First Flight Wind has been carrying out extensive stakeholder engagement as well as survey and zone assessment work in order to establish the location and design of a potential offshore wind farm o...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind has published its Round Two Consultation Summary Report. This latest report outlines the results of the second round of consultations with members of the community about the offsh...
Read More“First Flight Wind Ltd is today announcing that a geophysical survey, which was due to start later this month, is being delayed to later in 2014 or early 2015. In the areas we were intending to s...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind has published an offshore scoping report for public consultation. In parallel, it has also written to the Department of Environment and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Inv...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind recently completed its second round of technical working group meetings. These meetings are designed to allow First Flight Wind and stakeholders to discuss issues and exchange inf...
Read MoreThe Kilmorey Arms Hotel in Kilkeel was the venue for the third First Flight Wind Community Stakeholder Panel meeting, where the Panel had the opportunity to review how First Flight Wind is engaging...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind hosted its second Shipping and Navigation Working Group at the Whistledown Hotel in Warrenpoint. This Working Group is one of six which have been established to help First Flight ...
Read MoreSacha Workman from First Flight Wind gave a project presentation to the Greenore Greencastle Community Association Ltd at the Greenore Co-operative Store. First Flight Wind held its second round o...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind organised a study trip to Walney Offshore Wind farms for local fishermen and fisheries representatives, as well as local councillors; Harold McKee from Newry and Mourne and Willie...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind recently met with local groups including the Mourne Coastal Tourism Forum, Cloughey Probus Club and the Penninsula Community Network to give them a presentation on the offshor...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind recently completed a second round of Information Day events held along the Co. Down coast and Carlingford in Co. Louth, where local schools enjoyed a guided tour of the offshore w...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind, the consortium developing Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Co. Down, has held its second round of Information Day events, travelling to venues in ...
Read MoreThe second round of Information Days hosted by First Flight Wind commence on Monday 9th September at Ardglass Golf Club. Pictured are David Kennedy from Ardglass Golf Club and Sinead Maguire, First...
Read MoreFollowing the successful launch of the First Flight Wind education programme in spring this year, the Community Liaison Team invited primary and secondary schools in the South Down area to one of t...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind has appointed Natural Power Consultants (NPC) to carry out boat-based bird and mammal surveys over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast (the area awarded by The Crown Est...
Read MoreCaption (embedded): First Flight Wind, the consortium selected to develop Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Co. Down, recently met with Councillor Robert Burgess from ...
Read MoreThe second meeting of the Community Stakeholder Panel was held on Thursday 21 June in the Down County Museum in Downpatrick. At the second Stakeholder Panel meeting, the Panel was asked to examine...
Read MoreThe First Flight Wind Socio-Economics & Tourism Working Group met recently at the Burrendale Hotel in Newcastle. First Flight Wind establishes Advisory Working Groups First...
Read MoreSinead Maguire from the First Flight Wind Community Liaison Team delivers copies of the ‘Round One Summary Report’ to Pamela Houston, Chief Executive of the Kilkeel Developme...
Read MoreVictoria McCabe, First Flight Wind, met some GCSE Geography students at Down High, and talked to them about renewable energy and the offshore wi...
Read MoreAs First Flight Wind continues its community consultation programme, the consortium wants to ensure that young people are involved and informed about renewable energy and the offshore wind project....
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind held the first meeting of the Commercial Fisheries Working Group at the Fishermen’s Mission in Ardglass. The working group is made up of local fishing organisations, Councillors...
Read MoreThe Community Stakeholder Panel, established to advise the First Flight Wind project team on its community consultation process, held its inaugural meeting this week at the Newry & Mourne Enter...
Read MoreLast week First Flight Wind, the consortium selected to develop Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of County Down, gave a presentation to councillors from Newry & Mourn...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind, the consortium developing Northern Ireland’s First Offshore Wind Farm, today announced it has started aerial surveys over the Wind Resource Zone off the Co. Down coast. A pl...
Read MoreWith Christmas just around the corner, the project team behind Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm project is encouraging local people in County Down and County Louth to complete a feedba...
Read MoreFollowing six successful First Flight Wind Information Day events held in venues in County Down and County Louth during November, the project team behind the offshore wind farm project is encouragi...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind, the consortium selected to develop Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of County Down, concluded its initial series of 6 Information Days, with visits to ...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind, the consortium selected to develop Northern Ireland’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of County Down, began a series of Information Day, starting at the Nautilus Centre...
Read MoreFirst Flight Wind launched its community consultation programme at the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle today. Pictured at the launch from First Flight Wind (l-r) Sacha Workman, Elias Denc...
Read MoreThe Crown Estate today announced that the consortium, First Flight Wind, has been selected to develop an offshore wind farm off the south east coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. Subject to obt...
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