Scottish

Energy Storage Project

Big Battery Co Gets Planning Permission for 49MW BESS

Big Battery Co has gained planning permission for a new BESS. Image: AnescoThe planning committee of a Scottish local council has approved proposals for a 49MW …

Tidal Energy

Scottish Firms to Decommission Openhydro Tidal Turbine in Orkney

Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK) have formed a Joint Venture Partnership to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal turbine energy platform in the Orkney Islan…

Offshore Wind Power

Aurora Energy Services Enter Australian Wind Sector With Key Acquisition

Scottish energy specialist, Aurora Energy Services Ltd, has extended its international capabilities with the acquisition of ARC Wind in Australia.The Canberra-b…

Solar Power Plant

Scottish solar and battery project gets greenlight

Renewco said the site could power around 18,000 homes, which equates to roughly 22,590 tonnes of carbon emission savings a year. Image: Renewco Power.Renewco Po…

Carbon Emissions

Scotland Pulls Back on 2030 Emissions Reduction Target

Scotland scraps 2030 emissions targets, reducing faith in solar. Image: Nova InnovationsScottish net zero minister Mairi McAllan confirmed yesterday (18 April) …

Floating Offshore Wind

Hyundai Heavy Sets Sights on Scottish Floating Offshore Wind

Major South Korean shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two Scottish enterprise agencies which is expected to…

Nuclear waste

Waste Transfer Milestone at Scottish Plant

The retrieval has been completed of more than 2100 tonnes of solid intermediate-level radioactive waste from five above-ground concrete bunkers at the Huntersto…

Floating Offshore Wind

Scots Greenlight Slimmed-Down Turbine Plan for 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s offshore consents. The variation includes a …

Energy Storage Project

Tagenergy and Harmony Energy Power up 49MW Jamesfield Battery Storage Facility

Image: Credit: iStockPartners confirm major new Scottish enegry storage project is now onlineClean energy developers TagEnergy and Harmony Energy have announced…

Geothermal Power Project

Scottish Government Publishes Regulatory Guidance for Geothermal Projects

Coast of Fife, Scotland (source: Chris / flickr, Creative Commons)The Government of Scotland, thru the Energy and Climate Change Directorate, has published a ve…

Solar Technology

SSEN Wins £600,000 From Ofgem's Sif for Solar and BESS

SSEN wins £600,000 from Ofgem’s SIF for four new projects. Image: SSENScottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has won £600,000 from …

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Preparing Two East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects for UK's Sixth CFD Round

ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s company in the UK, is getting the East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind projects ready for the upc…

Energy Storage Project

Tagenergy Secures Funding for Scottish Battery Project

Image: ShutterstockTagEnergy has secured financing for its Pitkevy battery storage project in Scotland.The project, boasting a capacity of 49.9MW/99.8MWh, is fi…

Floating Offshore Wind

Bluefloat, Renantis and Ørsted Move Forward With 1 GW Scottish Floater

Stromar Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has submitted the environmental impact assessment (EI…

Solar Power Plant

Scottish Solar Installations Soar by 174% in 2023

As of 2023 nearly one in ten (8.23%) of Scottish households have MCS-certified renewable energy technologies in their home. Image: Kindel Media (Pexels).Small-s…