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ARE YOU A STUDENT CONSIDERING A CAREER IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR? APPLY BEFORE 13 NOVEMBER 2019 TO REQUEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT! We believe in nurturing talents and we are committed to supporting young people develop professional skills related to the renewable energy sector. Falck Renewables Support Scheme for Sustainable Energy Studies 2019 will provide financial support for individuals to allow them to...

We are delighted that funds from Falck Renewables Kilbraur wind farm have contributed to the purchasing of a new community bus for Golspie. The bus will be a great resource for the town and the local district. Article published on the Northern Times, 11 January 2019.  

The SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland (YESC) programme supports learners aged 3-18 and their teachers with a range of innovative STEM projects, developed with industry partners. The annual STEM challenge gives Clubs a practical challenge to explore a topical theme and the national Celebration of STEM event at the end of term brings teams together from across Scotland...

At Auchrobert, as part of the wind farm Habitat Management Plan, there was an ambitious vision to increase local ecological value and biodiversity. We have conceived a solution to expand natural habitats by returning 18.2ha of farmland to its original native woodland habitat, along the banks of two local watercourses. In accordance with the Local Biodiversity Action Plan, a variety of...

We shared some of our experiences of working in a STEM Industry with schoolchildren from around Scotland this week. Our Asset Manager Jamie Steel and Site Manager of Millennium Wind Farm Bruce Hosie took part in the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s Celebration of STEM 2021, giving the young people taking part a virtual tour of the wind farm...

21.5 hectares (51 acres) of woodland at the entrance to the Carron Valley Forest has been transferred from Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) to the Valley Renewables Group as the local Development Trust The plan is to open up the mature woodland and historical features with new walks, improved riverside access and open glades. Windblown timber and over mature conifers will...

Residents and visitors to Seaforth House in Golspie, near our Kilbraur Wind Farm, can now sit outside in style. The care home’s old benches have been refurbished and painted thanks to a collaboration between the Kilbraur Wind Farm Community Benefit Trust (KWCBT) and the Community Payback team. Young people transformed the benches as part of their community payback service with paint...

Valley Renewables Group is organising its annual Open Day on 25th August (12-4pm) in Stirling. This bumper event, open to all residents in Carron Valley, includes an interesting programme of talks and stalls with local arts and crafts around the theme "Going Forth for local produce and crafts". The Open Day will be a chance for networking and for spending...

On 13 October 2021 we launched our first Social Lending Platform initiative for the Agrivoltaic Project of Landolina, in Scicli in the province of Ragusa (Sicily - Italy). The construction of the agrivoltaic project is set to begin in November 2021 and will cover a 22-hectare Site - 17 of which will be used for photovoltaics and crops with 5...

Thornton Road Community Community Centre (TRCCA) and its Men’s Shed have scooped a major prize for their plans to decarbonise their energy use. Their project to install solar panels and storage batteries, as well as providing charging points for mobile phones and electric bikes, saw them win the Best Decarbonisation Project at the Falck Renewables Sustainable Communities Annual Forum. The...