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Enhanced Accessibility at Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre
ScottishPower Renewables are now offering an enhanced experience at its Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre with the addition of the WelcoMe app in partnership with disability inclusion company WelcoMe. The app aims to make public places accessible to everyone by providing adjustments to services and to train staff to confidently assist customers with additional needs.
National Inclusion Blog
We recently caught up with Kamile Zvykaite, who has just completed a year in industry position in the SPR Control team, as a Finance Assistant. This was part of her third-year placement at university, where she studied Economics.
MachairWind joins 'energy corner' at Islay Show
ScottishPower Renewables’ offshore windfarm team joined island residents and visitors in celebrating the Islay, Jura & Colonsay Agricultural Show.
Gillian Noble appointed to DESNZ Onshore Wind Taskforce
ScottishPower Renewables Development MD, Gillian Noble, has been appointed to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Onshore Wind Taskforce.
Whitelee Community Day a Great Success
More than four thousand visitors flocked to our Whitelee Community Day for an action-packed event at the UK’s largest onshore windfarm.
Run the Blades is back!
Run the Blades is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before. Held exclusively within ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee windfarm, just a 20 minute drive from the centre of Glasgow, it has grown to become one of the largest trail running events in the UK.
International Biodiversity Day
This International Biodiversity Day, our Ecologists Glenn Norris and John Allsopp took a few minutes out of their typical monitoring work to look for some unusual species that can be spotted on some of our windfarms:
MachairWind team return to Islay, Jura and Colonsay
ScottishPower Renewables’ offshore windfarm team heads back to Islay, Jura and Colonsay for public drop-in events
World Earth Day 2024, Planet vs Plastics
Since 2022, two floating bins which skim water for plastics and rubbish are being used to cut waste pollution in the sea and harbour at Lowestoft thanks to ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm.
International Women's Day Q&A
This International Women’s Day, we have spoken with our MachairWind project team and their experience working in a predominately female-led project and wider project support.
Witches welcome at Whitelee
ScottishPower Renewables’ Whitelee windfarm is welcoming back wicked witches, ghoulish ghosts and everything in between to celebrate Halloween.
Island kids blown away by offshore windfarm STEM event
Children and young people cross Islay, Jura and Colonsay got to learn all about offshore wind during the October school holidays at special STEM* education events organised by ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind project team and Fugro, the company carrying out metocean, wind resource and geophysical surveys for the proposed windfarm.
Flying Insect study at Whitelee Windfarm
ScottishPower Renewables is participating in a cutting-edge project that’s studying the genetic diversity of one million flying insects from across the UK and could lead to the discovery of undescribed species.
Charlie Jordan, CEO ScottishPower Renewables
In just seven years’ time, Scotland has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 75% and more than doubling its renewable energy production.
WEW: Growth of onshore wind
Our Onshore MD, Barry Carruthers, talks during Wind Energy Week about the future growth in onshore wind via repowering and the support needed to unlock those opportunities.
Metocean surveys underway at SPR’s MachairWind
Metocean surveys are now underway in the vicinity of ScottishPower Renewables’ MachairWind offshore windfarm project area – off the coast of Argyll – following the deployment of a floating LiDAR (light detection and ranging) buoy, metocean buoys and seabed frames by the appointed contractor, Fugro.
Planned website maintenance taking place this weekend
We will be undergoing scheduled website maintenance on Saturday 6th May, from 5pm, until Sunday, the 7th of May. During this time, the website will be temporarily unavailable.
The Renewable Apprentices Helping Keep Our Turbines Turning
ScottishPower Renewables’ first ever onshore wind apprentices helped the company mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week by highlighting the benefits of a career delivering a clean, green energy.
SCOTTISH RENEWABLES BOARD ELECTION
Our ScottishPower Renewables Director of Policy and Regulation, Kate Turner, is standing for election to the RenewableUK Board. She explains below why she is seeking the support of RenewableUK members.
SQY is the limit for turbine tech trial at Whitelee
ScottishPower Renewables has successfully trialled an innovative new turbine blade access platform at its Whitelee Windfarm, the largest onshore windfarm in the UK.
BBC Careers Tour
Thanks to the BBC, I had the amazing opportunity to go ‘back to school’ today as part of the ‘BBC 100 Share Your Story’ career tour to talk to high school pupils about working in the creative industries and the opportunities that can offer.
Reflecting on Floating Offshore Wind Conference 2022
It was great to see the industry come together in person for Scottish Renewables’ and RenewableUK’s Floating Offshore Wind Conference.