The Scottish government is setting an economical and environmental standard for the world. I believe every government should model programs to meet this country’s standard. Its new program encompasses compassion, retains economic empowerment, and offers kindness to Scottish citizens. This program reaches out to those in poverty with environmental arms. … [continued]
Scotland could realistically generate nearly half of the electricity that it currently uses solely with the tidal energy available in Pentland Firth, according to new research from Oxford University. Tidal turbines stretched across the region could provide a maximum of somewhere around 1.9 GW of electricity, with a more practical … [continued]
Scotland’s goal of having 500 MW of community-owned renewable energy projects installed by 2020 is well on track, according to new figures released by the Energy Savings Trust (EST). As of right now, there are more than 200 MW of community, or locally owned, renewable energy generating capacity installed in … [continued]
Floating offshore wind energy is looking like an increasingly likely possibility in the near future, thanks to the Scottish government’s recent unveiling of a £15 million fund for the development of new deep-water foundation technologies. Floating foundation technologies are currently in the early stages of their development, but once proved … [continued]
Some more solar and wind power news from the past couple weeks: Solar Power Solar Price Hits All-Time Low In Australia: “The Solar Choice Price Index provides a monthly update of the cost of solar across Australia. It’s a very useful tool for keeping up to date with Australia … [continued]
Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond recently revealed the government’s new target to get half of Scotland’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015. Scotland beat its 31% target for 2011 by about 4%. “When I became first minister in 2007, I inherited a target for 50 percent of Scotland’s electricity … [continued]
Despite publishing about 75 articles in the past week, there are still a ton of big news stories we couldn’t get to that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Here’s a summary post on some wind energy, energy efficiency, and other cleantech news from the past week: Wind Energy … [continued]
A Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy (TRESTA) is being opened in Scotland to provide training for those in the green energy industries, helping to address “a looming skills gap.” There will be sixty apprentices the first year of TRESTA, they will be trained in a wide variety of useful … [continued]
The Scottish government has made grants totaling 7.9 million pounds to five wave and tidal power companies. These grants are the second round of the Wave & Tidal Energy: Research, Development & Demonstration Support (WATERS) funding. Grants were made to two wave energy companies and three working on tidal … [continued]
A community-owned tidal turbine which is claimed to be the first in the world is expected to be installed off the coast of the Shetland Islands early in 2013, according to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond. Nova Innovations is the company that will supply this 30-kw hydroelectric generator. This … [continued]
