Energetica News – May 2016

Date Publication Article Web link
14/05/2016 Press & Journal Aberdeen gets new link to Warsaw – Wizz Air has launched new direct flights between Aberdeen and Warsaw. P26
16/05/2016 Energy Voice
BBC
Guardian
STV
NorthSound
Press & Journal
Evening Express
Statoil cleared to begin work on Europe’s largest floating windfarm – Construction work on Europe’s largest floating wind farm will begin later this year after the Crown Estate granted a lease to Statoil. The Hywind project will see five turbines operate in waters around 12-18 miles off the coast of Peterhead. Energy Voice
BBC
Guardian
STV
NorthSound
P&J P33
EE P11
16/05/2016
17/05/2016
BBC
Press & Journal
New Aberdeen crossing name selected as Diamond Bridge – Name selected for Aberdeen’s Third Don Crossing. BBC
P&J P7
16/05/2016 BBC Flybe to launch new routes from Scotland to Cornwall – Saturday flights from Aberdeen to Cornwall will be operated from May – September. BBC
17/05/2016 Evening Express New EU fund could breathe life into CCS project – A new EU innovation fund could see the Peterhead carbon capture and storage (CCS) project back on the table. Evening Express
17/05/2016 Press & Journal Councillors aim for hybrid option to reinstate Buchan Railway and dual A90 – Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee backed the development of fresh road and rail links from Ellon to Peterhead and Fraserburgh. P&J
18/05/2016
19/05/2016
AGCC
Aberdeen Business News
The Store launches new BBQ food venture – The Store in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, has renovated an offshore container, transforming it into a specialist BBQ unit complete with charcoal grill, which will be launched on Saturday 21 May. AGCC
ABN
19/05/2016 Evening Express New haul route for bypass in bid to cut road damage – A temporary road will run from the A90 at Stonehaven and Charleston in the south to Blackdog in the north to keep AWPR construction traffic off public roads. P7
EE
Around Energetica
20/05/2016 Evening Express Plan for Doric trail to boost tourism – Aberdeenshire Council is looking to develop the region as the centre for Doric language and poetry. P10
EE