Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) opened its “largest ever” tender in ten areas across Scotland, England and North Wales. Announced on Friday 4 September, SPEN has entered a commercial partnership with Piclo, an independent marketplace for trading flexibility online, to procure up to 95MW of flexibility. Head of DSO Graham…
SP Energy Networks has announced 13 winners of the first round of its Green Economy Fund scheme, awarding them almost £6mn in funding. Announced on 13 November, the DNO said that £1.5mn had been awarded to establish Glasgow’s first permanent electric bus routes and £2.1mn had gone to the Clyde…
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Rosie Cunningham has updated the Scottish Parliament on the progress made on greenhouse gas reduction up to 2016. The Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annual Target Report for 2016 was published on Wednesday 31 October and confirmed that Scotland’s 2016 emissions targets…
A recent event organised by Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) and Viking Energy (VE) has revealed an expanding opportunity for major wind farm developments in the Scottish Isles. The event was aimed at connecting local contractors with developers of wind farm projects, with around 110 delegates attending. A wind farm…
Wind farm developer Viking Energy has won a court ruling to build a 457MW project in Shetland. The plan was contested in 2012 but has now been accepted by the Scottish Land Court. The wind farm of 103 turbines is to be located on land held under private and public…
Two new major power projects in Fife and at Grangemouth are set to progress, the London-based owners of renewables developer Brockwell Energy have announced. In the 22 October press release, Pioneer Point Partners (PPP), who own Brockwell Energy, said that the former Westfield mining site in Fife will be transformed…
At a Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee hearing on the feasibility of a publicly-owned energy company (POEC) for Scotland, energy industry representatives warned it could struggle to differentiate itself from existing firms. Reported by The Times on Wednesday 24 October, Chairman of housing association-owned and state-supported Our…
A new poll on behalf of renewable industry organisation Scottish Renewables has found that 66% of Scottish people living in rural areas support the use of onshore wind energy, with 22% saying they have no opinion and 11% opposing new onshore windfarms. The results, revealed on Thursday 18 October, also…
Global asset manager Capital Dynamics has announced it has bought a 50% stake in Whiteside Hill Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from GE Energy Financial Services for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was announced on Wednesday 17 October for the wind farm which has been in operation since…
Analysis by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found that those in Scotland who rely on electric heating are “almost twice as likely” to be in fuel poverty compared to the population of Scotland as a whole. The report, published on Thursday 11 October, said that in 2016, around 26.5% of…