Orkney Sustainable Energy are pleased to announce that the Hammars Hill project has now completed the first year of production, achieving over 17,000 MWh of renewable-sourced electricity.  This has been an excellent project, and we are pleased to be part of this development.  The windiest period was during February 2011, when over 2000 MWh was produced in that month alone. This level of generation is typical in Orkney, with projects achieving over 45% capacity factors.  

Over the summer the Thorkell project was delivered to site and lifted into place, with first production now expected in November 2011.  This project is a single 900kW Enercon wind turbine, and is located at the very end of the UK grid in Deerness, at the eastern side of Orkney.  This project is owned by Orkney Renewable Energy Ltd, and the project was open for investors; all capital costs were raised from investors and existing shareholders, with no requirement for bank borrowings.  This project has pushed the grid capacity to the limit in this part of Orkney, and to ensure everything remains stable, a device called a Dstatcom has been incorporated in the grid system.

The domestic heating season is now underway, and this winter Orkney Sustainable Energy has ensured that there is a readily available supply of wood pellets for domestic heating.  This year we have organised transport in conjuction with The Streamline Shipping Group , and we have stocks of Arbuthnott Wood Pellets ready for delivery throughout the county. Please follow the link to the wood pellet section if you want to buy pellets.