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Scottish Isles Could Get £725 Million From Renewable Energy

March 12th, 2016 | by Guest Contributor

Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon A new report from the energy consultancy firm Baringa projects that the Scottish [&hellip

Renewable Energy News, Energy Storage News, Climate News, & Other Green News (Link Drop)

June 25th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan

As I just wrote, a one-week cleantech tour (and semi-vacation) in the Netherlands put my “link drop” articles on hold [&hellip

How The Growth Of Renewable Energy In Scotland Is Being Financed

May 12th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor

Originally published on Lapsed Physicist. By Allan R. Hoffman This is a follow-up to my previous blog post ‘The Exciting Changes [&hellip

Scotland’s Energy System: Exciting Changes Happening

May 11th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor

Originally published on Lapsed Physicist. By Allan R. Hoffman I returned recently from a two-week visit to Scotland, my wife’s [&hellip

GE Energy Financial Services Buys Wind Energy Project In Scotland

April 1st, 2015 | by Smiti

Renewable energy project acquisitions are common these days, and a recent one in Scotland doesn’t involve a large project, but [&hellip

A Renewable Electricity Scotland By 2030

January 5th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

Scotland could entirely decarbonise by 2030 and supply all its electricity needs using renewable energy, according to a new report [&hellip

Wind In Scotland Generates 107% Of Household Needs In November

December 9th, 2014 | by Joshua S Hill

Figures from WeatherEnergy released by WWF Scotland have shown yet another record-breaking month for the country’s renewable energy industry, with wind [&hellip

From Fuel Poverty To Green Energy Thanks To Scottish Government

August 23rd, 2013 | by Cynthia Shahan

The Scottish government is setting an economical and environmental standard for the world. I believe every government should model programs [&hellip

Scotland Could Receive Roughly 50% Of Its Electricity From Tidal Energy, Research Finds

July 25th, 2013 | by James Ayre

Scotland could realistically generate nearly half of the electricity that it currently uses solely with the tidal energy available in [&hellip

Scotland Well On Track To Reach 500 MW Community Renewable Energy Goal

May 2nd, 2013 | by James Ayre

Scotland’s goal of having 500 MW of community-owned renewable energy projects installed by 2020 is well on track, according to [&hellip

Floating Wind Turbines In Scotland Get £15 Million

April 30th, 2013 | by James Ayre

Floating offshore wind energy is looking like an increasingly likely possibility in the near future, thanks to the Scottish government’s [&hellip

Scotland Announces Drastic Decarbonization By 2030

February 4th, 2013 | by Chelsea

First Minister Alex Salmond says Scotland will reduce carbon emissions from 347 grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour in 2010 [&hellip

News Bonanza: Solar Power News & Wind Power News Link Love

November 20th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan

Some more solar and wind power news from the past couple weeks: Solar Power Solar Price Hits All-Time Low [&hellip

Scotland Could Get 50% Of Its Power From Renewable Sources By 2015, Says First Minister Alex Salmond

November 3rd, 2012 | by James Ayre

Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond recently revealed the government’s new target to get half of Scotland’s electricity from renewable [&hellip

Scotland Starts Fund to Increase Private Green Investment

October 11th, 2012 | by Adam Johnston

Scotland’s government has just announced the start of a new multi-million-pound fund that will target private renewable energy investments. Alex [&hellip

Scotland Opens Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy

September 3rd, 2012 | by James Ayre

A Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy (TRESTA) is being opened in Scotland to provide training for those in the [&hellip

‘World’s First’ Community-Owned Tidal Turbine Set for Shetland

August 27th, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown

A community-owned tidal turbine which is claimed to be the first in the world is expected to be installed [&hellip

40th World Environment Day: Denmark, Scotland Pave the Way to the Green Economy

June 6th, 2012 | by Andrew

Substantial headway in forging a green economy has been made across Europe. While the success of efforts in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Czech Republic are all noteworthy, Denmark and Scotland stand out when it comes to reducing the environmental impact of our economic activities, whether they originate on the production or consumption side of the ledger.