THE Pentland Firth is poised to become the first marine energy park in Scotland, it has emerged.   Energy minister Greg Barker has asked Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP John Thurso to host a meeting of the Marine Energy Programme Board in the county this summer, at which the minister hopes to be in […]

From The Economist A remote town hopes to become a clean-energy hub   EVEN on a sunny day the rugged coastline of Caithness—with its small towns huddled round little harbours, looking 15 miles across the Pentland Firth to the dark cliffs of Orkney—feels as though it is on the edge of the world. The remoteness […]

The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment (PFBE) facilitated workshops where work was mainly focussed on the onshore development that will be necessary in North Highland to enable and support wave, tidal and offshore wind power. These sectors have been identified as priorites for the Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership, of which the Highland […]