Archive for February 21st, 2012

Following the meeting last week in Edinburgh with hauliers from the Western Isles and Tiree, the Scottish Government has announced an extra £2.5m in subsidised funding for freight traffic on island ferry routes. This is in addition to the extra help previously announced meaning that all vehicles up to six metres would qualify for RET…. »

Will this be the scale of things to come if Tiree Array is consented? Visual Impact: Gamesa (20 % owned by Iberdrola) a major Spanish turbine manufacturer, and supplier to Iberdrola, is currently designing a comparable 7MW turbine. SPR, to maximize Tiree Array is considering deploying 10MW turbines units. Current technical information on 10 mw… »

Community Partnership Fund The second meeting with Tiree Community Development Trust to discuss this initiative took place earlier this week, on the 14th of February. A joint report of the meeting will be in the next Tirisdeach, as the meeting was held too late for it to appear in this week’s newsletter. Marine Traffic Survey… »