Jock Shock Scotland on the crest of a wave

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12-09-2016, 11:08 PM
david44

Jock Shock Scotland on the crest of a wave

Already leading the world in whisky salmon bagpipery was not enough

First Minister unveils world’s largest free stream tidal power project

12 September 2016
The world’s largest free stream tidal power project was unveiled today (Monday 12 September) at the Nigg Energy Park by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

The MeyGen Project is owned by Atlantis Resources Limited, a global leader in tidal power and backed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

The first phase comprises four 1.5MW turbines; three built by Andritz and one AR1500 Atlantis turbine, weighing almost 200 tonnes. They have now been fully assembled, standing 15 metres tall and with blades 18 metres in diameter, ready for deployment to the MeyGen site in the Pentland Firth.

HIE is backing the £54 million project with a £3.3m grant. The remainder is made up of funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government Renewable Energy Investment Fund, Crown Estate and Atlantis. Calum Davidson, HIE’s director of energy and low carbon, said:

“We very much welcome Atlantis and its partners in the MeyGen project at Nigg Energy Park. This innovative, world-first project cements the position of the Highlands and Islands and Scotland as a global leader in marine energy. The project already supports 120 jobs, and with the marine sector employing around 1,700 people across the UK, the potential for growth is very exciting. The MeyGen project is a fantastic example of partnership working at its best. We are very pleased to be part of it, and we very much look forward to watching it progress.”

See full Scottish Government news release at ScottishGovernment - News - Scotland riding the wave of tidal innovation

- See more at: First Minister unveils world?s largest free stream tidal power project | hie.co.uk
12-09-2016, 11:20 PM
klong toey

I guess we can expect lots of minced wild Salmon.
12-09-2016, 11:26 PM
david44

Salmon 'Vol au Vents " of course must pre-heat my ramekin
13-09-2016, 01:13 AM
wasabi

Great news for Leave voters in the U.K. look , Scotland goes ahead with a mega world record construction project with out EU funding. No funny Euros involved, see we can live without them.
13-09-2016, 04:08 AM
Chittychangchang

The English tax payers will be subsiding the scheme.
Then Sturgeon can push another referendum on the electorate.
She can't play the oil card any more. ...
13-09-2016, 05:40 AM
dirk diggler

Only fair since Scotland subsidizes England. Soon as we get rid of trident we will have another oil boom like the 80's.

Anyway, this project is great news. Good job.
13-09-2016, 06:37 AM
Neverna

6MW, not much but only the first phase. I wonder how big the finished project will be.
13-09-2016, 01:20 PM
ChalkyDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

The English tax payers will be subsiding the scheme.
Then Sturgeon can push another referendum on the electorate.
She can't play the oil card any more. ...

And so they should after taking the oil revenue for decades!

Also for subjecting us to the following:

MaggieThatcher
Phil Colins
Will Carling
Ian Botham
Cilla Black
All Eastenders
Emlyn Hughes
Jeremy clarkson
Hugh Grant
Tony Blair
Paula Yates, John Inman, almost eveyrone with the name Russell
Paul Mcartney
Paul Mckenna
Paul Daniels
Paul Gasgoine
Anyone from Liverpool Esp Jimmy Turbuck
Noel Edmonds, Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn and David Icke.
Ant and Dec
Chris Evans, Wayne Rooney. and Brian Robson.
13-09-2016, 01:32 PM
david44

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChalkyDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

The English tax payers will be subsiding the scheme.
Then Sturgeon can push another referendum on the electorate.
She can't play the oil card any more. ...

And so they should after taking the oil revenue for decades!

Also for subjecting us to the following:

MaggieThatcher
Phil Colins
Will Carling
Ian Botham
Cilla Black
All Eastenders
Emlyn Hughes
Jeremy clarkson
Hugh Grant
Tony Blair
Paula Yates, John Inman, almost eveyrone with the name Russell
Paul Mcartney
Paul Mckenna
Paul Daniels
Paul Gasgoine
Anyone from Liverpool Esp Jimmy Turbuck
Noel Edmonds, Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn and David Icke.
Ant and Dec
Chris Evans, Wayne Rooney. and Brian Robson.

Many crimes of Tony Blair but being English wasn't one of them

Born Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
6 May 1953 (age 63)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK:smileylaughing:
13-09-2016, 02:06 PM
ChalkyDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by wasabi

Great news for Leave voters in the U.K. look , Scotland goes ahead with a mega world record construction project with out EU funding. No funny Euros involved, see we can live without them.

So many great inventions were by the Scots:-

TV
Telephone
Tarmac
Penicillin
Cloning

and so many more which is amazing due to the population of the country.

And they had the best team in the 8 world cup and should have won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA3cCOkfY6A
13-09-2016, 02:11 PM
Begbie

Phoney Tony's family are from Durham in the north of England. As a boy he was sent to Fettes College boarding School in Edinburgh to become a young conservative. The rest is history.
13-09-2016, 03:37 PM
VocalNeal

...Scotland on the crest of a wave..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbcxqKhw-w
13-09-2016, 03:40 PM
Chittychangchang

Crest of a slump more like:)
13-09-2016, 03:46 PM
ChalkyDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Crest of a slump more like:)

How so?

The future is bright as long as we can get rid of those arrogant smarmy English scroungers.
13-09-2016, 03:53 PM
david44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Begbie

Phoney Tony's family are from Durham in the north of England. As a boy he was sent to Fettes College boarding School in Edinburgh to become a young conservative. The rest is history.

Nobody wants to claim the corpse but ..

Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6 May 1953, the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair, the illegitimate son of two English actors, had been adopted as a baby by Glasgow shipyard worker James Blair and his wife, Mary.

So the genersosity of the Celts , hazel Corscadden, not many of them down the moo ban

However Begbie you as a leading trainspotter maybe 100% correct and I'm pissed at 4pm cannot wrangle teh leo like I used time for a Drambuie shandy i think...Nong:chitown:
13-09-2016, 06:51 PM
ChalkyDee

Quote:

Originally Posted by david44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Begbie

Phoney Tony's family are from Durham in the north of England. As a boy he was sent to Fettes College boarding School in Edinburgh to become a young conservative. The rest is history.

Nobody wants to claim the corpse but ..

Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6 May 1953, the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair, the illegitimate son of two English actors, had been adopted as a baby by Glasgow shipyard worker James Blair and his wife, Mary.

So the genersosity of the Celts , hazel Corscadden, not many of them down the moo ban

However Begbie you as a leading trainspotter maybe 100% correct and I'm pissed at 4pm cannot wrangle teh leo like I used time for a Drambuie shandy i think...Nong:chitown:

Sorry, English parents, we're not accepting him.