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Calling all amateur photographers! We’re delighted to be sponsoring Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group’s calendar photography competition with our offshore partners Orsted and BlueFloat Energy. The judges are looking for images which capture renewable energy in action. The winners of last year’s competition delivered some stunning shots like this one. Find out more about the competition and how to enter at https://www.aberdeenrenewables.com/the-art-of-renewable-energy-2023-calendar-competition/.

The Trehörningsjö Intresseförening near our Åliden Wind Farm in Sweden have been busy this summer upgrading the Lomvikens village cabin. Thanks to funding from our community benefit fund the windows have been replaced and the cabin is looking very smart!  

Thanks to the community benefit fund from our Carrecastro Wind Farm in Tordesillas in Spain, the Asociaciòn Palenque Cultural recently sponsored the 14th annual get together of students and researchers from Latin America. More than 75 students and young researchers from a range of universities took part in the event, organized by Valladolid University in Tordesillas, getting to know each...

We organized open days at two of our wind farms in France (Ty-Ru in Bretagne and Coudrays in Centre-Val-de Loire), earlier this month in partnership with SER, the French renewable energy association  The first day focused on visits from local schools and politicians with the second open to the general public, with the aim of sharing information about how...

We were delighted to take part in the SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) Highland Celebration of Engineering last week.  Primary and secondary schools from around the Highlands came along to showcase the projects they’ve been working on and participate in a range of practical challenges. Well-deserved winners were: Primary STEM Challenge Winner Avoch Primary Secondary STEM Challenge Winner Elgin High...

Entrepreneurship and economic development were in the spotlight at the first Impulsa Awards held recently in Tordesillas in the Valladolid region of Spain. The ceremony, which was sponsored by Falck Renewables, Caja Rural de Zamora and the Rueda Wine Route, was organized by the Tordesillas City Council and Tordesillas al Día. Local companies Technoform Bautec Ibérica, De Ovino, Baro Lucas,...

Today we launch the third year of the Student Support Scheme for Sustainable Energy Studies in Sweden. The basis of this initiative is our commitment to provide as much support as possible to the development of professional young people in the field of sustainable and renewable energy. In particular, students and/or those willing to upskill/reskill their competency in the field...

Tuesday 5th April 2022, school children from the municipality of Illois have visited Illois windfarm to witness the erection of the turbine masts, nacelles and blades. The windfarm will consist of 6 wind turbines of 2MW and will produce enough energy to power 6,150 households. This visit ties in with school’s curriculum about sustainable development and enables the students to...

Last year we added a new solar farm to our portfolio - the 49 MW Desafío Solar plant in the municipality of Escatrón in Zaragoza, Spain. Located between the Ebro River and the mouth of the Martín River, Escatrón has a long history dating back to 1182 when King Alfonso II provided funding for the building of the Cistercian Rueda...

It was great last week to host the first school visit to one of our wind farms since the start of the pandemic.  S5 pupils from Banff Academy had a very chilly tour of Boyndie Wind Farm and found out more for their project to locate and design a renewable energy plant.