Campbeltown Vestas closure – food for conspiracy theorists in role of UK...
The announcement yesterday that Vestas was to close its subsidiary company’s operations in wind turbine tower manufacture at Campbeltown was accompanied by news that it is to shift its investment to a...
View ArticleMather congratulates Islay, Kintyre and Bute on Climate Change Fund awards
Islay, Bute and Tarbert and Skipness in Kintyre have all secured funding from the Climate Change Fund for a variety of projects. In congratulating all three successful community bids, Energy Minister...
View ArticleThompson sees UK’s highest wind farm open near Glen Garry
The highest wind farm in the UK opened officially today, Monday 14th September. The Millennium Wind Farm is up on the hills between Glen Garry and Glenmoriston, approximately 8 km to the west of Fort...
View ArticleKintyre’s Skykon aims to lead UK wind farm manufacturing
Denmark’s Skykon, the wind turbine manufacturer coming to Campbeltown in Kintyre, has an acquisition fund to use to build up its manufacturing portfolio in Scotland and also in the UK.Niels Brix, Vice...
View ArticleSkykon and Strathclyde Fire & Rescue sponsor star events on Tiree & Coll
The spectacular annual Tiree Wave Classic international windsurfing event and the unique triathlon that is the CalMac Coll Challenge have attracted new sponsors.The Tiree Wave Classic runs from 10th –...
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UK-wide success for Easdale Island in Green Streets £2m shareout
The community team from Easdale Island has seen off almost 100 other applicants from across the UK to make it to the final shortlist in the Scottish Gas Green Streets programme. The 14 shortlisted...
View ArticleCouncil agrees 2010-11 Asset Management and Capital Plan
With implications for Campbeltown, Helensburgh and Mull, Argyll and Bute Council yesterday agreed its 2010-2011 Corporate Asset Management and Capital Plan – effectively its capital expenditure plan...
View ArticleArdrishaig: be part of planning for change
The pace-setting Ardrishaig Community Trust is inviting residents of the village to come to an open day on 8th March 2011 to find out what the Trust has achieved so far – and to encourage input into...
View ArticleDecoding Easdale
Against all the odds we gave ourselves, some sense of the heart of the oppositional situation on Easdale Island is emerging.It’s disguised, even from its protagonists, by a welter of distractions that...
View ArticleNATIONHOOD: The For Argyll Referendum Project
Think about Scotland in 2050. What sort of a country do you want it to be by then? Prepare to share that vision.We’re not interested in the ‘now’ or in the vested interests and mantras of either Better...
View ArticleBute Community Power secures grid connection via SSE
Bute Community Power [BCP] is delighted in announcing that it has secured a grid connection offered by SSE. The grid connection is essential for the success of their wind turbine project to be able to...
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