Posts Tagged ‘Orkney’

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 »

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 »

The UK’s first smart grid installation

{ Posted on Nov 13 2009 by MaxC }
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Categories : Cleantech, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Smart Grid, Transmission
The UK’s first smart grid system is due to be switched on in the coming weeks. The Orkney Registered Power Zone (RPZ) has been installed by a Glasgow-based company, Smarter Grid Solutions, which provides smart grid products to the energy generation ...Read More »