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ARGYLL ARRAY PROJECT UPDATE No 18 October 2011
Local Consultation Events There have been a number of consultation and information events in Tiree over the last six months. I also write this regular update in An Tirisdeach. However, a number of people have commented that they would like to find out more about the development directly. I have, therefore, been hosting ‘Township Meetings’… »
Argyll Array Project Update 17 October 2011
Offshore wind careers evening There was a good turnout at the careers evening organised by SPR at the end of last month. There were brief talks from two SPR Operations and Maintenance managers and also from a work boat operator, who had travelled from the Netherlands especially for the event. The Careers Service gave their… »
Argyll Array Project Update #16 September 2011
Scenario Mapping The Project Team has been working recently to create detailed ‘scenarios ‘of how Operations and Maintenance of the Argyll Array could potentially work if the base was sited wholly or partly in Tiree.Operations and Maintenance (or O&M) is the work which needs to be done once a wind farm is built and it… »
Argyll Array Project Update 15 September 2011
Below are responses to the last of the points made at the Public Information Day held in late June. Only one or two of the comments made have not now been responded to.I will look at these in the next update. Concern about effects on tourism and lack of formal contact with representatives of tourism… »
No Tiree Array Newsletter July 2011
SPR Visualisations As per our last newsletter, NTA had hoped to debate the SPR visualizations presented by SPR at its Public Information Day. Our original request SPR was met:- ‘ We are currently considering electronic presentation of our montages and will revert to you once we’ve made a decision’. Three (3) weeks after our original… »
ARGYLL ARRAY PROJECT UPDATE No 8 – May 2011
Masterplanning The application to Marine Scotland from ScottishPower Renewables for planning permission for the Argyll Array will deal with the plans for the offshore infrastructure and the grid connection to Dalmally. (See Update No 7) However, there are four possible ways the project could be operated and maintained. Each of these scenarios would have different… »
Questionnaire results are in
They can be viewed (in pdf form): On this… »
The Future?
Picture the scenario. It is a few years down the line. S P R and the government have mistakenly thought that N T A represented the entire Tiree community and have cancelled the proposed wind farm off the coast of Tiree. Instead they have built one off the shores of the island of X. The… »
Artistic Turbines
Thank you Robert Trythall At last a visualisation of the proposed wind farm from Sandaig. I love wind farms and believe it would be good to have our very own environmentally friendly outdoor art installation, which would also provide renewable energy. The turbines remind me of work by famous artists such as Anthony Gormley, Giacometti… »
What will Argyll Array do to Tiree
Over 150 people attended a public meeting on 15th June to discuss the likely impacts of the proposed offshore wind farm at Skerryvore. Tish MacKinnon, chair of the Tiree Community Development Trust, led the meeting and Lloyd Gudgeon, the Trust’s Manager, made a short presentation. Ralph Thornton and Morna Cannon from the developers Scottish Power… »
