Scottish Renewables

The world’s first recyclable turbine blade was handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry last week. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy was announced as winner of the Technology & Business Innovation Award for its revolutionary RecyclableBlade which is giving recovered w

The UK’s largest renewable energy awards has been launched today. Nominations are invited for 11 categories across all renewable technologies at the Scottish Green Energy Awards.

The UK Government has today launched a major review into Britain’s electricity market design aimed to radically enhance energy security and cut costs of electricity for consumers in the long term.

Scottish renewable energy projects won contracts to sell their power in a UK auction yesterday – at record low prices. Offshore, two projects off Scotland’s east coast won Contracts for Difference in a competitive UK Government auction process – at just £37.35 per megawatt-ho

Renewable energy sector industry body Scottish Renewables has welcomed three new directors to its board.

Industry body Scottish Renewables has launched a new campaign calling on the Scottish Government to deliver crucial support for the country's low-carbon supply chain – or risk home-grown firms missing out on lucrative contracts. The campaign, Supporting Scotland’s Renewable Energy Supply

Successful ScotWind partners ScottishPower and Shell are set to invest a total of £75 million to help the supply chain and businesses support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Scotland.

The thriving companies and organisations utilising their expertise, skills and capabilities to deliver work across all renewable energy technologies across Scotland have been highlighted in a new report which claims that the industry could grow by more than 230% by 2030 if onshore and offshore wind

Crown Estate Scotland's application process for ScotWind Leasing, the first Scottish offshore wind leasing round in over a decade, has raised almost £700 million.

Yesterday's “budget of choices” missed a prime opportunity to encourage a consumer shift towards low carbon homes and fails Scotland’s would-be First Time Buyers, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS).

A pioneering energy storage system that has been developed using the simple principle of gravity has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry.

Future steps the Scottish Government should take to deliver a lasting legacy for the energy transition have been outlined in a new publication launched today by industry body Scottish Renewables.

The UK Government’s new Heat and Building Strategy has come under fire today, being described by one industry leader as “insufficient for the scale of the challenge we face". The comments, from Mike Foster, CEO of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, come in the wake of the government anno

Gravity, indigenous crofters and in-turbine toilets are all key parts of projects which have been shortlisted for the 2021 Scottish Green Energy Awards, announced today. A project which can capture and store renewable energy using gravity and 50 tonne weights, a hydro scheme developed and built by i

Scottish Renewables has set out some of its priorities for the Scottish Government’s upcoming Programme for Government, which will be published in the coming weeks. Renewable technologies like wind, solar, hydro and more now provide the equivalent of 97.4% of the electricity consumed in Scotla