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- Renewable UK
- BWEA Welcomes Europe's largest onshore Windfarm coming online and securing extension
- Global study hails growth for small wind sector
- Wind industry gives thumbs-up to Budget package
- Wind industry ready to pump £2.5bn direct into UK economy
- BWEA welcomes IPPR report
- Government action needed to keep renewables on target
- Export markets open for small wind systems
- BWEA aviation fund to free up wind energy projects
- BWEA welcomes RSPB report
- PM's announcement backs BWEA findings
Daily news
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The Scotsmen who will go up a mountain - and decide if it should be a wind farm
Nineteen Scottish councillors will travel to the tops of Britain's highest mountains today to see if the view from them will be blighted by a giant wind farm on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park.
Read more ...Solar panels: 100,000 rushed to beat subsidy cut
The Government's "botched" announcement of cuts to the solar energy subsidy scheme caused a scramble in which more than 100,000 people rushed to join at the old, higher rate
Read more ...UK wind farms hit 12% of electricity demand
RenewableUK says wind power supplied an average of 5.3% of the UK’s demand for electricity for December and early January, reaching a record share of 12.2% on 28 December.
Read more ...Alex Salmond in climate justice call to world leaders
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has called for "climate justice" to be central to decisions on energy and development.
Read more ...Pentland Road wind farm to start in Spring
The principal suppliers for the Pentland Road wind farm on Lewis have now been selected and construction is due to get underway in early spring.
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MoD radar breakthrough promises green light to 4FW of windfarms
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal that could unlock more than 4GW of windfarms currently stuck in the planning system, after successfully trialling a radar system that can ignore the spinning blades of turbines.
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Is focusing on UK's Gross Domestic Product ruining the economy?
For decades, governments have insisted that economic growth is vital. But a new idea is gaining traction – that the obsession with GDP is ruining our lives and the planet. Metro talks to two economists who say growth is not the be all and end all.
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Scottish news
- Scottish renewables
- Scottish Renewables responds to Donald Trump letter to First Minister
- Scottish Offshore Wind Conference 2012 Biggest Yet
- Scottish Renewables Response to Ofgem’s announcement to upgrade Scotland’s grid network
- Scottish Renewables Letter to KPMG on Thinking About the Affordable Report
- Scottish Renewables responds to Civitas wind power report
- Recent storms see wind farm output double
- Scottish renewables industry on track for best year ever
- Project TransmiT GRID CHARGES COME DOWN FOR MAINLAND RENEWABLES BUT UNECONOMIC CHARGES A ‘BLOW’ FOR SCOTTISH ISLANDS
- The Committee for Climate Change new report shows rising energy bills caused primarily by rising cost of gas, not green policies
- Hard to Find a Sector With Potential to Match This One
- HIE news
- ATCNS update meeting note
- Lorne Crerar appointed Chair of HIE
- HIE to deliver new £6 million Scottish Land Fund in partnership with Big Lottery
- Market testing under way to gauge interest in running Cairngorm ski centre
- £5.3 million funding for the Highlands and Islands
- HIE Board members re-appointed
- Finance Secretary cuts first turf at Inverness Campus
- £6 million wave and tidal energy development funding available through WATERS
- ANTA opens new store in Edinburgh before guest appearance stateside
- Press and Journal’s Moray Chief Reporter wins Journalist of the Year award
- ScotGov-Research
- Oil and gas research
- Investment in research and innovation
- Public attitudes to broadcasting
- Research world leader - First Minister
- Food research report
- Scottish scientists to help beat world hunger
- 'Big Bang' experiment
- New life sciences institute
- Research into living with flooding
- Business learning and training
World news
- Renewable Energy World
- Future of Geothermal Bright for Indonesia, Philippines — Finance and Regulatory Stability Critical
- Community Choice Aggregation Lets Cities Buy (Cleaner and Local) Electricity in Bulk
- Renewable Energy Financing Mechanisms and Incentives: What Can We Expect?
- Influential Women in Cleantech: Top 10 Women of Sustainability
- Spanish Firms Gain Edge in Nascent African Renewables Market
- Apple Tips Plans For Solar, Biogas Systems at NC Data Farm
- Investing in Dragons and Tigers: The Allure of China and India
- Trina Launches New Solar Advocacy and PR Campaign with Patrick Dempsey
- Chinese Tier-2 Modules Offered Below $1/W
- Finding Talent the Creative Way: Are Your Race Horses Pulling Plows?
- Innovate UK newsfeed
- RESCO Annual Bio-Energy Supply Chain Networking Event , 29th March, Stoke-on-Trent
- Energy Innovation Centre announces access to £29.2m funding
- 'Carbon Capture & Storage – can the UK maintain a leadership role?' 13th & 14th March
- National Importance - Changes to EPSRC peer review process NOW
- AD Site visit (18 January 2012)
- New Energy Security Challenges' Workshop. May 10-11 2012, Royal Geographical Society, London
- European Algae Biomass
- Advanced biofuels needed to meet UK renewable transport targets
- Carbon Capture & Storage, Industry Day, 16th December, London
- RESCO Bio-energy group workshop on the 29th November 2011, Stoke-on-Trent
- Inside renewable energy
- Good-Bye....For Now.
- Big Solar Needs Big Money
- We Need a Plan!
- Are Franken-Algae Dangerous?
- Virtual Power Plants Aren't Just Virtual - They're Real
- Leadership Roundtable: Getting from Here to There
- Solar as a Social Network
- Why Investors Need to Account for Resource Scarcity
- Get a Job!
- Biofuels Are Not in Trouble
Funding news
- TSB news
- Innovation in supply chains to improve resource efficiency
- £2.5 million investment will grow UK space technology industry
- Major investment in carbon abatement technologies
- IC tomorrow contest aims to drive innovation in copyright licensing information
- Investment in nanoscience innovation to benefit healthcare sector
- Consortium to set up multi-million Catapult centre
- Feasibility Studies for Technology-Inspired Innovation
- Products and services for older adults need urgent innovation
- Technology Strategy Board announces Connected Digital Economy Catapult
- New development projects will improve the assessment of point-of-care tests for infectious agents
- Highly Innovative Technology Enablers for Aerospace
- Marine Energy – Supporting Array Technologies
European Opportunities
- Enterprise Europe - Energy opportunities
- Novel process for utilizing residues from biogas plants considerably reducing costs
- Geologic storage of soluble gases: A sustainable and capture-free solution.
- System for Solar energy management.
- Method for preparation of low density aerogel
- Vacuum evaporation device: Enhanced thermal evaporation using a glassy carbon filament
- Carbon sequestration from flue-gas with simultaneous production of industrial quantities of glycerol
- Technology for promotion the energy plant Miscanthus, as renewable source
- Pulse compression reactor technology enables new efficient chemical processes
- PS: CIP (IEE) - aweOsme: Dissemination of technologies and measures for energy saving and energy efficiency in SMEs
- Lorna's test profile
- Maintenance friendly solar water purification and desalination technology
- Manufacture of photovoltaic panels
- Inexpensive Solid Store for Hydrogen - Lower-cost Source Material for Producing Nanocomposite
- Vertical Axis Wind Turbine generates energy at low wind speeds
- Expertise required in DC control for wind turbine energy generation
- Enterprise Europe - Renewables opportunities
- Novel process for utilizing residues from biogas plants considerably reducing costs
- Utility for Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Analysis & Stoichiometric Examination
- System for Solar energy management.
- Method for preparation of low density aerogel
- Vacuum evaporation device: Enhanced thermal evaporation using a glassy carbon filament
- Carbon sequestration from flue-gas with simultaneous production of industrial quantities of glycerol
- Aquaculture Stabilization Modules using recycled passenger vehicle tyres
- Online mobility platform to manage the sales strategy
- Technology for promotion the energy plant Miscanthus, as renewable source
- Pulse compression reactor technology enables new efficient chemical processes
- PS: CIP (IEE) - aweOsme: Dissemination of technologies and measures for energy saving and energy efficiency in SMEs
- Lorna's test profile
- Hypervisor for secure and critical real-time embedded systems
- Maintenance friendly solar water purification and desalination technology
- Manufacture of photovoltaic panels
