Government approves wind farm off Aberdeen coast
The Scottish Government today gave its permission for a £250million, eight turbine wind farm to be built off the north-east coast.
The Scottish Government today gave its permission for a £250million, eight turbine wind farm to be built off the north-east coast.
Scottish Renewables’ has announced that chief executive Niall Stuart will step down in August.
Wind turbines generated enough energy to cover two-thirds of Scotland’s total electricity consumption last month, according to figures.
Nervous renewables firms are expecting hundreds of jobs to be lost in Scotland over the coming year as state support for green technology development falls.
The UK supply chain for the global wind industry is a "British success story", according to leading trade association Renewables UK.
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Swedish energy company Vattenfall is proposing to expand a renewables development in Aberdeenshire's 'windfarm alley'.
Scotland's Energy Minister has backed calls for wave and tidal energy to be included in the UK Government's industrial strategy.
The Highlands enjoyed some good news yesterday in the shape of a planning bonanza – with five major projects given the green light by the council.
Saudi Arabia is kicking off its $50 billion renewable-energy push as the world’s top crude exporter turns to solar and wind power to temper domestic oil use in meeting growing energy demand.
A Dingwall scientist has won Scottish Government funding for a community scheme to use “waste energy” from renewables projects.
Norwegian renewables firm Nel has won a framework contract for the exclusive supply, construction and maintenance of hydrogen fueling stations in California.
German energy firm EnBW has been given the greenlight for a 1.8 billion euro windfarm development in the North Sea.
BP is weighing plans to update as many as 200 of its U.S. wind turbines with newer, higher-capacity equipment, a move that would represent the company’s biggest investment in renewable energy since its last wind farm came online in 2012.
In recent years, Scotland has been building a reputation as world-leaders in renewable energy production. The Scottish Government’s adoption of policies to build clean, green energy technologies and infrastructure was a bold step, but the fact we are not only meeting our targets, but exceeding them, shows it was the right thing to do.
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It is now “almost impossible” to find a mountain from which a windfarm cannot be seen, according to a senior mountaineering figure.
Physical stocks of cobalt are being bought up after a surge of interest in the future of electrical cars, according to market reports.
The Scottish Government’s latest climate change strategy “largely ignores“ the need to promote walking, cycling or public transport, according to the national alliance for sustainable transport.
Renewables accounted for almost 90 per cent of new power added to Europe's electricity grids last year - but industry experts claim that green schemes are facing a lack of long term support.
The quest to supply everything from data server halls, insurance companies to large furniture stores with green electricity has flooded the Nordic region with wind power and crashed a $100 million renewable-certificates market.
The first turbine on Statoil’s £1.5billion Dudgeon wind farm in the North Sea has started producing electricity for the UK National Grid.
The Scottish Government has been accused of inflicting a "special punishment" on hydro power schemes with a huge hike in business rates.
Consumers will be hit with higher bills because officials “significantly underestimated” the cost of green energy schemes, the Commons spending watchdog has found.
Scotland’s energy minister today granted planning consent for a 10 turbine Highland wind farm project that is expected to create at least 40 jobs.