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AWS Ocean Energy secures £2m to develop wave technology

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Hydro, Marine, investment
AWS Ocean Energy has secured £1m of funding from Scottish Enterprise matched by a further £1m from Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 (STFV1). The £2 million investment follows a review of the company’s technology which it claims has resulted in ...Read More »

New Scottish Biomass Power Plant Announced

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Biomass, investment
A new Biomass plant has been announced to be located in Leith Docks. Energy suppliers Scottish & Southern Electricity and Forth Ports announced the £360 million development, that if approved, would be one of the largest infrastructure developments for Scotland ...Read More »

Scotland’s First Minister persuades French Firm to move to Aberdeen

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Scotland, investment
Further to yesterday’s article reporting the news of Alex Salmond’s push to marry French energy giants with Scotland’s renewable potential; we welcome the announcement that following a meeting with Mr Salmond yesterday, Technip – a French energy company – will ...Read More »

Scotland’s First Minister to approach French on Renewables Investment

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Scotland, investment
An announcement is expected to be made later today by Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, that could deliver a massive boost for Scotland’s vision as the “renewable powerhouse of Europe”. The announcement is expected to arise from Salmond’s visit to Paris ...Read More »

Scottish Companies must act now to take full advantage of Biomass Heating Scheme

{ Posted on Jan 29 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Biomass, investment
The deadline for the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme (SBHS) is fast approaching on February 12th and we decided to take this opportunity to implore any Scottish businesses considering the scheme to take full advantage of the grants offered and do ...Read More »

BT counts on the breeze in “Wind for Change”

{ Posted on Jan 28 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Wind, investment
BT has given the green light to its “Wind for Change” project, aimed at producing twenty five per cent of its energy requirements from renewable installations by 2016.  The project is currently exploring suitable on-shore wind sites in Orkney and ...Read More »

Argyll set for wind turbine boom

{ Posted on Jan 25 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Argyll, Skykon, Wind, investment
Welcon Towers (part of the Skykon group); an Argyll-based onshore wind turbine manufacturer has released a statement outlining its plans to start production of offshore wind turbines towers in an old Vestas factory in Machrihanish, creating around 300 jobs. The company ...Read More »

AG Barr to install £2.5m wind turbine

{ Posted on Jan 18 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Renewable Energy, Wind, investment
The makers of Scotland’s favourite fizzy drink, Irn-Bru, are due to construct a 400ft wind turbine at their Cumbernauld factory after having planning permission approved.  In a rare turn of events, AG Barr are pioneering the use of renewable energy ...Read More »

SMart Wind awarded 4GW rights to Hornsea Zone by the Crown Estate

{ Posted on Jan 12 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : SMart Wind, Wind, investment
SMart Wind consortium involving Simens Project Ventures (SPV) and Mainstream Renewable Power has been awarded the Hornsea area for the development of a 4GW wind farm in the latest round of the Crown Estate’s offshore wind program. The Hornsea zone – ...Read More »

German Firm Chooses Scotland

{ Posted on Jan 04 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Clean Technology, Renewable Energy, Scottish Enterprise, Wind, investment
2009 saw 356 Clean Tech deals totalling $4.85 billion, down from around $8 billion in 2008 -understandable given the prevailing market conditions. What is encouraging, however, is that the number of deals has increased whilst the monetary investment has declined, ...Read More »
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