Business Scotland

New figures show Scotland had a record-breaking year for renewables in 2012 – with the amount of energy generated by renewables rising seven per cent on the previous year.

A sharp rise in the value of exports from Scotland’s utilities sector has underlined the growing opportunities that the renewable energy sector is providing to Scotland’s economy.

RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed announcement by the Scottish Government that it will provide nearly £8 million to help fund the testing of five prototype marine energy devices.

FIFE is playing a major role in efforts to enable Scotland to generate 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2020.

Scotland is set to become the UK’s leading location for attracting renewable energy investment, with an £8 billion injection into the sector expected wi...

Communities and rural businesses across Scotland can now apply to a £23.5m government loan scheme that supports the development of small-scale renewable e...

SCOTLAND’S economy will be transformed and communities reindustrialised by offshore clean energy, First Minister Alex Salmond said today.

A Scottish engineering firm has enlisted a Glasgow consultancy to help it deliver big renewable energy projects in a move the company said reflected its desire to use local talent.

Scotland is the most attractive part of the UK for renewables investment, according to a survey carried out by a leading international law firm.

The renewable energy companies competing for the £10m Saltire Prize will be announced by the Scottish government later.

AMERICAN industrial giant Oceaneering will use its base at Rosyth to push into the offshore renewable energy market after unveiling a $23.5 million (£15.2m) investment in the facility.

Forecasting how much households will be paying for their electricity in the coming years is never an easy task and no government, especially in these austerity times, wants to tell the electorate that its policies will lead to increased prices. But the UK government this week published its draft energy bill, offering support for renewables, including wind power, and saying these measures will reduce consumer energy bills.

RENEWABLE energy has a bright future in Scotland, if we can get on with it instead of arguing.