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Editorial: Ferries & Future Funding, What Lies Ahead
Electric hydrofoil passenger ferries and Scotland’s Programme for Government – what lies ahead for Orkney ?
Weather Forecast: Sunshine and showers today
Mainly dry for Orkney. Feeling cool with a fresh northerly wind. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
New Training Vessel for Nav School from Thistle Wind Partners
‘We’ve been given this boat and we’re really chuffed’, Mark Shiner, Curriculum Leader for Maritime and Engineering at UHI Orkney
Building Bridges: Reusing Wind Turbine Blades #BladeBridges
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are transforming wind turbine blades, which are set to be landfilled or incinerated, into footbridges that can hold the weight of a 30-tonne digger.
Orbital Marine Awarded 2 Contracts for Difference for 7.2MW in the UK Allocation Round 5 process.
The CfDs will allow Orbital to expand its development of projects in Orkney with the construction of 6 turbines now covered by the Contracts for Difference scheme.
Deadline to apply to a £425,000 Crown Estate Scotland fund is approaching.
People have until Sunday 25 September to note Expressions of Interest for the Community Capacity Grants Programme, which is part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Sustainable Communities Fund.
Letters: ‘find a sustainable solution to address UHI’s financial issues’
“It is with dismay that we learn about mass redundancies and budget cuts to UHI’s Executive Office”
Weather forecast: Sunny spells developing this morning. Some passing showers
Rather cloudy start then becoming brighter with sunny spells developing. Also dry much of the time but there will be a few passing showers. More in the way of sunshine later. Occasionally fresh westerly breeze. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
Royal Mail Post Boxes, 11 #Orkney
Celebrating our rural Post Boxes
