Recent bad weather, with more storms forecast, has forced the Long Row Home team, Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross, to pause their attempt to circumnavigate Britain by rowing boat. Since setting off from Wick on 1 June, the couple have rowed 1462 nautical miles around Britain, with approximately 226 to go. Since reaching Tobermory yesterday…
Having successfully achieved a government-backed Contract for Difference (CfD) in Allocation Round 5 in September last year, Boralex has now secured a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Statkraft, one of the leading PPA providers in the UK, for a 3-year contract covering the period between commissioning of the wind farm, expected by the end of…
Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross are pushing westward through the English Channel on day 45 of what has often been extremely testing and unseasonal weather for their row around Britain. The poor conditions have resulted in them sheltering at anchor for much more time than they ever anticipated, but the resilient pair are not daunted as they pick up…
The Long Row Home has officially begun! Stormy and Steth seen here being escorted away from Wick Harbour by the Wick Lifeboat, on which Alan is Coxswain (photo Alan Hendry). On Saturday 1 June at 11am, Stormy and Steth set off from Wick Harbour, embarking on their monumental 2,300-mile journey around Great Britain. An incredible…
This month will see the start of turbine components, including the blades, being delivered to Boralex’s Limekiln Wind Farm site at Reay. Esbjorn Wilmar, Country Manager for Boralex UK said: “Having the turbine components arrive in Caithness this month is a huge step forward for Boralex in our construction of Limekiln, which will generate renewable…
Boralex is delighted to be lead Gold sponsor of an ambitious world-record attempt in May this year, by local Scottish couple Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross (known as Stormy and Steth) with the aim of becoming the first mixed pairs team to circumnavigate Great Britain by rowing boat. The attempt, titled “The Long Row Home”,…
Boralex Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Scottish civil engineering and construction firm RJ McLeod as the Balance of Plant (BoP) contractor for its 108MW Limekiln Wind Farm near Thurso in Caithness, Scotland. Country Manager Esbjörn Wilmar said: “Having the BoP contract in place represents another major step forward for Limekiln, not long…
Boralex is pleased to announce that a Contract for Difference (CfD) has been secured for its Limekiln Wind Farm in Caithness. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has awarded Boralex’s 108MW wind energy project near Thurso, in the north of Scotland, a 15-year CfD at a level of £52.29/MWh in 2012 prices…
Wind turbine manufacturers Vestas have been confirmed as the providers for the 24-turbine Limekiln Wind Farm near Reay in Caithness. The project is fully owned by Boralex, through Infinergy UK as its subsidiary. The selected turbine model is the V136 with an installed generating capacity of 4.5 megawatts, measuring 150m to the tip of the…
Following the decision by The Highland Council not to object to the variation of the existing planning consent in December, Scottish Ministers have approved the application. Highland councillors voted unanimously to allow the Limekiln project variation application to move to the final decision-making stage with the Scottish Government Ministers on the basis that two of…
