COUNCILS are being urged to green-light civic solar schemes as one local authority approves a landmark power project. On Tuesday, North Ayrshire Council’s administration voted to build an eco-friendly £6.7 million solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on a former landfill site to tackle fuel poverty and reduce the region’s carbon footprint. It’s hoped the Nethermains scheme will meet more than one third of the council’s current energy needs. The Labour administration will use the clean power to run its facilities at a “greatly reduced cost” in partnership with a licensed electricity third-party supplier to power. Sales to the grid could also bring in cash for the public coffers.
The planning and constructions process for offshore wind can take 11 years (PA)
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The pandemic has slowed down the approval process for renewable energy schemes, with paperwork left “sitting on desks for weeks and weeks” due to a lack of staff, MSPs have heard.
A Holyrood committee was told the planning process for new schemes like wind farms was too slow, with the problem made worse by staff being redeployed due to coronavirus.
Pentland Firth tidal power boss takes up new post as energy group chief executive By Calum MacLeod
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Updated: 09:22, 18 January 2021
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Former Simec Atlantis chief executive Tim Cornelius is taking up a new role with Global Energy Group. Picture: Alan Hendry
One of the Highlands key companies, Global Energy Group (GEG) has appointed Tim Cornelius as its new group chief executive.
Mr Cornelius will report directly to GEG chairman Roy MacGregor and will be responsible for group financial performance, group strategy and transition management from a hydrocarbon to a low-carbon business focus.