Saturday 11 February 2012
Log in
The Journal on Facebook RSS Feed

Renewable Energy

13 articles, sorted by name / date

Edinburgh hosts high-profile green investment summit »

SLCI conference

Over 400 delegates from around the world descended on the Edinburgh International Conference Centre last week for the second Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference. The meeting brought together investors from banks, low carbon companies and financi...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Hannah Raine, additional reporting by Megan Wells | Read more »

The wind's pushing Scotland forward »

Offshore windfarm

In the global race to develop sustainable alternative energy sources, Scotland is among the countries currently leading the pack. With 25 per cent of Europe’s tidal power and 10 per cent of its wave energy, the Scottish renewables sector is poise...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Renewable energy to be produced with food waste »

Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils’ proposal for a contractor to deliver anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities is being prepared to meet the requirements of Scotland's Zero Waste Plan. The Zero Waste Plan, which is expected to come into effect in 2...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Liam Bolton | Read more »

New wind farm at Lammermuir Hills »

Government permission has been given for a wind farm to be built in the Scottish Borders, despite a local Facebook campaign of opposition. The campaign, entitled 'Say No to Fallago', maintains that this will result in “a 20km long...highly visib...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Kirsten Waller | Read more »

Napier in Hong Kong biofuel centre partnership »

Hong Kong biofuel centre partnership

A new partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and City University Hong Kong (CityU) will see the opening of the first Biofuel Research Centre in the Chinese city. The centre in Hong Kong will be a mirror of the existing facility at Edinburgh N...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Forth turbines could put the wind back in Leith's sails »

Leith Habour sea View

Plans to build an offshore windfarm in the Firth of Forth that could create 700 jobs in Leith have been welcomed by politicians and locals. The plans come as Leith has been named in February’s National Renewables Infrastructure report as the pri...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Melanie Archer | Read more »

The SNP's green-washed facade »

Wind power 2

Those who oppose wind farms and new power lines on an aesthetic basis would be well advised to pay a visit to Scotland’s central coal belt in Lanarkshire, where thousands of acres of centuries-old woodland have recently been torn up to access the...

Sat 13 Feb 2010 by Joel Sharples | Read more »

Scottish hydropower leads way in renewable energy development »

A fresh debate about the future of Scotland's energy resources has erupted after it emerged that Scotland’s hydro potential is nearly double that previously thought according to a government study. The findings acknowledge the rise in smaller mi...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Madeleine Battersby | Read more »

Scotland set to play key role in renewable energy supergrid »

Scotland will play a key role in the development of the North Sea Energy Grid (NSEG), the government announced last week. The electricity grid, identified as a European infrastructure priority, will be constructed below the North Sea and will create a...

Sun 08 Feb 2009 by Lidija Liegis | Read more »

UK Coal turns green »

Colliery

UK Coal has revealed plans to build new wind farms on the sites of former collieries. The initiative has been welcomed by the UK Coal shareholders and, as a result the company’s share value has increased by ten per cent. UK Coal, although it st...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Kristijonas Kancleris | Read more »

Heriot-Watt deploys radar in search for renewable energy »

The Pentland Firth contains a lot of potential energy

A pilot project lead by Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Inland Technology (ICIT) in Orkney has been set up to map tidal currents in the Pentland Firth. Working alongside the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso the ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

Potential energy; potential problems »

Joachim von Braun

The rapid expansion of new sources of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel has raised hopes for securing energy supplies, mitigating climate change and providing benefits to agricultural producers. For developing countries and poor people, however, t...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Joachim von Braun | Read more »

Call to end renewable energy barriers »

Wind farm

The Prime Minister has been urged to review the ‘insane pricing policy’ which currently limits the uptake of renewable energy in Scotland. Gordon Brown has promised to make Britain a world leader in the battle for climate change, aiming...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

News

Photos: Tory minister's Edinburgh visit prompts protest

News

Photos: Fire at Strathclyde

News

Censure motion fails in Israel row endgame at EUSA

Features

A case of Life and Limb

Sport

Worcester all bluster as Edinburgh breeze to victory

Arts and Entertainment

2012: Your literary briefing