Renewable energy jobs put at risk by ‘contradictory’ Government, warns report
Mixed political messages are putting jobs and investment in the renewable energy industry at risk, a new report has warned.
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£7m boost for offshore renewables firms as new funding package launched
Offshore renewables energy companies throughout the UK will get the chance of a share from a £7million support package from the government's innovation agency.
Scottish Water turns to turbines to power Skye treatment plant
Scottish Water is to power its waste treatment facility on Skye with three new wind turbines as part of a drive to green energy.
Good Energy gets go-ahead for 8.3MW solar farm in Cornwall
Electricity supplier Good Energy has secured the go-ahead for an 8.3MW solar farm near St Austell in Cornwall.
Joy for campaigners as EOWDC substation plan rejected by councillors over asbestos fears
A bid to build an electricity substation to serve the controversial 11-turbine windfarm planned for Aberdeen Bay has been kicked out by councillors.
Aquamarine puts Oyster wave machine back in business
Wave-energy firm Aquamarine Power said yesterday its Oyster 800 machine was back in operation after improvements over the summer.
Grangemouth row shows need for Scots shale gas drive, claim Tories
The Grangemouth industrial dispute shows the need for domestic shale gas production, the Finance Secretary has been told.
Energy supply chain investment up 15%, finds new report
Investment in the global energy industry supply chain rose by more than 15% in the last three months as the number of new oil, gas and renewable projects announced around the world increased by a third.
Vattenfall boss to step down as company sees profits drop
Offshore wind producers Vattenfall have launched a hunt for a new chief executive after current boss Øystein Løseth announced he was quitting the firm.
RSPB warns Caithness windfarm poses ‘worrying’ threat to rare birds
A windfarm plan for the heart of globally important peatland was yesterday described “one of the most worrying” the RSPB has ever seen.
New solar farm planned for Goonhilly
A new £5million solar farm is to be built at the Goonhilly Downs windfarm in Cornwall.
Residents make last-ditch plea to scrap EOWDC substation plan
Residents fighting plans for an electricity substation in their village have made an 11th-hour plea to councillors to reject the scheme.
Wind turbines accused of driving mountaineers away from Scots climbs
Mountaineers are abandoning the Scottish hills and heading overseas because of the march of the turbines, it was claimed yesterday.
Aquamarine pioneers real-time wave testing
A Scottish wave energy company has started gathering real-time data from its test site in Orkney as it gears up for the world's biggest wave farm installation.
Geothermal heat hopes extinguished by new study
Hopes that heat stored in rocks buried deep beneath the north-east soil could bring a new energy boom to the region have been dismissed in a new government report.
Crowdfunded windfarm going live
A community-developed £10.5million windfarm project is about to get the turbines turning.
PM to review green energy levies
Warfare over energy policy within the coalition Government broke into the open on Wednesday as Liberal Democrats branded David Cameron’s plan to roll back green levies a "panicky u-turn".
Wasabi eyeing UK nuclear plant benefits
Clean technology company Wasabi Energy is hoping to benefit from the UK’s first nuclear power station in a generation.
Kishorn extension gets the go-ahead
Plans to extend a Highland port, creating up to 2,500 jobs, were given the green light yesterday.
Jobs at wave farm could total hundreds
Aquamarine Power’s proposed wave farm on the Western Isles could create hundreds of skilled jobs in one of Britain’s most remote communities, according to figures published yesterday.
Plans to revive oil yard spark objections
Controversial proposals to breathe fresh life into a Highland oil yard and create up to 2,500 jobs have won the backing of local authority planners.
Dispute rages over new nuclear plant
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has hailed a landmark deal to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation.
Opinion: Struan Stevenson – windfarms to blame for rocketing energy bills
The public will rightly be angry with Centrica over this latest round of price hikes.
Ewing: Without renewables prices would be higher
Energy bills would be even higher than at present without renewables, Scotland’s energy minister has warned.
Trump’s lawyers knocked back over legal challenge
A judge has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to scrap a court date for his offshore wind battle so his lawyers could step into another legal challenge against the Scottish Government.