Welsh Government Invests £34m to cut carbon emissions
In line with the Scottish Goverment’s recent announcement that it was investing in a Scottish and Southern Energy and University of Strathclyde project Centre for Renewable Energy Excellence (CEERE)...
View ArticleThe Beauly to Denny Power Line Issue
As we would say in Scotland, an ‘almighty rammy’ has predicatably broken out over the decision by the Scottish Government to give the go-ahead to the building of a 137 mile power line connecting...
View ArticleIsle of Eigg Scheme Wins 300k Big Green Challenge
Great news from the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Highlands – a community scheme has been awarded 300k by Lottery funding body NESTA in recognition of the work done to transform their community into a...
View ArticleScottish Parliament Rejects Hunterston Plans
There was some rather interesting developments in the Scottish Parliament late last night with regards to energy policy. During a debate on Climate Change (the minutes of which can be read here),...
View ArticleNew green power agreement
Interesting headline “UK and Norway agree North Sea cooperation” just in from the newswire (aka my Yahoo news alerts) via Windpower. Another progressive move towards creating more renewables? Terje...
View ArticleRenewables – intro to PV cells
Some good basic info on this photovoltaics intro video, for us non-boffins: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCTSV2f36A&fs=1&hl=en_GB]
View ArticleScottish Hydro Arena to open in 2013…
Scottish Hydro has pulled off quite a coup today, after plans were announced for Glasgow’s newest cutting-edge events venue. Scottish Hydro managed to secure a 10 year deal where-by the venue shall be...
View ArticleScottish Marine Energy Developments
Scotland’s ambitious green energy drive was given a boost this week as the wave energy development firm Aquamarine Power unveiled their latest cutting edge hydro electric wave energy technology....
View ArticleSSE windfarm still going strong…
Scottish and Southern Energy’s Clyde wind farm has been generating green electricity without a hitch for over a month now, and progress is said to be steady. The site will eventually be home to 152...
View ArticleOrkney Islands are the envy of Europe
The Orkney Islands have long been defined by their weather and harsh conditions, and these days things are no different there’s still few trees or crops and the weather is still pretty dismal. However...
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