By the end of this year, it is likely that renewables will be the country's main source of electricity, providing more power than nuclear, coal or gas. Far from being "alternative energy", renewables is now a major part of our energy mix, and a significant part of Scotland's economy.
Analysts at Douglas-Westwood have been tracking new generation UK renewables since their genesis in the 1990s. Aberdeen-based manager Frank Wright delivers his take on the industry and where it might be heading.
When Dick Winchester was asked to analyse the list of companies testing at the European Marine Energy Centre on Orkney, he was not prepared for what it would tell him.
Statoil has signalled that it is moving ahead with plans for an offshore wind energy pilot project in the Gulf of Maine.
Britain has the best wind resources in Europe and installed 1,897MW last year - 16% of all new wind capacity in the region . . . 1,043MW onshore and 854MW offshore.
Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, have disclosed their intention to collaborate on the advancement of clean energy projects.
The UK Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has leased space at the soon to be completed 41,000sq.ft Inovo building at the International Renewable Energy and Technology Zone (ITREZ) in Glasgow.
Sea Wave Energy Ltd (UK) has claimed that tank-tests of its Waveline Magnet wave energy converter have been a success following eight years' research and development.
Redcar's offshore windfarm is sending its first power ashore, 15 months after construction work began.
Fracking has been part and parcel of the oil and gas industry for many years and has been brought into sharp and controversial focus by the fast-growing shale gas (and oil) extraction industry in the US.
It is expected that the Green Investment Bank will only be able to exercise its full borrowing powers for the initial £3billion capitalisation in 2015.
Solar panels are back in the headlines, this time because of perceived unfair competition by the Chinese.
Many visitors to Scotland are somewhat astounded to learn that inventors from our country have created some of the most important devices to improve our life in the modern age . . . the telephone, television, refrigerator, penicillin and MRI scanner, to name just a few.
Despite Europe exceeding all expectations in 2012, GWEC expects policy disruptions to take a toll on future installations, writes Jeremy Cresswell.
2012 was a record year for the US. However, despite renewal of the so-called Production Tax Credit for a further year, GWEC believes that "broader market conditions and politics" may impact the level of support available to renewables in the country in the short to medium term.
It seems that Scotland could find an answer to the problem of sourcing heat by tapping into the growing interest in geothermal energy.
Industry leaders in oil and gas continued the call for a coordinated response to the skills gap challenge facing the sector at a conference in Aberdeen.
A former UK energy minister said last night the Scottish Government was foolish to abandon nuclear power in favour of windfarms.
The Arctic Council agreed yesterday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers to its deliberations on Arctic policy.
Energy giant SSE said yesterday that a contractual dispute involving the Greater Gabbard offshore windfarm in the Thames Estuary had been settled.
UK and Norwegian companies agreed yesterday to continue work on a project to link up their electricity grids by 2020 with what would be the world's longest subsea power cable.
Aberdeen business management software firm BusinessPort says it has signed a partnership deal in the US which could generate an additional £5million in sales before the end of next year.
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has named Euan McVicar as its general counsel.
Pre-tax profits at Acciona's renewable energy division were down 26% for the first quarter of 2013, despite high average winds and and hydro activity in the period.
The University Centre in Svalbard has found an 18-mile-long reservoir in a Norwegian valley suitable for storing carbon dioxide.