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We like to celebrate the successes of our communities, and this month there’s a great reason to celebrate.   Dennis White, from our Auchrobert wind farm community was shortlisted in the 2023 ‘Art of Renewable Energy’ photography competition, run by Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG).  Thirteen images were selected to produce AREG’s 2023 calendar, to showcase how renewable energy can fit in with...

We are delighted to report that the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company have been shortlisted in the Scottish Green Energy Awards for their new affordable housing project, Caledonian Court. The 12 house scheme features innovative heating systems and other features such as bike storage to encourage active travel and an orchard to offset carbon emissions. The installation of the...

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...

A newly refurbished community centre cloakroom, new uniforms for the local school’s music band and equipment and activities for young people in the shooting team. These are among the activities that have been made possible thanks to the revenue from Hennøy wind farm.   The first call for projects distributed funds in March, awarding funds to seven community projects in and...

Hace un año Falck Renewables - Renantis recibía una nueva certificación en calidad y sostenibilidad en España, siendo la primera empresa en este país en alcanzar este certificado. Se trata de los Certificados de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad y Conservación de la Biodiversidad  e inauguramos 2023 con la obtención de este sello para dos nuevas plantas: las plantas fotovoltaicas en...

Youngsters from a community around one of our Scottish wind farms have been getting a taste of community funding and grant giving. P4/5 at Kilchuimen Primary in Fort Augustus, near our Millennium Wind Farm, set up the Kilchuimen Mini Money Fund to find out more about how a community benefit fund works. Applications to the £400 fund provided by Falck Renewables...

Falck Renewables is giving contribution to increasing the cultural heritage of the area surrounding Carrecastro wind farm, providing benefit to the scientific community, neighborhood and local tourism. The construction of the Carrecastro wind farm started in 2019 and brought to light numerous findings providing greater knowledge of the social and economic aspects of the prehistoric culture. To preserve such valuable...

Last week, we were delighted to welcome our friends from across our UK wind farm communities to the 5th Sustainable Communities Forum, this year held in Fort Augustus, Scotland.   Representatives from 18 community groups – including co-operatives, community funds and local groups that receive funding – joined us for a day of learning, sharing and collaboration.   During the forum, we caught...

At Falck Renewables, we love sharing knowledge, insights and facilitating experiences to engage with the renewable energy topic. A group of international students recently visited our wind farm of Alà dei Sardi in Sardinia, Italy to delve into the world of renewables by seeing it firsthand. What did they have to say about their visit to Alà dei Sardi? “The trip...

In 2023 we experienced the hottest summer since we started keeping records of global temperatures in 1880 according to NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies and Copernicus European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). This is part of a trend driven mainly by human-related greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing global warming and climate change with increasingly severe consequences...