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Allen, Joel, Rosemary, and Yolanda cover major offshore wind developments on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, Ørsted’s Revolution Wind won a court victory allowing construction to resume after the Trump administration’s suspension. Meanwhile, the UK awarded contracts for 8.4 gigawatts of new offshore capacity in the largest auction in European history, with RWE securing nearly 7 gigawatts. Plus Canada’s Nova Scotia announces ambitious 40 gigawatt offshore wind plans, and the crew discusses the ongoing Denmark-Greenland tensions with the US administration. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast brought to you by Strike Tape, protecting thousands of wind turbines from lightning damage worldwide. Visit strike tape.com. And now your hosts, Alan Hall, Rosemary Barnes, Joel Saxon and Yolanda Padron. Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. I’m Allen Hall, along with Yolanda, Joel and Rosie. Boy, a lot of action in the US courts. And as you know, for weeks, American offshore wind has been holding its breath and a lot of people’s jobs are at stake right now. The Trump administration suspended, uh, five major projects on December 22nd, and still they’re still citing national security concerns. Billions of dollars are really in balance here. Construction vessels for most of these. Sites are just doing nothing at the minute, but the courts are stepping in and Sted won a [00:01:00] key victory when the federal judge allowed its revolution wind project off the coast of Rhode Island to resume construction immediately. So everybody’s excited there and it does sound like Osted is trying to finish that project as fast as they can. And Ecuador and Dominion Energy, which are two of the other bigger projects, are fighting similar battles. Ecuador is supposed to hear in the next couple of days as we’re recording. Uh, but the message is pretty clear from developers. They have invested too much to walk away, and if they get an opportunity to wrap these projects up quickly. They are going to do it now. Joel, before the show, we were talking about vineyard wind and vineyard. Wind was on hold, and I think it, it may not even be on hold right now, I have to go back and look. But when they were put on hold, uh, the question was, the turbines that were operating, were they able to continue operating? And the answer initially I thought was no. But it was yes, the, the turbines that were [00:02:00] producing power. We’re allowed to continue to produce powers. What was in the balance were the remaining turbines that were still being installed or, uh, being upgraded. So there’s, there’s a lot going on right now, but it does seem like, and back to your earlier point, Joel, before we start talking and maybe you can discuss this, we, there is an offshore wind farm called Block Island really closely all these other wind farms, and it’s been there for four or five years at this point. No one’s said anything about that wind farm.  Speaker: I think it’s been there, to be honest with you, since like 2016 or 17. It’s been there a long time. Is it that old? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So when we were talk, when we’ve been talking through and it gets lost in the shuffle and it shouldn’t, because that’s really the first offshore wind farm in the United States. We keep talking about all these big, you know, utility scale massive things, but that is a utility scale wind farm as well. There’s fi, correct me if I’m wrong, Yolanda, is it five turbos or six? It’s five. Their decent sized turbines are sitting on jackets. They’re just, uh, they’re, they’re only a couple miles offshore. They’re not way offshore. But throughout all of these issues that we’ve had, um, with [00:03:00] these injunctions and stopping construction and stopping this and reviewing permits and all these things, block Island has just been spinning, producing power, uh, for the locals there off the coast of Rhode Island. So we. What were our, the question was is, okay, all these other wind farms that are partially constructed, have they been spinning? Are they producing power? And my mind goes to this, um, as a risk reduction effort. I wonder if, uh, the cable, if the cable lay timelines were what they were. Right. So would you now, I guess as a risk reduction effort, and this seems really silly to have to think about this. If you have your offshore substation, was the, was the main export cable connected to some of these like revolution wind where they have the injunction right now? Was that export cable connected and were the inter array cables regularly connected to turbines and them coming online? Do, do, do, do, do. Like, it wasn’t like a COD, we turned the switch and we had to wait for all 62 turbines. Right. So to our [00:04:00] knowledge and, and, uh, please reach out to any of us on LinkedIn or an email or whatever to our knowledge. The turbines that are in production have still have been spinning. It’s the construction activities that have been stopped, but now. Hey, revolution wind is 90% complete and they’re back out and running, uh, on construction activities as of today. Speaker 2: It was in the last 48 hours. So this, this is a good sign because I think as the other wind farms go through the courts, they’re gonna essentially run through this, this same judge I that. Tends to happen because they have done all the research already. So you, you likely get the same outcome for all the other wind farms, although they have to go through the process. You can’t do like a class action, at least that’s doesn’t appear to be in play at the minute. Uh, they’re all gonna have to go through this little bit of a process. But what the judge is saying essentially is the concern from the Department of War, and then the Department of Interior is. [00:05:00] Make believe. I, I don’t wanna frame it. It’s not framed that way, the way it’s written. There’s a lot more legalistic terms about it. But it basically, they’re saying they tried to stop it before they didn’t get the result they wanted. The Trump administration didn’t get the result they wanted. So the Trump administration ramped it up by saying it was something that was classified in, in part of the Department of War. The judge isn’t buying it. So the, the, the early action. I think what we initially talked about this, everybody, I think the early feeling was they’re trying to stop it, but the fact that they’re trying to stop it just because, and just start pulling permits is not gonna stand outta the court. And when they want to come back and do it again, they’re not likely to win. If they would. Kept their ammunition dry and just from the beginning said it’s something classified as something defense related that Trump administration probably would’ve had a better shot at this. But now it just seems like everything’s just gonna lead down the pathway where all these projects get finished. Speaker: Yeah, I think that specific judge probably was listening to the [00:06:00] Uptime podcast last week for his research. Um, listen to, to our opinions that we talked about here, saying that this is kind of all bs. It’s not gonna fly. Uh, but what we’re sitting at here is like Revolution Wind was, had the injunction against it. Uh, empire Wind had an injunction again, but they were awaiting a similar ruling. So hopefully that’s actually supposed to go down today. That’s Wednesday. Uh, this is, so we’re recording this on Wednesday. Um, and then Dominion is, has, is suing as well, and their, uh, hearing is on Friday. In two, two days from now. And I would expect, I mean, it’s the same, same judge, same piece of papers, like it’s going to be the same result. Some numbers to throw at this thing. Now, just so the listeners know the impact of this, uh, dominion for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project, they say that their pause in construction is costing them $5 million a day, and that is. That’s a pretty round number. It’s a conservative number to be honest with you. For officer operations, how many vessels and how much stuff is out there? That makes sense. Yep. [00:07:00] 5 million. So $5 million a day. And that’s one of the wind farms. Uh, coastal, Virginia Wind Farm is an $11 billion project. With, uh, it’s like 176 turbines. I think something to that, like it’s, it’s got enough power, it’s gonna have enough production out there to power up, like, uh, like 650,000 homes when it’s done. So there’s five projects suspended right now. I’m continuing with the numbers. Um, well, five, there’s four now. Revolution’s back running, right? So five and there’s four. Uh, four still stopped. And of those five is 28. Billion dollars in combined capital at risk, right? So you can understand why some of these companies are worried, right? They’re this is, this is not peanuts. Um, so you saw a little bump in like Ted stock in the markets when this, this, uh, revolution wind, uh, injunction was stopped. Uh, but. You also see that, uh, Moody’s is a credit [00:08:00] rating. They’ve lowered ORs, Ted’s um, rating from stable to negative, given that political risk.  Speaker 2: Well, if you haven’t been paying attention, wind energy O and m Australia 2026 is happening relatively soon. It’s gonna be February 17th and 18th. It’s gonna be at the Pullman Hotel downtown Melbourne. And we are all looking forward to it. The, the roster and the agenda is, is nearly assembled at this point. Uh, we have a, a couple of last minute speakers, but uh, I’m looking at the agenda and like, wow, if you work in o and m or even are around wind turbines, this is the place to be in February. From my  Speaker: seat. It’s pretty, it’s, it’s, it’s shaping up for pretty fun. My phone has just been inundated with text message and WhatsApp of when are you traveling? What are your dates looking forward to, and I wanna say this right, Rosie. Looking forward to Melvin. Did I get it? Did I do it okay.  Speaker 3: You know how to say it.  Speaker: So, so we’re, we’re really looking forward to, we’ve got a bunch of people traveling from around the [00:09:00] world, uh, to come and share their collective knowledge, uh, and learn from the Australians about how they’re doing things, what the, what the risks are, what the problems are, uh, really looking forward to the environment down there, like we had last year was very. Collaborative, the conversations are flowing. Um, so we’re looking forward to it, uh, in a big way from our seats. Over here,  Speaker 2: we are announcing a lightning workshop, and that workshop will be answering all your lightning questions in regards to your turbines Now. Typically when we do this, it’s about $10,000 per seat, and this will be free as part of WMA 2026. We’re gonna talk about some of the lightning physics, what’s actually happening in the field versus what the OEMs are saying and what the IEC specification indicates. And the big one is force majeure. A lot of operators are paying for damages that are well within the IEC specification, and we’ll explain.[00:10:00] What that is all about and what you can do to save yourself literally millions of dollars. But that is only possible if you go to Woma 2020 six.com and register today because we’re running outta seats. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. But this is a great opportunity to get your lightning questions answered. And Rosemary promised me that we’re gonna talk about Vestus turbines. Siemens turbines. GE Renova turbines. Nordex turbines. So if you have Nordex turbines, Sulan turbines, bring the turbine. Type, we’ll talk about it. We’ll get your questions answered, and the goal is that everybody at at Wilma 2026 is gonna go home and save themselves millions of dollars in 26 and millions of dollars in 27 and all the years after, because this Lightning workshop is going to take care of those really frustrating lightning questions that just don’t get answered. We’re gonna do it right there. Sign up today.  Speaker 3: [00:11:00] You know what, I’m really looking forward to that session and especially ’cause I’ve got a couple of new staff or new-ish staff at, it’s a great way to get them up to speed on lightning. And I think that actually like the majority of people, even if you are struggling with lightning problems every day, I bet that there is a whole bunch that you could learn about the underlying physics of lightning. And there’s not so many places to find that in the world. I have looked, um, for my staff training, where is the course that I can send them to, to understand all about lightning? I know when I started atm, I had a, an intro session, one-on-one with the, you know, chief Lightning guy there. That’s not so easy to come by, and this is the opportunity where you can get that and better because it’s information about every, every OEM and a bit of a better understanding about how it works so that you can, you know, one of the things that I find working with Lightning is a lot of force MA mature claims. And then, um, the OEMs, they try and bamboozle you with this like scientific sounding talk. If you understand better, then you’ll be able to do better in those discussions. [00:12:00] So I would highly recommend attending if you can swing the Monday as well.  Speaker: If you wanna attend now and you’re coming to the events. Reach out to, you can reach out to me directly because what we want to do now is collect, uh, as much information as possible about the specific turbine types of the, that the people in the room are gonna be responsible for. So we can tailor those messages, um, to help you out directly. So feel free to reach out to me, joel.saxo, SAXU m@wglightning.com and uh, we’ll be squared away and ready to roll on Monday. I think that’s Monday the 16th.  Speaker 2: So while American offshore wind fights for survival in the courts, British offshore wind just had its biggest day ever. The United Kingdom awarded contracts for 8.4 gigawatts. That’s right. 8.4 gigawatts of new offshore wind capacity, the largest auction in European history. Holy smokes guys. The price came in at about 91 pounds per megawatt hour, and that’s 2024 pounds. [00:13:00] Uh, and that’s roughly 40% cheaper than building a new. Gas plant Energy Secretary Ed Milliband called it a monumental step towards the country’s 2030 clean power goals and that it is, uh, critics say that prices are still higher than previous auctions, and one that the government faces challenges connecting all this new capacity to the grid, and they do, uh, transmission is a limiting factor here, but in terms of where the UK is headed. Putting in gigawatts of offshore wind is going to disconnect them from a lot of need on the gas supply and other energy sources. It’s a massive auction round. This was way above what I remember being, uh. Talked about when we were in Scotland just a couple of weeks ago, Joel.  Speaker: Yeah, that’s what I was gonna say. You know, when we were, when we were up with the, or E Catapult event, and we talked to a lot of the different organizations of their OWGP and um, you know, the course, the or e Catapult folks and, and, and a [00:14:00] few others, they were really excited about AR seven. They were like, oh, we’re, we’re so excited. It’s gonna come down, it’s gonna be great. I didn’t expect these kind of numbers to come out of this thing. Right? ’cause we know that, um, they’ve got about, uh, the UK currently has about. 16 and a half or so gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, um, with, you know, they got a bunch under construction, it’s like 11 under construction, but their goal is to have 43 gigawatts by 2030. So,  Speaker 2: man.  Speaker: Yeah. And, and when 2030, put this into Conte Con context now. This is one of our first podcasts of the new year. That’s only four years away. Right. It’s soon. And, and to, to be able to do that. So you’re saying they got 16, they go some round numbers. They got 16 now. Pro producing 11 in the pipe, 11 being constructed. So get that to 27. That’s another 16 gigawatts of wind. They want, they that are not under construction today that they want to have completed in the next four years. That is a monumental effort now. We know that there’s some grid grid complications and connection [00:15:00] requirements and things that will slow that down, but just thinking about remove the grid idea, just thinking about the amount of effort to get those kind of large capital projects done in that short of timeline. Kudos to the UK ’cause they’re unlocking a lot of, um, a lot of private investment, a lot of effort to get these things, but they’re literally doing the inverse of what we’re doing in the United States right now.  Speaker 2: There would be about a total of 550, 615 ish megawatt turbines in the water. That does seem doable though. The big question is who’s gonna be providing those turbines? That’s a. Massive order. Whoever the salesperson is involved in that transaction is gonna be very happy. Well, the interesting thing here  Speaker: too is the global context of assets to be able to deliver this. We just got done talking about the troubles at these wind farms in the United States. As soon as these. Wind farms are finished. There’s not more of them coming to construction phase shortly, right? So all of these assets, all these jack up vessels, these installation vessels, these specialized cable lay vessels, they [00:16:00]can, they can fuel up and freaking head right across, back across the Atlantic and start working on these things. If the pre all of the engineering and, and the turbine deliveries are ready to roll the vessels, uh, ’cause that you, that, you know, two years ago that was a problem. We were all. Forecasting. Oh, we have this forecasted problem of a shortage of vessels and assets to be able to do installs. And now with the US kind of, basically, once we’re done with the wind farms, we’re working on offshore, now we’re shutting it down. It frees those back up, right? So the vessels will be there, be ready to roll. You’ll have people coming off of construction projects that know what’s going on, right? That, that know how to, to work these things. So the, the people, the vessels that will be ready to roll it is just, can we get the cables, the mono piles, the turbines and the cells, the blades, all done in time, uh, to make this happen And, and. I know I’m rambling now, but after leaving that or e Catapult event and talking to some of the people, um, that are supporting those [00:17:00] funds over there, uh, being injected from the, uh, the government, I think that they’ve got  Speaker 2: the, the money flowing over there to get it done too. The big winner in the auction round was RWE and they. Almost seven gigawatts. So that was a larger share of the 8.4 gigawatts. RWE obviously has a relationship with Vestus. Is that where this is gonna go? They’re gonna be, uh, installing vestus turbines. And where were those tur turbines? As I was informed by Scottish gentlemen, I won’t name names. Uh, will those turbines be built in the uk? Speaker 3: It’s a lot. It’s a, it’s one of the biggest challenges with, um, the supply chain for wind energy is that it just is so lumpy. So, you know, you get, um, uh. You get huge eight gigawatts all at once and then you have years of, you know, just not much. Not much, not much going on. I mean, for sure they’re not gonna be just building [00:18:00] eight gigawatts worth of, um, wind turbines in the UK in the next couple of years because they would also have to build the capacity to manufacture that and, and then would wanna be building cocks every couple of years for, you know, the next 10 or 20 years. So, yeah, of course they’re gonna be manufacturing. At facilities around the world and, and transporting them. But, um, yeah, I just, I don’t know. It’s one of the things that I just. Constantly shake my head about is like, how come, especially when projects are government supported, when plans are government supported, why, why can’t we do a better job of smoothing things out so that you can have, you know, for example, local manufacturing because everyone knows that they’ve got a secure pipeline. It’s just when the government’s involved, it should be possible.  Speaker 2: At least the UK has been putting forth some. Pretty big numbers to support a local supply chain. When we were over in Scotland, they announced 300 million pounds, and that was just one of several. That’s gonna happen over the next year. There will be a [00:19:00] near a billion pounds be put into the supply chain, which will make a dramatic difference. But I think you’re right. Also, it’s, they’re gonna ramp up and then they, it’s gonna ramp down. They have to find a way to feed the global marketplace at some point, be because the technology and the people are there. It’s a question of. How do you sustain it for a 20, 30 year period? That’s a different question. Speaker 3: I do agree that the UK is doing a better job than probably anybody else. Um, it it’s just that they, the way that they have chosen to organize these auctions and the government support and the planning just means that they have that, that this is the perfect conditions to, you know. Make a smooth rollout and you know, take care of all this. And so I just a bit frustrated that they’re not doing more. But you are right that they’re doing the best probably  Speaker 4: once all of these are in service though, aren’t there quite a bit of aftermarket products that are available in the UK  Speaker: on the service then? I think there’s more.  Speaker 4: Which, I mean, that’s good. A good part of it, right? Speaker: If we’re talking Vestas, so, so let’s just round this [00:20:00] up too. If we’re talking vest’s production for blades in Europe, you have two facilities in Denmark that build V 2 36 blades. You have one facility in Italy that builds V 2 36 blades, Taiwan, but they build them for the APAC market. Of course. Um, Poland had a, has one on hold right now, V 2 36 as well. Well, they just bought that factory from LM up in Poland also. That’s, but I think that’s for onshore term, onshore blades. Oh, yes, sure. And then Scotland has, they have the proposed facility in, in Laith. That there, that’s kind of on hold as well. So if that one’s proposed, I’m sure, hey, if we get a big order, they’ll spin that up quick because they’ll get, I am, I would imagine someone o you know, one of the, one of the funds to spool up a little bit of money, boom, boom, boom. ’cause they’re turning into local jobs. Local supply  Speaker 2: chain does this then create the condition where a lot of wind turbines, like when we were in Scotland, a lot of those wind turbines are. Gonna reach 20 years old, maybe a little bit older here over the next five years where they will [00:21:00] need to be repowered upgraded, whatever’s gonna happen there. If you had internal manufacturing. In country that would, you’d think lower the price to go do that. That will be a big effort just like it is in Spain right now.  Speaker: The trouble there though too, is if you’re using local content in, in the uk, the labor prices are so much  Speaker 2: higher. I’m gonna go back to Rosie’s point about sort of the way energy is sold worldwide. UK has high energy prices, mostly because they are buying energy from other countries and it’s expensive to get it in country. So yes, they can have higher labor prices and still be lower cost compared to the alternatives. It, it’s not the same equation in the US versus uk. It’s, it’s totally different economics, but. If they get enough power generation, which I think the UK will, they’re gonna offload that and they’re already doing it now. So you can send power to France, send power up [00:22:00] north. There’s ways to sell that extra power and help pay for the system you built. That would make a a lot of sense. It’s very similar to what the Saudis have done for. Dang near 80 years, which is fill tankers full of oil and sell it. This is a little bit different that we’re just sending electrons through the water to adjacent European countries. It does seem like a plan. I hope they’re sending ’em through a cable in the water and not just into the water. Well, here’s the thing that was concerning early on. They’re gonna turn it into hydrogen and put it on a ship and send it over to France. Like that didn’t make any sense at all. Uh. Cable’s on the way to do it. Right.  Speaker: And actually, Alan, you and I did have a conversation with someone not too long ago about that triage market and how the project where they put that, that that trans, that HVDC cable next to the tunnel it, and it made and it like paid for itself in a year or something. Was that like, that they didn’t wanna really tell us like, yeah, it paid for itself in a year. Like it was a, the ROI was like on a, like a $500 million [00:23:00]project or something. That’s crazy. Um, but yeah, that’s the same. That’s, that is, I would say part of the big push in the uk there is, uh, then they can triage that power and send it, send it back across. Um, like I think Nord Link is the, the cable between Peterhead and Norway, right? So you have, you have a triage market going across to the Scandinavian countries. You have the triage market going to mainland eu. Um, and in when they have big time wind, they’re gonna be able to do it. So when you have an RWE. Looking at seven gigawatts of, uh, possibility that they just, uh, just procured. Game on. I love it. I think it’s gonna be cool. I’m, I’m happy to see it blow  Speaker 2: up. Canada is getting serious about offshore wind and international developers are paying attention. Q Energy, France and its South Korean partner. Hawa Ocean have submitted applications to develop wind projects off Nova Scotia’s Coast. The province has big ambitions. Premier, Tim Houston wants to license enough. Offshore [00:24:00] wind to produce 40 gigawatts of power far more than Nova Scotia would ever need. Uh, the extra electricity could supply more than a quarter of Canada’s total demand. If all goes according to plan, the first turbines could be spinning by 2035. Now, Joel. Yeah, some of this power will go to Canada, but there’s a huge market in the United States also for this power and the capacity factor up in Nova Scotia offshore is really good. Yeah. It’s uh, it  Speaker: is simply, it’s stellar, right? Uh, that whole No, Nova Scotia, new Brunswick, Newfoundland, that whole e even Maritimes of Canada. The wind, the wind never stops blowing, right? Like I, I go up there every once in a while ’cause my wife is from up there and, uh, it’s miserable sometimes even in the middle of summer. Um, so the, the wind resource is fantastic. The, it, it is a boom or will be a boom for the Canadian market, right? There’re always [00:25:00] that maritime community, they’re always looking for, for, uh, new jobs. New jobs, new jobs. And this is gonna bring them to them. Um, one thing I wanna flag here is when I know this, when this announcement came out. And I reached out to Tim Houston’s office to try to get him on the podcast, and I haven’t gotten a response yet. Nova Scotia. So if someone that’s listening can get ahold of Tim Houston, we’d love to talk to him about the plans for Nova Scotia. Um, but, but we see that just like we see over overseas, the triage market of we’re making power, we can sell it. You know, we balance out the prices, we can sell it to other places. From our seats here we’ve been talking about. The electricity demand on the east coast of the United States for, for years and how it is just climbing, climbing, climbing, especially AI data centers. Virginia is a hub of this, right? They need power and we’re shooting ourselves in the foot, foot for offshore wind, plus also canceling pipelines and like there’s no extra generation going on there except for some solar plants where you can squeeze ’em in down in the Carolinas and whatnot. [00:26:00] There is a massive play here for the Canadians to be able to HVD see some power down to us. Speaker 2: The offshore conditions off the coast of Nova Scotia are pretty rough, and the capacity factor being so high makes me think of some of the Brazilian wind farms where the capacity factor is over 50%. It’s amazing down there, but one of the outcomes of that has been early turbine problems. And I’m wondering if the Nova Scotia market is going to demand a different kind of turbine that is specifically built for those conditions. It’s cold, really cold. It’s really windy. There’s a lot of moisture in the air, right? So the salt is gonna be bad. Uh, and then the sea life too, right? There’s a lot of, uh, sea life off the coast of the Nova Scotia, which everybody’s gonna be concerned about. Obviously, as this gets rolling. How do we think about this? And who’s gonna be the manufacturer of turbines for Canada? Is it gonna be Nordics? Well,  Speaker: let’s start from the ground up there. So from the or ground up, it’s, how about sea [00:27:00] floor up? Let’s start from there. There is a lot of really, really, if you’ve ever worked in the offshore world, the o offshore, maritime Canadian universities that focus on the, on offshore construction, they produce some of the best engineers for those markets, right? So if you go down to Houston, Texas where there’s offshore oil and gas companies and engineering companies everywhere, you run into Canadians from the Maritimes all over the place ’cause they’re really good at what they do. Um, they are developing or they have developed offshore oil and gas platforms. Off of the coast of Newfoundland and up, up in that area. And there’s some crazy stuff you have to compete with, right? So you have icebergs up there. There’s no icebergs in the North Atlantic that like, you know, horn seats, internet cruising through horn C3 with icebergs. So they’ve, they’ve engineered and created foundations and things that can deal with that, those situations up there. But you also have to remember that you’re in the Canadian Shield, which is, um, the Canadian Shield is a geotechnical formation, right? So it’s very rocky. Um, and it’s not [00:28:00] like, uh, the other places where we’re putting fixed bottom wind in where you just pound the piles into the sand. That’s not how it’s going to go, uh, up in Canada there. So there’s some different engineering that’s going to have to take place for the foundations, but like you said, Alan Turbine specific. It blows up there. Right. And we have seen onshore, even in the United States, when you get to areas that have high capacity burning out main bearings, burning out generators prematurely because the capacity factor is so high and those turbines are just churning. Um, I, I don’t know if any of the offshore wind turbine manufacturers are adjusting any designs specifically for any markets. I, I just don’t know that. Um, but they may run into some. Some tough stuff up there, right? You might run into some, some overspeeding main bearings and some maintenance issues, specifically in the wintertime ’cause it is nasty up there. Speaker 2: Well, if you have 40 gigawatts of capacity, you have several thousand turbines, you wanna make sure really [00:29:00] sure that the blade design is right, that the gearbox is right if you have a gearbox, and that everything is essentially over-designed, heated. You can have deicing systems on it, I would assume that would be something you would be thinking about. You do the same thing for the monopoles. The whole assembly’s gotta be, have a, just a different thought process than a turbine. You would stick off the coast of Germany. Still rough conditions at times, but not like Nova Scotia.  Speaker: One, one other thing there to think about too that we haven’t dealt with, um. In such extreme levels is the, the off the coast of No. Nova Scotia is the Bay of Fundee. If you know anything about the Bay of Fundee, it is the highest tide swings in the world. So the tide swings at certain times of the year, can be upwards of 10 meters in a 12 hour period in this area of, of the ocean. And that comes with it. Different time, different types of, um, one of the difficult things for tide swings is it creates subsid currents. [00:30:00] Subsid currents are, are really, really, really bad, nasty. Against rocks and for any kind of cable lay activities and longevity of cable lay scour protection around turbines and stuff like that. So that’s another thing that subsea that we really haven’t spoke about.  Speaker 3: You know, I knew when you say Bay Bay of funding, I’m like, I know that I have heard that place before and it’s when I was researching for. Tidal power videos for Tidal Stream. It’s like the best place to, to generate electricity from. Yeah, from Tidal Stream. So I guess if you are gonna be whacking wind turbines in there anyway, maybe you can share some infrastructure and Yeah. Eca a little bit, a little bit more from your, your project.  Speaker 2: that wraps up another episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. If today’s discussion sparked any questions or ideas. We’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to us on LinkedIn and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. And if you found value in today’s conversation, please leave us a review. It really helps other wind energy professionals discover the show For Rosie, Yolanda and Joel, I’m Alan Hall, and we’ll see you here next week on the Uptime [00:36:00] Wind Energy Podcast.

Send us a textThis week in our Christmas Bumper Edition we look back at our games against Sparta Prague in the Europa Conference League and Celtic in The Scottish Premier, and ahead to a busy festive period with matches versus Dundee United, Hibs, Falkirk and the first of a Rangers Double Bill. We'll get the latest from Aberdeen Women as well as our Loan Watch Dons from Aberdeen FC playing across the country in Lower Divisions hopefully gaining the experience to take them to the first team.Away from the Dons, we'll check in on Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

In this special episode, the Indypodcasters head to the Carsebridge Cultural Campus in Alloa for a vibrant four-day art exhibition brought to life by Yes Stones, Yes Slates, and the wider community of independent Scottish artists. Hosted by the charity Resonate Together, the event showcased an extraordinary collection of artwork generously donated by the artists — with proceeds shared between Resonate Together and nine Scottish charities chosen by the artists themselves. From luminous landscapes to pieces exploring history, politics, and Scottish culture, the exhibition was a celebration of creativity in all its forms. Visitors enjoyed coffee, cake, live music and great conversation at the drop-in stone-painting workshop that kept the creative energy flowing. Join us as we wander through the exhibition, chat with organisers and artists, and capture the warmth, talent, and community spirit that made these four days truly special. Key points: 00:04:37  Opening day 00:10:04   Chatting with artist Walker McGowan 00:15:33   Reclaiming our culture with piper Caimbeul Mac An T-Saoir 00:15:45    Chatting with Mary at the workshop 00:17:36    Chatting with Angela Watt, founder of Resonate Together 00:23:39     Chatting with Lynne Dougan, Yes Stones/Slates 00:30:24     Reflecting on the event with Neil Haston, Yes Stones/Slates 00:31:35     Protest corner, with music by Jim McLean Find out more about Resonate Together from their Facebook page or https://www.facebook.com/Resonatetogether or check out their website https://resonatetogether.org.uk Find out more about Yes Stones from their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/183023062566228 Check out Artists for Independence on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/artistsforindy.scot #art #scottishculture #scottishartists The Indypodcasters team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe for free to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips.  video premieres most Tuesdays at 8pm If you've enjoyed this podcast you might like to buy us a coffee?   https://ko-fi.com/scottishindependencepodcasts or choose us as your Easyfundraising good cause. Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod Homeland by the Graham Brown Band The Man from Peterhead by Jim McLean Scottish Independence Podcasts is pro independence but not party political.  Opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily represent our views.    

Treat this episode of The Wyness Shuffle as a massive Christmas selection box of ICT goodies that you can gorge yourself on over the entire festive period. We've put together our biggest festive pod to date, mainly due to some brilliant interviews with some ICT legends on and off the pitch. We welcome The Three Wise Men of Danny Devine, David Wotherspoon, and Joe Chalmers for a surprisingly competitive Christmas Quiz; new ICT Director George Moodie joins us to describe his early days on the board of the football club; and Caley Thistle stalwart of 20 years, ICT Community Development Trust Chief Executive Craig Masterton makes his pod debut to talk about the their outstanding commitment to social inclusion. Plus all the usual festive features and annual gubbins you'd expect. 01:10 Hello and straight into annual ICT festive puns. Hello Sleigh Keogh! 04:10 Summer Football? With the recent Tranent call-offs and more no doubt expected we have a quick chat about the pros and cons of summer vs winter football. 08:14 Game by Game. Discussion of two games as Hamilton's woes continue as ICT smash them 4-0 and rack up consecutive four goal wins at home, and the Tranent game finally goes ahead in Haddington of all places. 33:43 The Club. We take out regular look behind the scenes at The Club, looking at all things ICT on and mainly off the park, but we don't do that through our uninformed eyes, we do it through one of the four Directors of what is the new look Caley Thistle. Chairman of the ICT Supporters Trust and now one of four official directors of ICTFC. Mr George Moodie 1:08:38 Xmas Games of Old. A walk down a snowy lane of memories as we look back at some of the great festive games of old. Vestiges of Xmas' past at Kingsmills and Telford Street maybe, blizzard conditions amid the banks of the moray firth at Caledonian Stadium, and dark, delayed, dreadful conditions for away games that were worth it in the end for football memories that have not faded. 1:17:31 Quiz! And now The Magi, the Three Kings, the Three Wise Men of ICTFC. Like Jesus on Christmas morning (although it wasn't called that then, just Tuesday) we are delighted to have been visited by three of the wisest souls to don a Caley Thistle shirt: Danny Devine, David Wotherspoon, and Joe Chalmers. And it gets competitive! 01:56:46 WhatYiSayin Craig Masterton from the ICT Community Development Trust? 17462 participants this year! 1713 hours of free football! The ICT Community Development Trust's primary objective is to promote and improve the physical and mental health of both young and old through activity and provide an opportunity for everyone in Inverness and surrounding areas to participate in football! So we talked to Craig! 02:34:02 Gifts for Gaffers! What Xmas presents would we give to the assorted rogues gallery of League One managers? Sledges, fish suppers and an instruction manual for Keith Bray. 2:36:14 League Lookahead: We lookahead to the Dumbarton game that has already been played! We thought we'd do alright given the recent comments of their manager. We also look ahead to all the Festive Football that is the games in Stenhousemuir, Montrose, the first home of the 2026 v Peterhead, and AY's gig at the Market Bar at 10pm on Sat 20 Dec! 02:45:29 2026 Lookahead! Do we add any players? Do we lose any? And what lies ahead? We think we know. 02:48:16 The 2025 Story of Inverness Caledonian Thistle via an ill-advised Xmas (w)rap. There's it! Thanks for listening throughout 2025!  Merry Christmas!

Send us a textThis week we look back over our matches against Strasbourg and Kilmarnock and ahead to Sparta Prague and Celtic. There's the latest from Aberdeen Women and our younger Dons on Loan Watch as they gain more first team experience away from Pittodrie and Aberdeen FC. We'll check in on Cove Rangers and Peterhead too, as well as the Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis.Support the show

Send us a textThis week, we look back over our games against St Mirren and Dundee in the league and ahead to the matches versus FC Strasbourg and Kilmarnock. There's the latest from Aberdeen FC Women and our younger Dons on Loan Watch and away from Aberdeen we look back over The World Cup Draw and we're across the country and down the divisions following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis.   Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back at our matches against FC Noah and Livingston and ahead to St Mirren and Dundee, plus the latest from Aberdeen FC Women and our young Dons on Loan Watch.Away from Pittodrie we check in with Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John MellisSupport the show

Send us a textThis week we look back at our victory over Hearts and ahead to our Europa Conference League fixture on Thursday versus FC Noah before a return to league action on Sunday away to Livingston.There's the latest from our young Dons on Loan Watch and we check in with Aberdeen FC Women as they attempt to get back on track in the league. Away from Pittodrie, we follow Cove Rangers and Peterhead in League One along with the latest from the Highland League and Juniors.Oh, AND there's the small matter of Scotland qualifying for the World Cup Finals for the first time since 1998!As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look ahead to Aberdeen against Hearts on Sunday at Pittodrie and back at Aberdeen FC Women's third match away at the same venue in as many weeks. There's the latest progress on the young Dons on Loan Watch and we assess our chances of making it to the World Cup as Group Winners with a victory over Denmark at Hampden. Plus we're down the divisions and across the country as we follow Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors. As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back over our Europa Conference League draw in Cyprus away to Larnaca followed by a domestic draw versus Motherwell.We consider the national team's chances of outright qualification for the World Cup and take a brief look ahead to the Dons' next league game against Hearts at Pittodrie after the international break ends. Plus, the latest from Aberdeen FC Women, our young Dons on Loan Watch and we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors. As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back at the league win over Kilmarnock, and ahead to our next domestic fixture at home versus Motherwell on Sunday. Before that, of course, another Europa Conference League game, this time in Cyprus against Larnaca. We're with Aberdeen FC Women as they return to action following the international break, the young Dons on Loan Watch and we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie  and is hosted by John MellisSupport the show

Send us a textThis week we look back on both a European and domestic humbling for the Dons at the hands of AEK Athens and Hibs. Has the comeback fallen off the rails already? Is the 3 year project at an end around the half way mark? What next for the Dons? Well, the immediate answer is a trip to Rugby Park and we preview that as well.There's the latest from Aberdeen Women and the Aberdeen FC players currently placed at other clubs on Loan Watch. We're down the divisions and across the country too following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and opinion from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

(If you want to try NordVPN, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/terracepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a free 30-day, money-back guarantee.) Shaughan McGuigan pairs up with Craig G Telfer to review the big games and the bigger stories from the Scottish lower leagues. This week, the pair talk about the midweek Championship action, Danny Lennon's sudden departure from Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical's points deduction, Peterhead's thumping win over Queen of the South, and the Spartans' narrow victory at Dumbarton. 0:00 Start 07:30 Arbroath 3-1 St Johnstone 22:30 Airdrie sack Danny Lennon 28:00 Partick Thistle go joint top 42:30 Hamilton Accies' points deduction 52:35 Peterhead 3-0 Queen of the South 01:08:00 Dumbarton 1-2 The Spartans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textThis week we look back over that last gasp win at St Mirren and ahead to both AEK Athens in The Europa Conference League and Hibs at Pittodrie in the SPL on Sunday.We're with Aberdeen Women as they faced a stern test against Hearts, the younger Dons on Loan Watch and we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week in the international break we look back over Aberdeen Women's league match against  Hamilton, our Loan Watch Dons in action and we ask can we overlook performance for the national team when it's six points in the bag? Plus, we look ahead to the return of league football when the Dons face St Mirren in Paisley, and we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week - goals, clean sheets, points!Not to put too fine a point on it, but we needed this!We look back over the first of our Europa Conference League matches against Shakhtar Donetsk as well as our Premier League Match versus Dundee. There's the latest from our (mostly young) Dons on Loan Watch, and we check in with Aberdeen FC Women during a break from SWPL1 on cup duty.Plus, we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers and Peterhead and recap a hugely depleted Highland League and Juniors programme.As always, Pittodrie PS features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis.Support the show

As we digest the first quarter of the season, Caley Thistle's 100% away league record lies in a shallow grave in Cumbernauld. Why is North Lanarkshire where ICT's dreams go to die? Why does no-one ever choose a pie for their last meal on earth? Why does The Climb make tough guys cry? And why should you never accept a ride in a boat from two foam-rubber Loch Ness Monsters? In our latest pod, Godfather Andrew Moffat and capos Sandy Sutherland, Stevie Riley and Andrew Young get stuck into all these questions and serve up the usual 31 years of ICT references, wild conjecture and mild distraction. Let's shuffle! 00:00:56 – Introduction and Hamilton Postmortem. Moff introduces the panel and we analyse Saturday's disappointing defeat in Cumbernauld and how the team might respond to it. 00:22:40 – First Quarter Report Card. We are 25% of the way through league season 2025-26, so it seems like a good time to look back and evaluate how ICT are doing so far. Who is top of the class? Who could do better? And who wins the prize for perfect attendance? 00:36:58 – Game by Game. The panel looks back at our recent league wins against East Fife and Queen of the South, a demolition of Dundee B in the KDM Evolution Challenge Cup Trophy, and considers whether new mascots Nessie and Nessa would be more at home in New Jersey. 00:48:09 – What yi sayeen? Remi Savage. Duncan Ferguson didn't do much right at ICT, but he did bequeath us Remi Savage, one of our standout players since signing in January 2024. Remi spoke to Stevie about coming through at Liverpool and Newcastle, moving to Inverness, surviving administration, and his very positive feelings about the ICT squad and manager. 01:20:30 – The Club. Stevie gets emotional over Kell's love of The Climb; we discuss Alan Savage's plans for the future of the club as he takes full control of ICT; and we look forward to good times later this week, as Moff hosts the ICT Supporters' Trust's Scottish Cup 10th Anniversary night. 01:31:48 – What yi sayeen? David Proctor. An important contributor to two successful promotion campaigns and with more than 100 top-flight appearances for ICT under his belt, David Proctor is something of an unsung hero in Inverness. Now in his third spell with the club, having exchanged his boots for the physio's table, David tells Stevie about life after leaving Caley Thistle, why he has returned, and how being a former player has helped him in his new career. 02:02:47 – League Lookahead. A very quick skip through the upcoming games against Forfar in the Challenge Cup and Kelty Hearts and Peterhead in the league. There's it!  Whaddayagottado?

Send us a textThis week we look back over the losses to Dundee United and Motherwell, and ahead to the first of our Europa Conference League Ties against Shakhtar Donetsk on Thursday at Pittodrie as well as the league game at home against Dundee on Sunday. There's the latest from our Dons on the road on Loan Watch, Aberdeen FC Women, plus we're across the country and down the divisions following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from  Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John MellisSupport the show

Send us a textThis week, we look back ....and ahead to matches versus Motherwell, with a dollop of Dundee United in between.Can the Dons turn things around and get going for the league campaign?We'll check in with Aberdeen FC Women too, the young Dons on Loan Watch, as well as the latest from Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis.  Support the show

(If you want to try NordVPN, head over to ⁠https://nordvpn.com/terracepod⁠ for a free 30-day, money-back guarantee.) Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer get out their binoculars to take a good look at lower-league Scottish football. The pair look at the Championship's top-of-the-table clash between Raith Rovers and St Johnstone, Hamilton Academical's fortunate draw with Peterhead, and the most intriguing fixture of the season so far when Edinburgh City met East Kilbride. 0:00 Start 06:25 NordVPN offer 09:20 Raith Rovers 0-2 St Johnstone 35:50 Peterhead 2-2 Hamilton Accies 54:50 Scott Kellacher's Miley Cyrus influence 57:15 Edinburgh City 2-2 East Kilbride 01:17:00 Annan Athletic 0-6 Clyde Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textThis week, we look back at the league match against Livingston and ahead to the Premier League Cup Quarter Final Tie against Motherwell. There's the latest on the Young Dons on Loan Watch, Aberdeen FC Women, Cove Rangers, Peterhead, Highland League and Juniors too.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis.Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look ahead to the match against Livingston and to the transfer business which concluded after the window 'slammed shut' last week. We look back over Scotland's World Cup Qualifiers against Denmark and Belarus, matches for Aberdeen FC Women, the loan watch of our younger players and a review of The Craig Brown Memorial Tournament, now in its third year and growing ever bigger, staged once again at Cormack Park last weekend.Plus we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back at both the Dons Europa League Play Off Second Leg loss to FCSB, our league defeat to Falkirk and the pivotal role played by officials in both.We run the rule over the ins and outs of the Summer Transfer Window and take a brief look ahead to our next fixture after the international break, against Livingston. We're with Aberdeen FC Women as they notch up their first win of the season and check in on the Dons younger players on this week's Loan Watch.Plus, we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert contribution and analysis from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back at the Europa League Play Off First Leg against FCSB and ahead to the second, plus this weekend's league match versus Falkiirk. There's the latest from the Aberdeen FC younger players on Loan Watch and we check in with Aberdeen FC Women too. We're down the divisions and across the country following Cove Rangers, Peterhead, Highland League and Juniors. As always Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie.  Support the show

Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer put Scottish lower-league football under the microscope. The pair examine East Fife's first league win of the season, Queen of the South's sterling win over Peterhead, and Annan Athletic's unexpectedly decent start to the campaign. 0:00 Start 06:10 Hamilton Accies 1-2 East Fife 25:10 Hamilton Accies' off-field issues 33:20 Queen of the South 4-0 Peterhead 43:30 Edinburgh City 2-2 Annan Athletic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textThis week, we look back over our Premier Sports Cup victory away to Morton and ahead to the first leg of the Europa League Qualifier against FCSB at Pittodrie on Thursday. There's the latest from Aberdeen Women as they get their league campaign underway for 2025/2026 and we focus on the Aberdeen FC younger players on Loan Watch. Plus we're across the country and down the divisions following the respective form of Cove Rangers and Peterhead in League One as well as the Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

It's the Wyness Shuffle but not as you know it, as we bring you a new shortened version of the podcast. Regulars Andrew Moffat and Andrew Young are joined by the Press and Journal's Paul Chalk and ICT season ticket holder Bill McMillan for this one-hour mini shuffle. They focus exclusively on the recent matches, with in-depth analysis of the Stenhousemuir defeat, and the diddy cup win over Elgin, plus the opening two league victories over Peterhead and Kelty Hearts. The boys talk tactics, the impact of subs, the sublime passing of Joe Chalmers, the majesty of Oscar, the five point deficit, the Sarens PSG Stadium, the recent Supporter's Trust meeting with Alan Savage, the Thompson twins, Elgin hooligans, and player sponsorship. 04.23 We hear from the Manager after the Stenny loss.  07.49 Stenhousemuir analysis 23.52 Elgin  33.28 Peterhead  42.00 The Supporter's Trust Meeting  48.25 Kelty Hearts league opener 53.45 Bill's Top 5  58.48 Player Sponsorship! All in 59 minutes of the usual mild conjecture and wild distraction. There's it. Enjoy.

Send us a textThis week - two played, two lost, no goals scored, four conceded, bottom of the league. We're not panicking, but it's Morton next in the Cup!We look back at the match against Celtic and ahead to that Premier Sports Cup Tie, plus, there's Aberdeen Women as they get set to take up their campaign for the season and we're down the divisions and across the country following Cove, Peterhead, the Highland League and Juniors.As always, Pittodrie PS features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer get together to analyse the big games from the Scottish lower leagues from the first weekend back. The pair analyse St Johnstone's outstanding win over Partick Thistle, Peterhead's victory against East Fife, and East Kilbride's disappointing flag day. (Recorded Tuesday, August 5th) The Big Terrace Scottish Football Quiz is taking place on Tuesday, August 19th at the Innis & Gunn Stockbridge Social in Edinburgh. Get your tickets ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textAnnnnnnnd, we're back. A new season begins with one you'd want to forget. We'll look back at Hearts V Aberdeen and ahead to the lunchtime kick off this weekend versus Celtic. We preview the season ahead for AFC Women and take a look at our younger players going out on loan for the campaign. Plus, there's the latest from Cove Rangers, Peterhead, The Highland League and Juniors. As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from  Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

We're back with another episode of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents! An under-strength East Fife side made the camel trek north to Peterhead on Saturday but their new league campaign got off to an inauspicious start as they went down to a 4-1 defeat, in a game with very few positives to take from it. Michael, Gordon, and Aaron delve into the main talking points coming out of the match and look at the big off the pitch stories down Bayview way this past week with the club's new website up and running, Michael McKenna's three-game suspension for betting, and the launch of a new share issue to raise some much needed funds. Plus with the first home game coming up, we chat with the man responsible for the new hospitality food at Bayview, Chris Hazelton from Balgowan Fine Foods.

Caley Thistle are back, brother, and so is The Wyness Shuffle, with a Hulk Hogan-sized pod covering our summer business, the current state of the squad, a returning hero, all you'll ever need to know about this season's League One clubs, the usual nonsense, plus 31-plus years of ICT references, wild conjecture and mild distraction. Join us as we look forward to delivering atomic leg drops to every one of our opponents. Let's Shuffle! 00:01:12 – Hello! We're back, and we're excited. Moff introduces the panel and we reveal what we are looking forward to about the season ahead. 00:05:58 – Incoming! Caley Thistle have been busy! Nine new players in at the time of recording: we discuss what each of the club's summer signings can bring to the team. 00:35:05 – The squad. We expected to lose Remi Savage, Paul Allan and possibly Luis Longstaff, but they know a club on the up when we see one. We discuss the potential importance to the team of retaining these players and the others who have signed on again, then look at other areas that we still have to strengthen in. Is there another striker in the offing? Also, listen out at the end of this section for your opportunity to be part of TWS's Player Sponsorship. 00:51:10 – What yi sayeen? – David Wotherspoon. The fans wanted him back, the club wanted him back and he wanted to come back, so together they made it happen. Stevie has a happy reunion with Spoony, discussing what he loves about Caley Thistle, what he can bring to the club this time around, and what he'd eat on his last night on earth. 01:20:20 – Rebranding the Stadium. In early June, Alan Savage announced that the Caledonian Stadium was set to be renamed under a three-year deal with prospective sponsors. With the new name yet to be confirmed, we discuss what we'd like our beloved ground to be called. 01:23:48 – Encyclopaedic League One Opposition Lowdown. The grounds, the teams, the managers, all you ever wanted to know about League One! With the help of supporters from (almost) all of the other League One clubs, we take a deep dive into this season's opponents: Alloa (01:24:35), Cove Rangers (01:29:03), East Fife (01:34:02), Hamilton Accies (01:40:30), Kelty Hearts (01:50:00), Montrose (01:57:35), Peterhead (02:02:00), Queen of the South (02:08:12) and Stenhousemuir (02:14:20). 02:21:35 – Pre-season. We briefly discuss what we've learned from the games played so far. 02:26:10 – League Lookahead. We look forward to August's fixtures against Kelty, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir, Montrose and Alloa. But we do not look forward to the Challenge Cup nonsense.  02:40:15 – Competition time. Your chance to win a stunning t-shirt from the new Wyness Shuffle merchandise range, available from Onthetops.co.uk.  There's it! Yip Yip. 

We round up Tuesday's Scottish League Cup ties and get reaction from Motherwell v Peterhead and Hamilton v Hearts, with Liam McLeod, Stephen Craigan and Leanne Crichton.

Auch! Liz and Jon somehow avoid the distilleries to tour the strange tale of a tiger sighting in Peterhead

Send us a textIn this episode, we're joined by RNAS President as we look ahead to the very first Beef Tech event, hosted on 28th May at Home Farm, Kininmonth, Peterhead – a new event showcasing innovation and technology in the beef sector.We also catch up with QMS Chair Kate Rowell, who shares reflections on lambing and calving season, the challenges and rewards of this busy time of year, and how the recent good weather is helping farmers across the country.And as always, Iain Macdonald brings his expert insight into current market trends and prices, giving you the latest on livestock and trade developments.It's a packed episode full of practical insight, forward-thinking ideas, and a look at what's driving change in Scottish agriculture.Follow us on social media and join the conversation!Here is a link to all episodes of QMS's podcast https://qmscotland.co.uk/news-media/qms-podcast

Send us a textThis week, after all that ground gained slipping away again with defeat to St Mirren in Paisley - we ask, 'Is the fight now for fourth, not third, or was it always realistically that? 'There's the latest from Aberdeen FC Under 18s as their season nears its end, and Aberdeen Women as they prepare to take the field at Pittodrie once more. Plus, we're with Cove as they enter the Championship Play Offs, consider Peterhead's prospects for League 1 next year, follow Brora in the second leg of their tie against East Kilbride and a full Juniors Round Up too. As always, Pittodrie PS features expert analysis and opinion from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

In deze 'Doing the 116'-aflevering bespreken Joris van de Wier en Jeroen Heijink weer het wel-en-wee in het Britse voetbal.Joris en Jeroen bespreken onder meer de titel van Liverpool, de promotie van Wrexham en de beslissing in Schotland tussen Falkirk en Livingston. En wat maakt Peterhead zo bijzonder? Ook beantwoorden de heren weer een aantal vragen van de luisteraars.Vragen, tips of suggesties over onze podcast zijn altijd welkom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast@staantribune.nl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Word abonnee van hét magazine over voetbalcultuur: ⁠⁠⁠https://staantribune.nl/word-abonneea

Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer join forces to discuss all the big talking points from the Scottish lower leagues. The pair discuss Falkirk flailing at Partick Thistle, Alloa Athletic's promotion charge, and Peterhead's League 2 title success. They also talk about their evening at Edinburgh City's Player of the Year awards. 0:00 Start 03:00 Edinburgh City's POTY awards 18:00 Championship title race 49:00 Alloa Athletic 2-1 Montrose 01:09:30 East Fife: League Two Champions 01:22:00 League Two play-offs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott McTominay is ripping it up in Serie A and the Napoli fans are signing That's Amore. The leagues are being wrapped up as Celtic seal the Premiership, Peterhead clinch League Two and East Kilbride edge another step closer to the SPFL. But it's all about the Championship this weekend as Falkirk and Livingston battle it out for the final league title, on the last day of their season. Neil Critchley has departed Hearts, bad news for Dumbarton as their move out of admin looks to be off and league reconstruction is also off the cards, for the top flight at least. And what did you make of Celtic's protest against Dundee United's ticket prices, are fans being priced out of football or are Celtic a bit pot kettle for being offended? Join Andrew Slaven, Laura Brannan and Findlay Marks for the latest news and stories from Scottish football.00:00: Hello00:29: Intro05:05: Funnies10:26: Celtic fans protest ticket prices17:03: Hearts sack Neil Critchley23:35: McTominay is ripping it up in Serie A26:21: Dumbarton's struggles continue28:12: League reconstruction is off the table31:19: The leagues are being wrapped up

Send us a textThis week we look back at the match against Hibs as the last few games play out after the split. Can the Dons clinch third? Well, they've given themselves the chance with that Pittodrie victory. Next up, St Mirren away this coming weekend. We're with Aberdeen U18s as their season draws to a close too, and Aberdeen Women following their Scottish Cup Semi Final against Rangers at Hampden.Plus, we're down the divisions and across the country as Cove chase promotion to the Championship having secured their spot in the play offs, and Peterhead are crowned Champions of League 2! There's the usual round up of the Juniors too, all in the company of experts Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie offering their input and analysis. Pittodrie P.S. is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

We're back with another episode of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast. The emotional rollercoaster that is supporting East Fife FC took another twist at the weekend. Heading to Peterhead with the Scottish League 2 title in our own hands, it was all thrown away with a lacklustre performance that both angered and dismayed the Fife faithful in equal measure. Doug, Gordon, Aaron, and Andrew are back to look what went wrong on Saturday in that 1-0 loss and what hope there is for the playoffs to come.

Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer get together to cast their eyes over the Scottish lower leagues. The pair discuss the tension at the top of the Championship as Livingston cut Falkirk's lead, Hamilton Academical's points deduction, and the race for the League 2 title between Peterhead and East Fife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a textThis week we look back at our Scottish Cup Semi Final victory over Hearts at Hampden and ahead to both the final, and, more importantly in our immediate future, the battle for third when Hibs visit this Saturday. We're with the Aberdeen FC U18s and Aberdeen Women as they prepare for their semi final at Hampden versus Rangers, plus we're down the divisions and across the country as Cove Rangers and Peterhead chase promotion.  As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and contribution from Dave Macdermid and Andrew Shinie and is hosted by John Mellis. Support the show

We're back with another episode of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast. After a horrible set of results this year made it feel that East Fife were throwing the Scottish League 2 title away, a weekend of perfect results now have the black and gold controlling their own destiny with two games to go. East Fife's win over Stirling Albion and Peterhead's capitulation at Elgin leaves the Methil men knowing that two wins to end the season and they will be crowned champions. Doug, Gordon, Aaron, and Andrew are back to look at the rollercoaster ride that's been the last three weeks of matches, look ahead to Saturday's massive and potentially title-deciding game at Peterhead, and chat about the club's Chairman and Vice-Chairman both stepping down.

Send us a textThis week we look back at the draw versus 10 man Rangers and ahead to the Scottish Cup Semi Final against Hearts at Hampden this weekend.We're with the Aberdeen FC Under 18s too as well as Aberdeen Women, and we're down the divisions and across the country as the curtain gets set to fall on the campaigns of Cove Rangers and Peterhead and already on the Highland League with a victorious Brora Rangers.As always, Pittodrie P.S features expert analysis and contribution from Andrew Shinie and Dave Macdermid and is hosted by John Mellis.Support the show

Send us a textThis week we look back over our victory in Dingwall against Ross County and ahead to this Sunday's home game versus Rangers, plus the latest from Aberdeen FC U18s and Aberdeen Women and we're down the divisions and across the country following the fortunes of Cove Rangers, Peterhead, the Highland League and Junior Teams.As always, Pittodrie P.S. features expert analysis and insight from Andrew Shinie and Dave Macdermid and is hosted by John Mellis.Support the show

Shaughan McGuigan and Craig G Telfer lock horns while talking about the wild and wacky world of lower-league Scottish football. The pair discuss a drab match at the top of the Championship, how Annan Athletic shot themselves in the foot against Kelty Hearts, and Connor Young's match-winning performance as Edinburgh City defeated Peterhead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for the second Big River Watch of the year. It's a chance to spend time observing the health of your local river between the 6th and 12th of September. The River Dee trust are taking part in the forthcoming survey and Keilidh Ewan, education and outreach officer for the trust gave Mark some more information.A new trial is underway in Scotland which could cut the harmful emissions associated with manure on farms. Two farmers are trying out a system called Bokashi which the Soil Association hopes may lead to improvements in the soil while also being a little kinder to the environment. Rachel spoke to farmer Andrew Barbour at Glen Fincastle and Field Lab Co-ordinator Audrey Litterick who explained what this process actually involves.Producer Phil met up with Ada Campbell, chair of Langass Community Woodland Trust to have a walk round one of the few forested areas on north Uist and hear the story of Hercules the bear.Rachel recently bumped into an artist in Aberdeenshire who was on her way to a farm to collect a fleece for one of her new collections. Lucy MacDonald who is also a weaver likes to use local materials including wool and plants to make her work sustainable, traceable and authentic. Rachel joined her as she visited Diana Milligan and Cobweb – one of Diana's rather interesting looking Ryeland Sheep.The Isle of Rum has been designated as Scotland's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary by DarkSky International. The designation recognises the efforts of the community to protect and promote the island's starry skies and nocturnal environment. Isle of Rum Community Trust Director Fliss Fraser joins Mark and Rachel live to tell them more about Rum's dark skies and the benefits the nocturnal environment brings to us and to the natural world.The forest trails near Aberfoyle in the Trossachs have become increasingly popular in recent years for mountain bikers and gravel riders keen to get away from busy roads. The waymarked trails, in the shadow of Ben Lomond, have been named Gravelfoyle. Now, in a bid to attract more people to them a pilot called Parkride has been taking place; a bit like Parkrun but replacing running with biking. Alongside it parents can drop off their kids at ‘Bairns On Bikes' where professional coaches teach youngsters basic and more advanced bike skills. Linda Sinclair went along to find out more.Claudia Zeiske is a long distance walker and she has been walking from mountain to sea across Aberdeenshire. Mark met up with Claudia at the end of her journey at a place called Gadle Braes in Peterhead in what was a very blustery day to find out why exactly she had undertaken the walk Lucy MacDonald's an artist who uses local fleeces and plants in her work. After she's sorted through the fleece and given it a wash, she will put it through a carding machine before spinning it and weaving it. Rachel watched her in action at her studio in Aberdeen.

Mark Stephen meets long distance walker Claudia Zeiske in Peterhead after the completion of her 220 km walk from the Cairngorns to the coast of Aberdeenshire. Along the way she has been collecting stories of the effect COVID had on the communities she passed through. In her rucksack has been a bright pink tablecloth which she has embroidered messages on and invited those she has met to sign