Posts Tagged ‘Hydro’

Competition to name new marine renewable project

{ Posted on Feb 05 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Competitions, Hydro
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 }
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Categories : Government Funding, Marine, Oyster
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 »

Scottish Government backs hydropower

{ Posted on Jan 22 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : Government Press Releases, Hydro, Renewable Energy
The Scottish Government has released a policy statement lending its support to hydro projects after a new study has found that Scotland’s potential hydro capacity has nearly doubled from estimates made in 2008. The study, written by Nick Forrest Associates, estimates ...Read More »

Europe unites to build new renewable ‘Supergrid’

{ Posted on Jan 05 2010 by MaxC }
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Categories : EU Supergrid, Renewable Energy, Transmission
In what has been touted by many as the European ‘Supergrid’, it has emerged this week that initial plans made by Scotland with Norway to create a renewable energy grid have now been deemed to be a good idea by ...Read More »

Scotland could meet its renewable energy targets three times over

{ Posted on Dec 09 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Cleantech Scotland, Energy Targets, PLanning Permission, Renewable Energy, Scotland, investment
We welcome a new report published by Scottish Natural Heritage that Scotland will meet its 2020 renewable energy targets three times over if all planned schemes were granted permission. There is currently enough wind farms, hydro and marine renewable schemes in ...Read More »