News

Mainstream Renewable Power welcomes today’s decision (Tuesday 7 November 2017) by the Supreme Court, rejecting RSPB Scotland’s application for leave to appeal in its long-running challenge to a planning decision by Scottish Ministers in 2014. The Supreme Court’s decision to refuse RSPB Scotland’s application to appeal the Scottish Court’s earlier ruling clears the way to … Read more

2,000 jobs for Scotland over four year construction period Scotland’s next major infrastructure project after Queensferry Crossing A study of the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm (NnG), carried out by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, has estimated that over the lifetime of the project it will generate an economic … Read more

A coalition of organisations that are supportive of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, consented to be built off the East coast of Scotland, has joined forces to appeal to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland to abandon further court action aimed at delaying the project. 29 companies, who … Read more

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power notes the decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session in favour of Scottish Ministers in their appeal against the decision of the Outer House in a petition by the RSPB to review the consent of four offshore wind farms. The 450MW Neart na Gaoithe … Read more

LCCC and NnG submitted a dispute relating to the termination of NnG’s CFD to arbitration. The arbitral tribunal has made its decision in NnG’s favour under the dispute resolution procedure set out in the CFD. The details of the dispute are, and will remain, confidential as both parties are bound by the confidentiality obligations both … Read more

In October 2014, Mainstream was granted consent by the Scottish Government to build the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm.  NnG was set to become the first offshore wind farm in Scottish waters to provide clean electricity to Scottish homes – enough to power all the homes in Edinburgh.  Subsequent to the grant of … Read more

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced that its 448 megawatt offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies which are set to decrease costs, reduce construction and operational risk, improve safety and ultimately provide the cheapest electricity ever produced by a UK offshore wind farm. The technologies, which … Read more

FLiDAR have completed the onsite wind measurements at the Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm being developed by Mainstream Renewable Power. Neart Na Gaoithe, a 448MW wind farm located in the North Sea off the East coast of Scotland, has recently been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) by the UK government. The FLiDAR floating … Read more

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power today secured a fifteen year Contract for Difference (CfD) from National Grid for its 450 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm located in the Outer Forth Estuary in the North Sea.  The CfD, which was awarded to Mainstream under a competitive tendering process, gives the wind … Read more