Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’

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 »

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 »

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 »

BT counts on the breeze in “Wind for Change”

{ Posted on Jan 28 2010 by MaxC }
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 »

Glasgow to publish its ‘Green’ Vision

{ Posted on Jan 27 2010 by MaxC }
We wait with baited breath for a strategy to transform Glasgow into Europe’s greenest city within ten years, due to be published later today.  The Sustainable Glasgow report will propose methods to meet future energy needs through renewable energy and ...Read More »

Scottish Government backs hydropower

{ Posted on Jan 22 2010 by MaxC }
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 »