Posts Tagged ‘Cleantech’

Aker Solutions secures a £115m Scottish green-energy contract

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
TEESSIDE engineering giant, Aker Solutions, has secured a £115m green-energy contract. The company won the contract from energy company RWE to provide design, supply, installation, construction and commissioning for a new 50MW biomass renewable energy plant at the Tullis Russell Papermakers ...Read More »

Perth and Kinross Council plans to invest £100,000 in renewable energy

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
Several schools in the region already use biomass energy, including the Breadalbane, Blairgowrie and Crieff Community Campuses. The council said it was particularly keen to fund biomass energy projects and hydro-electric schemes. The investment will be made over the next ...Read More »

New Scottish Biomass Power Plant Announced

{ Posted on Mar 03 2010 by MaxC }
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 }
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 }
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 »

Competition to name new marine renewable project

{ Posted on Feb 05 2010 by MaxC }
As it’s Friday and we are all in need of a little light-hearted fun, we decided to throw some additional light on Scotrenewables, and publicise the details of their rather creative competition. Scotrenewables, based in Orkney, is currently developing a new ...Read More »

A great day for Marine Renewables

{ Posted on Feb 04 2010 by MaxC }
We welcome the news that Aquamarine Power, Pelamis Wave Power and Hammerfest Storm UK have all won sizeable funding from the Carbon Trust to help prove the commercial viability of marine renewables. Aquamarine Power, based in Edinburgh, has been awarded £5.1m ...Read More »

Families could earn up to £1,000 a year by installing renewable solutions

{ Posted on Feb 02 2010 by MaxC }
We welcome the news published in the Scotsman today that households will be paid cash rewards for investing in small-scale renewable energy generation devices, such as wind turbines, hydro schemes and PV solar panels. From 1st April households that use renewable ...Read More »

Planning Permission due to be removed for domestic wind turbines | UPDATE

{ Posted on Feb 01 2010 by MaxC }
Proposals which are due to be submitted next Friday will enable Scottish homeowners to put wind turbines on their roofs without requiring planning permission.  Turbines a maximum of 3m high and 3.5m in diameter would be permitted, however there also ...Read More »

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

{ Posted on Jan 29 2010 by MaxC }
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 »