Renewable energy developments on croft land offers opportunities for rural Scotland
Scotland’s drive towards net zero by 2045 continues to create significant opportunities for renewable energy and infrastructure development across Scotland. Advances in onshore wind, solar and battery storage technology and...
Scottish spin-out seeks funding for concrete supplement which curbs carbon emissions
A Scottish university spinout has invented a process which turns low-value mineral waste into carbon-negative materials and can replace a percentage of cement used in construction.The approach, by a team...
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)...
Politicians speak out on Scotland’s energy policy
How do Scotland’s main political parties view the energy transition? At The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast event in Aberdeen in January, the panel of speakers was: Stephen Flynn, SNP leader in...
Transition chief pleads for reliable projects to help preserve energy skills
While there are multiple reasons to be optimistic about the North-East of Scotland as the nation’s green energy powerhouse, there is a need for some cold and stark realism.So stated...
‘I believe this is the catalytic moment when all of the expectation starts to turn into reality’
Dan McGrail, head of GB Energy, on why 2026 is the year of mega offshore wind projects Dan McGrail, a Scouser who grew up on Merseyside and witnessed industrial and...
Why we all feel aftershock from attacks on Iran
Donald Trump has a lot to answer for. The attacks launched on Iran by American and Israeli forces on February 28 have supercharged our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous)...
Onshore wind: ambition is back but can the UK deliver at scale?
Onshore wind is a central pillar of the UK’s clean power strategy. The Clean Power 2030 pathway assumes 27–29GW of onshore wind by 2030, rising to 35–37GW by 2035. That...
Can private equity bolster North-East prospects?
The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s January report concluded that the country’s economic picture comprised “ongoing instability and uncertainty”. With geopolitical tensions and Scottish elections looming, that assessment still rings true as...
Spotlight on emerging potential of floating solar
Floating solar – also known as floating photovoltaic (FPV) or ‘floatovoltaics’ – involves mounting solar panels on floating platforms on reservoirs, lochs or coastal bays. These systems operate similarly to land-based...