between GreenPower and Thrive Renewables (Thrive), is shown in the above film explaining the successful transition from a former open cast coal mine to producing clean renewable energy and features some beautiful drone footage. Located to the north of Blackridge in West Lothian, Scotland, construction of the […]
Congratulations to Tayport Community Garden, Winner of GreenPower Sponsored Community Initiative Award at RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards
GreenPower was delighted to attend the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards hosted by Mike Dilger, ecologist and natural history presenter, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh last night. GreenPower, one of the leading independent renewable energy developers in the UK, has been sponsoring the RSPB Community Initiative Award since 2014. Sponsoring this award reflects […]
Apply Now to the Carraig Gheal Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund for Your Local Project
Applications are now being accepted for the next round of funding for the main grant of the Carraig Gheal Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund. Up to £7,000 can be awarded to constituted groups and there are many local projects which have now benefited from this, for example: Friends of St Conan’s Kirk have been awarded […]
GreenPower Continues to Support Scottish Downhill Association Academy
Despite the forecast for high winds and rain about 60 hardy riders turned up at Glencoe to enjoy a weekend of riding and to attend the AGM of the Scottish Downhill Association (SDA). The AGM held on Saturday evening updated the riders on the finances of the SDA. Despite incurring a small loss over the […]
Millenderdale Wind Farm Environmental Statement Second Addendum Submitted
GreenPower has submitted further environmental information in support of its proposed Millenderdale Wind Farm to South Ayrshire Council. This focuses on cumulative noise and private water supplies. The planning application was submitted in June 2014 and subsequently revised in March 2016 from seven turbines to five turbines along with a reduction in maximum turbine height […]
2017-2018 Riders Announced for GreenPower/Scottish Downhill Association Academy
Following the SDA’s final races of the series at Fort William the riders who have been selected to attend this coming year’s GreenPower sponsored Scottish Downhill Association mountain biking Academy were announced in front of a large crowd. They are: Juvenile Archie Gilmour, Lewis Elder Youth Ronan White, Torin Moffat Junior Connor Gibb, Owen […]
Carie Hydro in the Spotlight
GreenPower was delighted to welcome senior staff from the Tay Forest District, Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) and the Scottish Government’s Environment & Forestry Directorate (ENFOR) to our Carie hydro project on Loch Rannoch. The visit was a chance for senior staff to see at first-hand how partnership working is helping to generate income from publicly […]