Posts Tagged ‘Funding’

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 »

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 »

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

{ Posted on Feb 02 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Government Schemes, Renewable Energy
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 »

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 »

SubOcean Secures £42m Investment

{ Posted on Dec 22 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Clean Technology, Cleantech Scotland, Renewable Energy, Wind, investment
SubOcean, a Scottish company based in Aberdeen, has won £42m of funding for overseas expansion.  Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) – Lloyds Banking Group’s private equity division – will fund £17m; with HSBC funding the remaining £25m. SubOcean employs 90 people and ...Read More »

Ten Clean Tech Predictions for 2010

{ Posted on Dec 18 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Clean Technology, Predictions, Scotland
Nick Parker, Chairman of the Cleantech Group, has published his clean tech predictions for 2010. His predictions are as follows: 1. Private capital growth recovers, record fund year. 2. Clean economies become the new space race. 3. Electric cars take the back seat ...Read More »

Interview with Dr Sue Haile, Clean Technology Course Director at Newcastle University

{ Posted on Dec 11 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Academia, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Nottingham University, Universities
Dr Sue Haile, Clean Technology MSc Course Director at Newcastle University, agreed to speak with us about her course and efforts to promote clean technology, energy efficiency and sustainability in companies ranging from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies. The Clean ...Read More »

E.ON granted planning permission for 29.9MW South Lanarkshire Wind Farm

{ Posted on Dec 03 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Cleantech, PLanning Permission, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Wind
E.ON’s thirteen turbine development has been granted planning permission by South Lanarkshire Council and will be built at Dungravel Hill. E.ON has claimed that it will displace 40,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide and produce 29.9 Megawatts of electricity. "This is excellent ...Read More »

Skykon wins contract for Europe’s largest onshore wind farm

{ Posted on Nov 25 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Cleantech Scotland, Renewable Energy, Wind, investment
Skykon, a leading wind turbine manufacturer, has won the contract to build 152 80-metre high towers for Scottish and Southern Energy’s gargantuan Clyde wind farm, to be situated close to Abington.  The Clyde onshore wind farm is set to become ...Read More »

Green light for massive £22.5m biogas energy plant

{ Posted on Nov 24 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Biogas, Biomass, Cleantech, Scotland, Waste
South Lanarkshire Council has given the go-ahead on a £22.5m biogas facility that will turn waste into energy with the potential to power 2,800 homes. Proactive Energy, a new and pioneering renewable energy company has had its plans for a five ...Read More »
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