The Big Interview: Eyes on the enterprise and net zero race with SE chief executive Adrian Gillespie
What did Scottish Enterprise ever do for us? Quite a lot, as its highly-focused chief executive Adrian Gillespie outlines Monty Python’s Life of Brian springs to mind when speaking with...
Power points: Ten things to do to reach Clean Power 2030
In the beginning there was net zero, a target for 2050 enshrined in the Climate Change Act 2008. It committed the UK to an ambitious target of producing no pollution...
Scotland’s hydropower revival
Pumped storage, major investment and a growing supply chain could put Scotland at the forefront of the next generation of hydropower Scotland has a long-standing relationship with hydropower. For generations,...
Drax boss says grid connectors should pay for renewable hold-ups
The operators of the Britain’s national grid should be made liable for damages over delayed upgrades to the electricity network, the owner of the Cruachan hydro-electric power plant in the...
New energy secretary set to give green light for Rosebank and Jackdaw
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to give the go-ahead in early August for the long-awaited drilling of oil and gas developments in the North Sea.Miatta Fahnbulleh, new Secretary of...
CLARION CALL: Energy alliance presses Andy Burnham to back North Sea oil drilling
A powerful cross-industry group led by North Sea energy producers has delivered a letter to the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, warning that policymakers must back homegrown oil and gas...
Bank’s £50m investment into Fife energy storage, owned by Danish fund manager
The Scottish National Investment Bank is spending £50m to acquire a minority stake in the Devilla Battery Energy Storage System, at Kincardine, from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), alongside Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF)...