Thistle Wind Partners

18/12/2025

🎄 On behalf of all of us at TWP, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we look forward to working together again in 2026 🎉

03/11/2025

We're delighted to have received an offer from the Thistle Wind Partners Small Donations Fund for a new interpretation panel, to tell the story of our large Leathery Turtle. Leatherback sea turtles thrive in tropical and subtropical oceans, but this one was carried off-course to colder climes and caught in the net of Westray fisherman Edwin Groat in 1996. The cast of its body on our wall was made by James Jackson and his team at the Museum of Liverpool. We can’t wait to give this grand specimen a fitting display!

21/10/2025

Thistle Wind Partners are delighted to have been able to support these “Cooking on a budget” classes which begin next week at the busy Ormlie Community Centre in Thurso 🎂

We are running a block of sessions to cook on a budget. You will get to learn and create new recipes and take them home to enjoy. Please get in contact if you are intrested in taking part.

03/10/2025

*** EVENT CLOSED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT**

Due to the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions brought on by Storm Amy, we have made the difficult decision to bring our consultation event in Drumlithie to an earlier than advertised close. The health and safety of the public and our staff must be an absolute priority.

We would like to thank those who braved the elements earlier this afternoon. All of our exhibition materials, which have been updated since our earlier Bowdun pre-application consultation events in August are available to view on the virtual exhibition room on our website: https://www.thistlewindpartners.scot/bowdun/

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you were planning on attending today and would like to speak to us, please contact Kirsty Macaulay [email protected]

Tracey Smith for Angus North and Mearns Save our Mearns Drumlithie noticeboard

02/10/2025

🌧 WEATHER WARNING FOR FRIDAY 3rd OCTOBER

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain and high winds tomorrow from 17:00. With health and safety always the priority at TWP, we may have to review the closing time of our Drumlithie community consultation event.

If you're planning on coming along to speak to us tomorrow, please check our social media channels for weather-related updates.

If you wish to check arrangements for the Drumlithie event, please contact Kirstin Gove [email protected] and please stay safe.

TWP's Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm's second round of Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) events are coming up on Thursday 2 Oct in Johnshaven and Friday 3 Oct in Drumlithie.

As well as presenting our project information, we intend on the basis of the feedback that we received during and after our first round of consultations at the end of August, to provide additional information and clarifications.

The event in Johnshaven is a joint PAC event for the offshore Section 36 Application and Marine Licence, and a further offshore PAC 2 event will be held in Stonehaven in early 2026.

You can also view our PAC material here through our virtual room here: https://www.thistlewindpartners.scot/bowdun/virtual-room/

And, feedback can be provided either through our virtual room, via email to our Stakeholder Engagement Manager at [email protected] or by filling out this form: https://forms.office.com/e/fGrxRFxS1c

24/09/2025

04/09/2025

🐦‍⬛ 🌍 TWP believe that Scotland’s energy transition journey must go hand in hand with protecting the natural heritage that make our seas so unique. That’s why we are proud to support the Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund’s (SMEEF) Seabird Resilience Fund.

SMEEF’s strategic programme provides over £1.6 million to support targeted actions that improve seabird breeding success, strengthen coastal habitats and enhance monitoring and conservation science.

🤝 And through our ongoing collaboration with the North East Ornithology Group (NEEOG), we’re also improving industry wide understanding and evidence around seabird ecology and offshore wind development. The group has recently been shortlisted for the Global Offshore Wind Awards 🌍🏆 in two categories – Environmental Excellence 🌿 and Power through Collaboration: Pioneering Partnership 🤝.

Learn more about how we’re helping shape a resilient future for Scotland’s seabirds here:

🔗 https://thistlewindpartners.scot/news/supporting-a-resilient-future-for-scotlands-seabirds/

03/09/2025

Thank you so much to all 150 people (and 4 dogs!) who came along to our first set of Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) events on 21 and 22 August. It was great to meet so many community members.

We are still collecting feedback, and would really encourage you to have a look at our project and submit any comments or feedback on the proposals. There is a virtual room with all of the information from the day available here: www.twp.scot/bowdun/virtual-room and here you can access our brochure with additional information.

A small number of people who left their email addresses on the day have not sent successfully, so if you are awaiting an email with the virtual information, please do get in touch with our Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Kirsty MacAulay at [email protected].

Lastly, we will take in all of the comments you have submitted and we will be back on the following dates to present our project again on:
Thursday 2nd October, Johnshaven Village Hall 2pm-7pm
Friday 3rd October, Drumlithie Bowling Club 2pm-7pm

Please get in touch if you have any questions, and remember to fill out any feedback you have here: https://forms.office.com/e/fGrxRFxS1c

Thanks!

30/08/2025

Sadly, due to the weather, the Stonehaven Harbour Festival has been cancelled tomorrow. If you were planning on stopping by, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via message or email our Stakeholder Engagement Manager on [email protected]

Due to forecasted wind gusts of 38mph, we have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel tomorrows (Sunday 31st August) Harbour Festival, our stalls would be flying around the harbour! - Please Share!

26/08/2025

📣 Significant milestone reached for Ayre Offshore Wind Farm 📣

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted its onshore planning application for the 1GW Ayre Offshore Wind Farm to The Highland Council, marking a key milestone for one of the flagship projects under the ScotWind leasing round.

Once operational, the proposed wind farm located to the east of Orkney and north-east of Caithness, will be capable of powering more than 1.2 million households, and will contribute to the UK and Scottish Government’s ambitious net zero and decarbonisation targets.

This project milestone follows the completion of a comprehensive optioneering exercise considering environmental constraints, as well as public consultations and engagement with local communities and stakeholders in Caithness.

Read more here: https://www.thistlewindpartners.scot/news/thistle-wind-partners-submits-onshore-plans-for-pioneering-ayre-offshore-wind-farm/

20/08/2025

📣 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐮𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞

To coincide with our Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) events taking place in Aberdeenshire this week, our virtual exhibition room is now live on the TWP website. The virtual room displays all the exhibition materials and also provides the opportunity for visitors to submit feedback digitally.

💻📲 Visit the Bowdun virtual exhibition room here:
https://thistlewindpartners.scot/bowdun/virtual-room/

TWP is inviting the communities of south Aberdeenshire to come along to our consultation events prior to the submission of our planning application for the Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm (onshore infrastructure) to Aberdeenshire Council.

📆 Thursday 21st August 2025

📍 Johnshaven Village Hall

🕜 14:00 – 19:00

📆 Friday 22nd August 2025

📍 Drumlithie Bowling Club

🕐 14:00 - 19:00

Our team will be on-hand at the event throughout the day. Come along, ask questions, and find out more.

For more information, or to email your feedback, please get in touch with our stakeholder engagement manager, Kirsty MacAulay, [email protected]