October 1, 2015

Piclo – the collaboration between energy startup Open Utility and green energy provider Good Energy – has teamed up with the Eden Project to pilot the UK’s first online market for renewable energy, allowing consumers and generators to buy and sell renewable energy directly. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/scots-wind-farms-join-in-launch-of-uks-first-online-peer-to-peer-renewable-energy-market/

A Stormont minister has done a major U-turn on energy subsidies for land-based wind turbines, admitting that his initial proposal – which MLAs refused to speed through the Assembly over the summer – would have hit every electricity customer in the pocket. http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/dup-minister-jonathan-bell-in-u-turn-on-wind-power-subsidies-1-6986541

David Ross DEVELOPERS trying to build a controversial six-turbine wind farm on the edge of a world-famous landscape claim its refusal undermines the integrity of Scotland’s planning system. The owners of the German wpd.group have launched a legal challenge in the Court of Session against the decision by a Scottish Read more

Scotland’s second largest quoted company SSE saw £500million added to its market value after a trading update which assured investors that the business is on track to meet its full-year targets. The energy giant reported a strong first half-year thanks to a recovery in its renewable energy output and an Read more