Albacom relaunches coatings division after £250k investment
Dundee-based technology firm Albacom has relaunched its protective coatings division following an investment of £250,000.
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A year in review: The best ReNew News stories of 2016
Energy Voice has gone through its archives to bring the best stories featured in ReNew News this year. Take a look through some of the innovation in technology and investment happening throughout the sector below. A round-up of the top stories from ReNew News in 2016
’Transformation’ hailed as electricity production has smaller impact on climate change
Environmental campaigners have hailed the “transformation” in electricity production after figures showed power generated in Scotland has a significantly smaller impact on climate change when compared to the UK average.
Small businesses call for green energy incentives
Fears over UK energy security has led small businesses to call on government to reduce barriers preventing firms from producing their own electricity.
Government won’t mount inquiry into botched Stormont green energy scheme
The Government has rejected a call to instigate a public inquiry into a botched green energy scheme that is set to cost Stormont around £500 million.
Gallery: Top Tech Tuesday stories of 2016
At the end of each year, Energy Voice likes to reflect on some of the most read and engaged with stories of the previous 12 months. This gallery looks at our top Tech Tuesday stories of 2016.
Green groups press for new Scottish renewable energy target
Conservationists have teamed up with the green energy industry to demand the Scottish Government sets a new target to ensure half the country’s power comes from renewables by 2030.
UK goes ‘green’ for Christmas as two-fifths of electricity comes from renewables
The UK experienced a “green” Christmas this year, with more than two-fifths of electricity coming from renewables, figures suggest.
Toyota Hybrid bet pays off as dieselgate spurs Europe demand
For years, Toyota Motor Corp. focused on pushing its hybrid models in Europe, avoiding a diesel-for-diesel competition with market leaders including Volkswagen AG. The Japanese carmaker’s strategy is finally paying off.
Community-produced green energy up 17%
More communities are producing their own renewable energy, with a 17% increase in nine months, according to a new report.
China to cut coal consumption as part of ‘war on pollution’
China plans to raise the ratio of natural gas in its energy mix to 6.8% in 2017 from 5.9% in 2015 as the country’s “war on pollution” enters its third year, a news report said today.
Panasonic to invest more then $265m in Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors
Panasonic will invest more than $256million in a New York production facility of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules.
Driver-less electric cars ‘could eradicate air pollution in 10 years’
Self-driving electric cars could make car parks obsolete within the next 10 years and reduce air pollution to almost zero in Scotland’s cities, an expert has predicted.
Bardot Group wins Hywind contract
Bardot Group has been awarded a contract to supply buoyancy modules for Statoil's Hywind project in the UK.
Wind, sun and nuclear now generating half of the UK’s electricity
Low carbon power provided half of the UK’s electricity between July and September, official figures show. Renewables such as wind, solar and biomass produced a quarter of the UK’s electricity in the third quarter of 2016, while nuclear power was responsible for another 25%, the Government data reveals. Meanwhile coal fell to historic lows, contributing just 3.6% of the UK’s power mix, down from 16.7% for the same period the previous year, as the polluting fossil fuel continued to decline. The Government has said it wants coal power plants which do not have technology fitted to store emissions to be phased out by 2025 to tackle climate change. Gas’s share of electricity generation rose from 34.8% in July to September 2015 to 43.6% for the period this year. In Scotland, where 42% of electricity came from renewables, low carbon power’s share of the mix was more than three-quarters (77%), although coal contributed 16% of the power over the three months.
Dong Energy divests 50% of Race Bank offshore wind farm for £1.6bn
Dong Energy has entered into an agreement to sell 50% of Race Bank, a 573 megawatt (MW) UK offshore wind farm project, to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and Macquarie Capital, the principal investment arm of Macquarie Group – with equal interests.
Three billion boiled kettles later, UK’s first win farm marks 25th birthday
The UK’s first commercial wind farm is celebrating a quarter of a century of generating renewable power.
Fukushima’s $70billion cleanup leaves foreign firms in cold
Cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear plant -- a task predicted to cost 86 times the amount earmarked for decommissioning Japan’s first commercial reactor -- is the mother of all salvage jobs. Still, foreign firms with decades of experience are seeing little of the spoils.
Mackie’s solar farm creates enough power to make 3.3million litres of ice cream
A solar farm at Mackie’s of Scotland generated enough power to make more than 725,000 gallons of the Aberdeenshire dairy firm’s ice-cream during the first year of green-energy production.
Statoil in driving seat for wind farm project offshore New York
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has won an offshore wind lease off New York with a $42million bid.
UN ‘warns Iran about Uranium enrichment CAP’
Iran has been warned that unless it slows its uranium enrichment process, it could soon break through a cap on material which could be used to make a bomb, diplomats have said.
Scottish Enterprise funding gets Zilift project back on track
Funding from Scottish Enterprise has helped an Aberdeen-based artificial lift system firm get the development of its new product back on track.
Jonathan Bell suspended from DUP after comments about Arlene Foster’s handling of green energy scheme
Senior Democratic Unionist Jonathan Bell has been suspended from the party.
Benefits of Stem subjects highlighted for Aberdeenshire girls
Young women from the north-east have attended a specially-designed class to promote careers in engineering and maths.
Oil leaders not equipped for IT revolution, ex-Shell manager says
A former IT strategy manager at Shell said yesterday that many oil industry leaders do not have the ability to steer a path through the next stage of the digital revolution.