Replacing one of the subsea cables which links Orkney to the Scottish Mainland is to begin. Two cables link Orkney’s electricity supply up to the National Grid.
Work Begins Replacing Subsea Cable
Visit the Heritage of Hoy Online
‘Sharing content online and thinking of the website as an exhibition space in itself is one way of keeping our ‘doors open.’
‘Paragraph Eleven Confirm’ #OnThisDay
On 21st of June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney
Only a Few Days Left to Share Your Views on the Hoy Community Wind Farm
The deadline for submitting comments to the Project Team is Monday 8 June 2020 at 12.00.
Hoy Community Windfarm
A video presentation is available to watch about the proposed Hoy Community Windfarm project.
Hoy Wind Farm Project Online Public Consultation
A public consultation has opened so that views can be shared on the Community Wind Farm Project proposed for Hoy.
Sea Eagles, Stockins and Sojers
Hoy, is the most dramatically spectacular of the inhabited islands of Orkney.
Longhope: 17th March 1969
It was on a dreadful night in 1969 that the Longhope lifeboat was launched to go to the aid of the Liberian vessel ‘Irene’ . All eight of the lifeboat crew were lost.
Hoy Public Event to Hear About Proposed Wind Farm
Thursday 26 March 2020 in the Community Room and Hall at the North Walls Centre, Lyness, KW16 3NX from 14.00 to 17.00 and again from 19.00 to 21.00
Met Masts To Be Erected in Hoy and Quanterness
The masts will measure wind speed and direction at the sites.
