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Oil and gas contractor Wood Group has formed a partnership with Heriot-Watt University to support applied research and innovation work in the field of solar PV power. The partnership aims to measure the performance of cutting-edge solar PV technologies such as bifacial panels, which deliver enhanced production and reduce the cost of energy. Solar isRead more

Scotland is “at the forefront of the low carbon transition” in the UK, SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson said yesterday as the Committee on Climate Change’s progress report confirmed Scotland’s progress on emissions reduction was the best in the UK. The ‘Reducing UK emissions 2018 Progress Report to  (Westminster) Parliament’ published  shows that Scottish emissions decreasedRead more

One of the few remaining Scottish shipyards is to build the world’s first sea-going renewable-energy powered hydrogen ferry. The new boat – the Hyseas III – will be built on the Lower Clyde by Fergus Marine Engineering at Port Glasgow. The consortium that won the £12.5 million contract was headed by Scots engineering magnate JimRead more

At present, about 1% of the city’s electricity is generated from renewable sources. The government has proposed feed-in tariff (FiT) rates to promote local renewable electricity generation from the public and organisations. Boosting RE Production Currently, about 1% of Hong Kong’s electricity is generated from renewable sources. The government has identified in the Climate Action Plan 2030+Read more

The offshore oil and gas-dominated Wood Group has installed the first scanning light detection and ranging (LIDAR) devices on two floating wind turbines at the Hywind Scotland floating offshore turbine parc 15 miles off the coast of Peterhead. The 30MW project, which is the world’s first commercial floating electricity generating station, comprises five floating turbines and hasRead more

World Alliance of Low Carbon Cities (WALCC) is organising the 14th WALCC Low Carbon Development World Forum on 17-20 May 2018 in Tengchong, Yunnan. This year’s Low Carbon Development World Forum is located in Tengchong, Yunnan Province and “One Belt One Road and Low Carbon Circular Economy” was set to be the theme of thisRead more

The Scottish Government has published its plans on meeting a new target of reducing emissions by 66% by 2032. Scotland is already on track to meet the 2020 target of reducing emissions by 42% and the new Climate Change Plan sets out the government’s decarbonisation plans for the next 14 years. By 2032, the ScottishRead more

The Bengal government may soon tie up with Edinburgh University in the development of tidal energy in the state Indian state. The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) is exploring various options on how tidal energy projects of Scotland can be replicated in the state. The Bengali state Power department is keen on develpingRead more

The Aberdeen-based Wood Group has secured £1.5 million in Brit-Govt funding to develop ‘space-age’ ROVs to be used in nuclear decommissioning. Wood and its supply chain will combine new data and control systems with state-of-the-art robotics to design a demonstrator system for cleaning and dismantling highly radioactive rooms or ‘cells’ at Sellafield in Cumbria, UK,Read more

Edinburgh-based tidal energy technology developer Sustainable Marine Energy has completed the installation of its PLAT-I tidal energy system at Connel, near Oban. PLAT-I is a 280kW multiple turbine floating tidal energy comprising four German-built marine turbines for electricity generation. It has been designed for inshore tidal sites to provide power at a community scale whichRead more