Energy North

Homes and businesses across an area of Wester Ross are to benefit from an upgrade aimed at making their power supplies ready for winter.

Civil engineering firm RJ MacLeod has been named main contractor for SSE Renewables' 103-turbine Viking Wind Farm in Shetland.

PEOPLE looking for help hooking up to the electricity network are being alerted to a grant programme which could help meet 75 per cent of the cost.

HOME school may be out for summer, but an enterprising Ross girl isn’t letting that stop her thinking of ways to tackle the future's big challenges.

A £1.2 million project that includes construction of a new substation 'will improve' reliability of the power supply in hundreds of Wester Ross homes.

A multi-million pound project for a satellite launch site in Sutherland as a key part of the UK’s growing space sector has taken a step forward.

EFFORTS to better manage electricity demands during maintenance or faults have prompted calls for Wester Ross communities to join a special webinar.

Individuals, small businesses, charities and voluntary groups are being encouraged to apply for education and training support funding.

MORE than 450 homes and businesses were left without power in part of Ross-shire this afternoon after a fault on overhead power lines.

The shocking moment a giant crane – destined for the Cromarty Firth and Moray East offshore wind farm – collapses was caught in a YouTube video.

REPAIRS to a faulty transformer will result in power being temporarily cut to almost 150 homes in Coigach, engineers have warned.

A MAJOR Ross-shire employer has insisted the safety of its employees "is of paramount importance" as it carries out "essential work".

AN ENERGY giant is extending support to its most vulnerable customers to help those at increased risk of severe illness during the Covid-19 pandemic.

RESIDENTS and groups in the Contin area are being urged to come forward with worthy causes tackling Covid-19, after an energy giant opened up funds.

A NEW £350,000 fund to support communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic is now open for applications.

UK government figures show the north of Scotland pays more for electricity than anywhere else in the country, says a Ross-shire MP.

AN EASTER Ross oil firm has been rapped by planners after it built three new structures at its Evanton site in 2019 without planning permission.

AN application to extend the life of a north wind farm for a further ten years has been lodged with Highland Council.

An Easter Ross firm is hopeful about an upturn in the oil and gas sector.

The introduction of a tourist tax could leave Ross-shire's lucrative cruise liner business all at sea, it has been claimed.