Archive for December, 2011

The huge storm that hit Scotland on Thursday 8th December left more than 150,000 homes without power during the day on Thursday and more than 70,000 were still off overnight. At least 10,000 homes in Scotland were still without power on the Saturday. Here on Tiree it took until lunchtime on Sunday before power was… »

Last week it was reported in An Tirisdeach that RET will be made permanent for Tiree; what was not in the report was that, with this announcement came the shocking news that commercial vehicles will be included. This will mean lorry fares increasing by as much as 55%; this in real terms means an unavoidable… »

Community Partnership Fund How Tiree could gain from the Argyll Array project has been the subject of a number of my updates over the last few months and has been frequently raised as an issue in comments on the project. SPR has been looking closely at this matter over the last few months, with the… »

The Scottish Ambulance Service was delighted to recognise the work that Neil Munn has undertaken over the last 27 years at a staff awards ceremony in the Glasgow City Chambers, where he was given an award for ‘Working Together for Better Patient Care’. He has been a loyal provider of ambulance services to the community… »

“Carry on the way you’re going!” was the unanimous verdict at a large public meeting in An Talla on Monday, as members of the Cùram Thiriodh working group explained what they had been doing over the past year and their thoughts for the way forward. 60 people came out on a bitter winter’s evening to… »

Ironside Farrar (on behalf of the Steering Group chaired by Argyll and Bute Council) held their third drop in consultation event at An Talla, Tiree, on the 29th and 30th November 2011. The event was intended to provide further understanding of each of the four potential Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Scenarios advised by the developer… »

October and November have been tremendous months for Tilley, Tiree’s Community Turbine. Not only has she produced the best monthly output so far, over 456 MWh in October, which is a load factor of 70%, her hard work has also allowed the Tiree Community Development Trust to make awards last week of over £40,000 to… »

Township Meetings The fourth and last of these meetings has now been held. Participants found the format to be a good way of becoming more familiar with the project and there was a lot of positive discussion.The numbers at the meetings, between 10 and 20, also meant that everyone was able to contribute to the… »

What’s Happened Since Our Last Newsletter The visualizations seen on the visit to Morecambe Bay highlighted many of the issues if the development goes ahead. SPR’s June visualizations were in all probability based upon the wrong foundation type . These were based on Monopile Foundation. Of interest, at Scottish & Southern Energy’s Greater Gabbard Array,… »