The Harlaw Hydro Project at Balerno, East of Edinburgh, may be small, but it has faced some major challenges. It has been able to steer a path with the help of some high quality volunteers from the community, including architects, land surveyors as well as senior bankers and lawyers. The team avoided some opportunities where […]
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Community Ownership Best for Renewable Energy Development
Community ownership may be the best way to achieve rapid renewable energy development. Early wind power projects were often small-scale and based on cooperative principles where the governance and the benefits were evenly shared. That was somewhat swept aside in the 1990s, Industrial-scale renewable energy needs industrial-scale, efficient, market-based investment, it was argued. As the […]
Whisky Waste Provides Bio Energy Source
The waste from Scottish whisky production will be converted to a bio energy source. The advanced biofuel it produces is very close to gasoline in energy density. Each year the Scottish whisky industry produces about 1.6 billion liters of ‘pot ale’ and 500,000 tonnes of ‘draff’ as waste by-products. Celtic Renewables, a spin-off company from […]
Scottish Marine Energy Moving Forward
Leading engineering companies and commercial banks are putting money in marine energy projects off the coast of Scotland. The Scottish government believes the industry will be competitive with other renewable energy sources by the mid-2020s. Scottish Marine Energy Developing Tidal and wave energy technologies will make an important contribution to Scotland’s goal of generating the […]
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Increasing Profitability through Flexible Energy Consumption
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Storing Power as Liquid Air
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Reaching the Power of High Altitude Winds
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Nuclear Power for the UK – Does it Make Sense?
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Safe Electrification of Argentina’s Poorest Homes
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Storing Energy on Rail Tracks
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Small Hydro Project to Deliver Major Benefits
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CEOs pay lip-service to Teamwork
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Good Designers Understand Business Management Constraints
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