Tesla has equipped a new energy storage plant in Dorset, capable of powering 17,000 homes, in the firm’s first major foray into the British power industry. The car maker is supplying its Megapack high-capacity batteries, and Autobidder control software, to UK business Harmony Energy and Spanish company FRV for a Read more
A giant flywheel in north-east Scotland could soon help to prevent blackouts across Britain by mimicking the effect of a power station but without using fossil fuels. The trailblazing project near Keith in Moray, thought to cost about £25m, will not generate electricity or produce carbon emissions – but it Read more
Letter from Ian Moir in the Scotsman today.
The recent announcement that Scotland’s seabed is being reopened for new wind farm projects for the first time in a decade makes it clear that Scotland is perfectly poised to continue leading the way in the renewable energy revolution. The launch of the new round of bidding for ‘ScotWind’ offshore Read more
Cumberhead West Wind Farm – Pre Application ECU00002094 The Proposed Development site adjoins an established cluster of wind farms around Hagshaw Hill (known as the ‘Hagshaw Cluster’) in rural South Lanarkshire, (refer to Figure 1.1). The site is located approximately 3.9km to the west of Coalburn, 5.6 km to the Read more
The UK Government has today (July 1) published the ‘UK Research and Development Roadmap’ setting out the government’s vision and ambition for science, research and innovation. Responding, Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “We welcome the commitment of the UK Government to invest in research and development Read more
Brexit has “got in the way” of the UK collaborating on a major North Sea wind “island” complex, according to one of the project’s main partners. Nico Van Dooran, director of new business at the Port of Rotterdam, was speaking last week at an industry webinar hosted by Aberdeen’s Oil Read more
If climate change is a problem, then wind turbines and solar panels aren’t a solution: heavily subsidised and unreliable wind and solar are an economic and environmental disaster. When climate alarmists managed to hijack energy (and with it economic) policy it was a case of lunatics taking over the asylum. Read more