Scotland launches new £30m fund for low-carbon heating
A new £30 million fund for low-carbon heating infrastructure is now open for projects to make applications.
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Scotland produces almost double the amount of wind energy required
Scotland produced nearly double the amount of wind energy required to power every home in the country between January and June 2019.
Orsted pledges to ‘work closely’ with regulators on biodiversity
Wind developer Orsted has pledged to "work closely" with regulators to decrease the firm's impact on the sea life and ecosystem under a new policy.
Scottish wind power ‘at record levels’ during October
Most of Scotland's energy demand was met by wind power in October, according to a weather data firm.
Scottish wind output has record breaking August
Wind turbines produced enough electricity to power nearly three million homes in Scotland last month, according to WeatherEnergy figures.
Wind turbine contribution powers up
Wind turbines in Scotland provided a 44% increase in power to the National Grid during the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period last year, environmental groups have said.
Public overwhelmingly backs action on climate change, poll finds
There is overwhelming public support for more action on climate change, according to a poll by WWF Scotland.
Belize opts to shut down all new oil exploration
Belize, a holiday destination to the rich and famous, has chosen to indefinitely end all new oil exploration projects in and around its shores.
Scotland’s ‘world-leader’ status in renewables must be maintained, say campaigners
Scotland must continue to build on the success of its renewable energy industry in the new year, campaigners and industry groups have said.
Greece legal action launched over oil tanker pollution
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has filed a lawsuit in Greece over extensive pollution along Athens’ coastline following the sinking of a tanker near the port of Piraeus.
Norway ‘at odds with climate promises’
Norway's hydrocarbon exploration could be infringing upon the Paris Climate Agreement.
Wind farms powered 4m Scottish homes last month
Wind turbines generated enough energy to cover two-thirds of Scotland’s total electricity consumption last month, according to figures.
Conservationists hail “spectacular” Scottish wind power records
Scotland set two new wind power records over Christmas, according to figures released today by a conservation body.
North Sea production rose during three months to August
Official figures published yesterday reveal mixed fortunes for traditional fossil fuel and wind-energy output in the UK.
Poll shows support in Scotland for energy from renewable sources
Over three fifths of Scots would like to see Scotland generate all of its electricity from renewable sources, according to a new poll.
Solar power energy electricity target met last month, WWF Scotland says
Scottish homes with solar panels would have received enough energy from the sun to meet their entire electricity consumption last month, according to environmentalists.
WWF ‘ still waiting’ for David Cameron’s cleaner, greener government
A decade after David Cameron posed with huskies in the Arctic to show his green credentials, environmentalists say they are still waiting for “cleaner, greener” government.
Scotland’s solar power capacity rose by over a quarter in 2015
Scotland’s solar power capacity went up by more than a quarter over the past year, new figures show. WWF Scotland and the Solar Trade Association, which jointly published the statistics, welcomed the expansion, and called for the Scottish Government to encourage even greater uptake of the technology.
Call for national strategy to cut demand for electricity
Political parties in Scotland should commit to a national strategy to help businesses and consumers reduce and manage their demand for electricity, environmental and energy groups have said. WWF Scotland and Edinburgh-based company Flexitricity have stressed that implementing a concerted strategy regarding electricity consumption would mean Scotland could avoid the need to build expensive new fossil fuel power stations and more rapidly cut climate emissions. The groups also asserted that such a strategy must go beyond energy efficiency, and include measures to increasingly tap into the vast existing “invisible“ power network of industrial, commercial and public sector organisations.
WWF claim world heritage sites under threat from oil and gas exploration
Almost a third of the world’s natural World Heritage Sites face the risk of oil and gas drilling or mining, a report has warned. In Africa, almost two-thirds (61%) of the continent’s world-renowned natural sites are under threat of exploration for fossil fuels or minerals, the study by conservation organisation WWF, Aviva Investors and Investec Asset Management found. The 31% of World Heritage Sites under threat worldwide range from Africa’s first national park, Virunga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to critically endangered mountain gorillas, to China’s Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Opinion: WWF -Shell’s Arctic ‘misadventure’ makes low carbon case
Last week, I was in a small tent on the vast Greenland ice sheet with a leading British glaciologist investigating and documenting the alarming rate of ice flow and melt as a result of climate change.
Scotland ‘could go all renewable’
Scotland’s electricity system could be powered almost entirely by renewable energy by 2030, according to a report by an environmental charity. WWF Scotland’s report uses independent analysis by an engineering and energy consultancy to test the Scottish Government’s policy to decarbonise the country’s electricity supply over the next 15 years. It found that an electricity system based on “proven renewables and increased energy efficiency” is a credible way of meeting the target.
Conservation groups call for ban on exploration at heritage sites
Leading conservation organisations are calling for a ban on mining and exploration for oil and gas in World Heritage Sites. The organisations, including the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the RSPB and WWF, warn that growing pressure for resources means that a quarter of natural World Heritage Sites are under threat from commercial mining and extraction. World Heritage Sites such as Virunga National Park, home of the critically endangered mountain gorilla in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Virgin Komi forests in Russia and the Belize Barrier Reef System are all under threat from exploitation, the groups said.