Vattenfall

"Technically heat networks aren't really difficult. It is just large-scale plumbing. The heat's already there, we're just moving it.” With the Scottish Government’s New Build Heat Standard now in force, the installation of ‘direct emission’ systems for heating for new build h

Renewable energy developer Vattenfall is holding a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event next month in Aberdeenshire, so that lead contractors can meet potential subcontractors as it readies for the construction of the 14 turbine Clashindarroch II wind farm. To ensure that communities and local compani

A community interest company set up to protect the interests of Scottish wildcats has had a petition seeking to reduce a grant of consent for a windfarm to be built in or near a known wildcat habitat refused.

A decision granting planning permission for a new wind farm on the habitat of the endangered wildcat population is to face judicial review.

Councillors have endorsed an updated five-year business plan for Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL), a joint venture between the council and Vattenfall Heat UK.

The creation of a £1.3 billion well-connected, sustainable new coastal town at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh has reached yet another major milestone.

The joint venture delivering the district heating network in Midlothian is to work with Powering Futures and Edinburgh Science to deliver a skills programme that aims to connect with 1,000 young people in 2024.

Two years since the Scottish Government published its plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland’s homes, more than thirty supply chain organisations have written an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf, urging his government to publish a Heat in Buildings Bill to give cert

Trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targets to phase out gas b

An event was held this week to celebrate the joint venture that aims to regenerate and decarbonise Midlothian via a district heating system.

Vattenfall has appointed Jenny Curtis as the new managing director of its heat business in the UK. Jenny picks up the reigns from interim managing directors Stuart Allison and Katja Raabe-Münzberg, having worked with the division for almost three years.

Vattenfall has been researching the use of sniffer dogs to detect water leaks in the underground piping used to deliver district heating in The Netherlands. The first results were promising and Vattenfall is now looking at whether the dogs can replace the current thermal imaging cameras used for wat

The first pipes to supply the new Shawfair town in Midlothian with low-carbon heating have been installed with construction on the site now well underway.

Midlothian Council and Vattenfall Heat UK, part of Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall AB, have formed a 50/50 joint venture to deliver low-carbon heat to homes and businesses within the Midlothian area. Midlothian Energy Limited will explore possibilities to capture waste heat from indust

Parabola has signed a multi-million-pound contract with Vattenfall IDNO to deliver one of the UK's biggest all-electric property developments.