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At Falck Renewables, we love sharing knowledge, insights and facilitating experiences to engage with the renewable energy topic. A group of international students recently visited our wind farm of Alà dei Sardi in Sardinia, Italy to delve into the world of renewables by seeing it firsthand. What did they have to say about their visit to Alà dei Sardi? “The trip...

Entrepreneurship and economic development were in the spotlight at the first Impulsa Awards held recently in Tordesillas in the Valladolid region of Spain. The ceremony, which was sponsored by Falck Renewables, Caja Rural de Zamora and the Rueda Wine Route, was organized by the Tordesillas City Council and Tordesillas al Día. Local companies Technoform Bautec Ibérica, De Ovino, Baro Lucas,...

We were delighted to read all about the Valley Renewables Group’s (VRG) Wood Fuel Days in their latest update.  These events are part of VRG’s initiative to fight fuel poverty by increasing access to locally grown firewood and this initiative was awarded funding from our Call for Projects 2022. With the £8,000 they received, VRG bought tarpaulins to protect timber...

Tuesday 5th April 2022, school children from the municipality of Illois have visited Illois windfarm to witness the erection of the turbine masts, nacelles and blades. The windfarm will consist of 6 wind turbines of 2MW and will produce enough energy to power 6,150 households. This visit ties in with school’s curriculum about sustainable development and enables the students to...

We were delighted to take part in the SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) Highland Celebration of Engineering last week.  Primary and secondary schools from around the Highlands came along to showcase the projects they’ve been working on and participate in a range of practical challenges. Well-deserved winners were: Primary STEM Challenge Winner Avoch Primary Secondary STEM Challenge Winner Elgin High...

We are delighted to be supporting the business people of the future with a new training course on sustainable entrepreneurship for Sicilian high school pupils in collaboration with InVento Innovation Lab. Two classes at Cataudella High School in Scicli in the Sicilian province of Ragusa, near the site of one the Falck Renewables Group’s agrivoltaic projects, will be taking...

After delays due to the pandemic we finally celebrated the official openings of Åliden and Brattmyrliden wind farms in Långtjärn (Northeast Sweden) on September 28. Community benefit schemes have been set up with associations in the communities around the wind farms to develop projects and we were delighted to celebrate our first two wind farms in Sweden with them. Enabling sustainable development...

Falck Renewables officially opens its new wind farm in Illois, Seine-Maritime department, France. Local politicians, and representatives of community group Association Bien Vivre à Illois who will administer the community benefit fund joined Falck Renewables’ representatives at yesterday’s opening ceremony. "We are proud to keep growing in France, with the official opening of our tenth French wind farm and an overall...

We shared some of our experiences of working in a STEM Industry with schoolchildren from around Scotland this week. Our Asset Manager Jamie Steel and Site Manager of Millennium Wind Farm Bruce Hosie took part in the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s Celebration of STEM 2021, giving the young people taking part a virtual tour of the wind farm...

Falck Renewables is giving contribution to increasing the cultural heritage of the area surrounding Carrecastro wind farm, providing benefit to the scientific community, neighborhood and local tourism. The construction of the Carrecastro wind farm started in 2019 and brought to light numerous findings providing greater knowledge of the social and economic aspects of the prehistoric culture. To preserve such valuable...